Colour in my garden
One thing I love about spring is how the front gardens come to life. We go from brown and some green as the grass begins to grow again and the flowers begin to show their pretty heads. And the … Continue reading →
Honouring Others
Today is a particular day of the year when age flips a page to the next on the calendar, not that I’m getting overly excited about the new number, but that I realize just how many friends, acquaintances, and loved … Continue reading →
Spring at last
The snow is gone the day I take this picture. This little grandson loves to dig, to fill his trucks with dirt and dump them over and over. He has other small machines too, the kind he can use to … Continue reading →
Hockey and a Small Boy
Our first grandson is nuts about hockey. From the time he could hold a stick and hit a ball, he called his favourite game “hockey ball.” When I babysat (pre-pandemic), he liked to play with a small hockey stick … Continue reading →
While We Wait for Spring
As I write today, the temperatures are getting milder though February was cold, windy, icy and snowy. On Family Day weekend we went walking on the Huron Natural Park trails with family members. We’d bundled up in our warmest … Continue reading →
Our Canadian Winter
Our winter, for anyone unfamiliar with Canada, begins anywhere from mid- to late-November, depending on the latitude. Far north the winter will set in sooner when the days get shorter and the nights feel longer. And I guess they … Continue reading →
A Covid-19 Christmas
Back again to my blog after a short uninvited change to my routine. No screen time and lots of rest. Thankfully I had kept my pattern of early shopping so all I had to do was wrap gifts close … Continue reading →
Truly in the autumn season
The weather turns cool, annual flowers fade and die off, the wind is colder when it blows and shakes the leaves off the trees, a bit at a time and often in a flurry. Still there can be a few … Continue reading →
And the next chapter of picture book writing …
Picture books come in many forms, topics and shapes. This morning I had opportunity to listen again to a session from the recent Packaging Your Imagination by CANSCAIP (Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers). The session was given … Continue reading →
The Building of a Picture Book
Fellow writers and readers, My first book, Once Upon a Sandbox, centred on growing up in rural Oxford County in Ontario. It contained stories about my family, about our farm, about community and how they work together. It’s a combination … Continue reading →