5-Day Housesit With Our REAL Grand-Fur Babies!

Of the many housesits we’ve completed during the past ten years the one we just completed today is extra special for a number of reasons. One, it's the first sit we’ve done for our daughter and son-in-law who live in Massachusetts and two, we spent the past five days with our real grand fur babies, Doug and Walter!

L to R: Walter, Doug

Clafoutis

Since changing our eating habits in early 2019 John's been on the lookout for recipes that complement this new way of life. One of our favourites is a sweet treat named Clafoutis. 

Winterlude: Ice Sculpture Competition

It's Winterlude in Ottawa (January 31 - February 17) and the Ice Sculpture competition took place on Sparks Street this past weekend. It drew contestants from around the world and throngs of onlookers. Sadly, we didn't make it downtown until today and as the temperature has hovered around and above the zero Celsius mark the past few days some melting has taken place. Nonetheless, we were thoroughly impressed by the creations.

One Year to the Next - Dec/Jan Recap

I certainly did not expect almost two full months to pass between blog posts, but that's exactly what's happened. On one hand, I feel slightly guilty for being so lax, but on the other hand I've totally enjoyed the lull and the opportunity to relax with my beloved knitting and crochet projects. That's not all we've been up to, of course, and it's been an a pretty good winter to date. Here's the recap...

Crochet project & ceramic yarn bowl made by our talented daughter

Ventimiglia, Italy

The last full day of our Nice housesit was made all the more special when Katherine and Paul suggested we all go to Italy for lunch. So we did - by train!

L to R: Katherine, Paul, Dianne & John