‘Twas a weekend draped in red and white, with funny faces, plump hot dogs and cotton candy. Our national birthday party heralds midsummer…Double hurray!

Filed under: Celebrations, Family time, Out of doors on July 4th, 2011 | 3 Comments »

This weekend was all about… …keeping a Mother’s Day gift alive… …finishing a new favourite spring dish (risotto with spring veggies)… …starting a sleeve on a much-anticipated sweater… …romancing a lovely dress pattern for our summer darling… Photo courtesy of MontrealZen …channeling the Force at a friend’s Star Wars themed birthday party… and getting the [...]

Filed under: Celebrations, Family time, Kid stuff, Knitting on May 16th, 2011 | No Comments »

This weekend’s activities can easily be summarized in one word: party! Yes, this chocoholic resisted the urge to make yet another cocoa dessert, and instead opted for Martha Stewart’s Lemon Curd Cake (found here). Many lemons were grated and juiced; even more eggs were separated; but I’m happy to say it tasted very lemony good. [...]

Filed under: Baking, Celebrations, Cooking, Family time on February 7th, 2011 | 10 Comments »