November 2011

Happy Thanksgiving!

Well this is a bit late, but I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We’ve had Grandma from Vancouver for a visit this Thanksgiving so the kids have been thoroughly stuffed and spoiled which means Grandma’s done her job well. The turkey was dry this year, but an improvement over last year’s undercooked bird […]

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The Happy Pilgrim

We read the Chapter on John Bunyan today in Trial and Triumph. Although we had read Pilgrim’s Progress over a two year period, I had never heard Bunyan’s story before. There was a lot that came to mind as we read through it. Bunyan had been a foul-mouthed tinker until one day a woman rebuked

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Mission San Juan Capistrano

Our dear friend Isabella from South Africa, who has the most delicious South African accent, who has spontaneously brought us dinner several times – months after we’d had our baby, bless her! – who has had us for tea, rooibos of course, and home-made scones with whipped cream – oh, she’s a lovely friend to

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Doodle Stitching

My latest absorption… Here’s the book that shows you how. If you need additional help, I’m sure YouTube has plenty of tutorials on every stitch in the book. These could be hung on the wall as is or framed and given as gifts, you could make Christmas tree decorations, aprons, add embroidery to a plain

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