Tapestry

 My young dog Holly died very unexpectedly on January 13, 2007. We miss her a lot.

A little Robin came in the spring and has been brightening our home. 

She is a Parson Russell Terrier.

She is very affectionate, funny, smart, loves the three cats and her people.

She loves to swim.

Enjoyed the summer.

When it is a hot day a basin of water works too.

She loves to play with her toys. The best ones always seem to be at the bottom of the basket.

She loves the brown dog next door. He is afraid of her unless she is at his height. The wuss. 

 She likes to play with the ball on rope which is hung from a tree in the yard.

She can fetch.

She helps me in the garden.

I think she is as happy to be with us as we are to be with her.

A puppy on the East Coast.

From the East Coast.

Show us what's in your bag.
Submitted by Pants Party.

This is from yesterday's outing.

The bag is a small leather back pack. 

It was very, very, very cold (-25°C) though sunny - sunglasses.

Most stores here ask if you require a bag for your purchase, I generally say no - the CD's. 

The green wallet/day timer combo - tells me where I'm going and contains the money to get me there.

I’m left handed; I can’t use the pens at store or banks which are attached to the counter ‘cus they are set up for right handed people - my beautiful, pewter pen.

My cellphone in it's pretty green case.

Tunes - iPod Shuffle.

When it is cold and windy my lips get dry and chap - Carmex Lip Balm.

I  went over to see my Dad - the bus transfer.

I'm a bit careless with money in the sense that I leave it in pockets and at the bottom of my bag rather than putting it in my wallet - $44.20 loose bills and change.

I'm part crow I love shiny things - key chain.

Show us some interesting bottles.
Submitted by Red Pen.

These bottles are on a windowsill in the upstairs hall. They were my brother's. He collected old bottles, yet he kept them wrapped in paper, packed in boxes, in his closet, out in his shed, or under the stairs at my parent's house. I remember him each time I see the bottles.

Unwrap your treasure.

- on the East Coast.

Photo: Still have your security blankie? Your teddy bear? Show us a lil' slice of your childhood.
Submitted by cattymcattums.

 

Teddy was a Christmas gift when I was 8 years old. He uses to have felt eyes though they were lost in one of the many baths he had in the washing machine over the years. I sewed on old fashion, glass, shoe-button eyes however; my cats keep chewing them off… Though Teddy is pink, he is always referred to as he. Teddy now lives happily on a vintage pine rocker in my bedroom.

Remembering when...on the East Coast. 

What were your top 5 TV shows of 2006?

1. Intelligence is conspiratorial, clandestine, dangerous, seductive and volatile, full of betrayals and reprisals on both sides. In addition, watching Ian Tracey is a treat…(how I miss watching Nicholas Campbell on Da Vinci's Inquest & Da Vinci’s City Hall)                                                                                                                                   
2. The Rick Mercer Report   No one does a rant like Rick... Rick's vists with the PMs are priceless...

   Rick & Paul Martin do Canadian Tire and Sleepover at 24 Sussex Drive with Stephen Harper.  Only is Canada Eh!

3. At The Hotel Murder, mayhem, true love and 24-hour room service. A mix of drama, comedy, mystery and satire, as well as music and dance numbers…. Anything written/directed by Ken Finkleman is a must see. See the The Chateau Rousseau website for more information.

4. Corner Gas  Forty kilometres from nowhere and way beyond normal is Corner Gas, an ensemble comedy series about a bunch of nobodies who get up to a whole lot of nothing in the fictional prairie town of Dog River, Saskatchewan.

5. Robson Arms  One thing is certain; you will never see your neighbours in the same way again …

TV watching on the East Coast.

For me?!

May all your wishes come true,

as mine did when I was 2½ and my beloved grandmother gave me one of her champion West Highland Terrier puppies! Her name was Peggy. I loved her. The anxious Momma you see in front was Heather.

Soon to be Christmas Eve on the East Coast.

How do you take your tea or coffee?
Submitted by Vasquez.

 

I love tea. I prefer my tea hot, very strong, and with a splash of skim milk. I generally drink Red Rose tea, however also like trying other varieties. At Pete's Frootique  I can find imported tea in the Best of Britain section. Being a Maritimer I could not resist the two jars of tea above, which I found at The Tea Brewery market stall in the HSC.  

Havin' a cuppa on the East Coast.  

  

What are your top 5 books of 2006?

 

What an unfair question asking me to pick only 5 books from all of the books I have read this year.

The Birth House

Author: Ami Mckay

IBSN: 0676977723

Publisher: Knopf Canada

 

 

 

 

By Bread Alone

Author: Sarah-Kate Lynch

ISBN: 0446696277

Published by: Warner Books

 

 

 

 

Down to the Dirt

Author: Joel Hynes

ISBN: 0786715375

Published by: Carroll & Graf

 

 

 

An Audience of Chairs

Author: Joan Clark 

ISBN: 0676976565

Published by: Vintage Canada

 

 

 

 

 

Mr Golightly's Holiday

Author: Salley Vickers

ISBN: 0007156480 

Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers

 

 

 

 

Reading on the East Coast.

 

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It's amazing how much goodness you can see if only you believe.
The more I believe in Angels, the more I see them all around me.
Author Unknown

 

I see Angels on the East Coast.