A Movie and a Mushroom

What do you do on your Saturday nights?After some hard crunch time working on my most recent manuscript during the day, we settled back to watch one of our favourite movies, the musical Singin' in the Rain! The cast is superb, Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor make an excellent dancing and comedic team, and Debbie Reynolds tops it off beautifully.If you've never seen it, put it on your list. It's hilarious and the musical numbers are great. Some of...

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In My Backyard - Issue #8 - Dark-Eyed, Slate-Colored Junco

Dark-Eyed, Slate-colored Junco. If you've never heard of them you might be a bit surprised at the name. Or you might pass it off as peculiar bird taxonomy. But trust me, there's more to it than that.In this issue of In My Backyard, I've decided to pick one of our backyard regulars. At first we called them snowbirds, since they arrived in the winter and seemed to be the most noticeable in the snow, but then we looked them up and discovered their real...

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In The Mood for Valentines!

My sister and I both agree that February is the best month of the year. This is so for two reasons:First of all, the month of February hosts both our birthdays, and birthdays are important. Its kind of like a day all your own, and its special. We choose our favourite meal and dessert, and evening activity, which usually consists of a movie. This year I said I was going to have an Alan Ladd marathon, but I doubt a movie marathon qualifies. By the...

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New Crochet Pattern (Part Two): Floppy Scarf

Hello again!Ever since I received my first issue of Crochet Today last month, I've been thinking, sleeping, and eating, yarn. I don't do it as much as I wish, and I do have other interests that vie for attention, but I get around to it.In fact, I've come back to my first inspirations. Know what it is? Making baby clothes. Well, that's one. The other is snowflakes. Years ago, I checked out a book of cute baby clothes to crochet and I adored it. The...

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