03/23/2012, Kingston, Ontario
Canada Blooms
My sister and I did a road trip to Toronto yesterday to Canada Blooms and Home Show. We both felt the show is not as good as it was when we first started going 5 years ago. But we did see some amazing blooms and unique gardening ideas. We walked for miles. Mant people on our tour brought home plants but I thought a road trip would be rough on them. What I did get consumed with and bought was 6 pieces of Cutco knife ware. It was pricey but it was easy for me to use and I do love to cook. So having knives that work with ease is going to be wonderful. I purchased their peeler and on demonstration it was a charm to use. It was a long day of walking and I arrived home just before my youngest daughter arrived for a wee visit for a couple of days. She has some Kingston errands to run and we will knit. Today is going to be super exciting because this is the day all the furniture makes its way home. The china cabinet I had refinished from my parents is being delivered and the three covered chairs come back. I'm over the top to see them. The only thing we need to pull this home together is some art work. The only picture I have hanging is a picture my youngest gave her dad and I the Christmas before he passed away. It is a picture I have always loved called "Dance me to the end of Love" by Frank Vetriano (sp). When she arrived last night she squealed with delight to see it was out of storage.
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I can't wait to see your chairs!
03/20/2012, Kingston, Ontario
Tour de Pets Over
Al and I returned to our place last night after 5 days of pet sitting. Seven animals is a handful. My daughter got in Pet Parade Plus for walking the dogs and we were in charge of the rest. Three of the cats were terrified of Bridget and we rarely saw them. She got along with the dogs nicely and it was hilarious to see her run with the big kids when we let the gang out each morning to run in the yard. She was often first out of the gate, running as fast as she could to the back of the yard, then would stop in her tracks as if to say "ok what do I do next"? I am looking forward to hearing about the trip to the Big Apple and we are enjoying less animal hair in our own domain.
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03/13/2012, Kingston, Ontario
Here are the three odd ball chairs we scored. They are quirkey yet charming to us. Below, I hope is the photo of our chosen fabrics.
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03/13/2012, Kingston, Ontario
The photo doesn't do justice to the fabrics we chose for the chairs to re-purpose. The textures are quite lovely, in our opinions.
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03/12/2012, Kingston, Ontario
I struggle with the notion of whether I/we should suspend our boat blogging and I should reve up my knitting blog exclusively. I guess either way the content would still not be exclusive to the topic. We have acquired some interesting pieces to repurpose. One chair in particular I find rather homely(green one) but for what ever reason it tugs at my heart strings. I bought them for their usefulness and perhaps quirkiness. The two chair shown have scant arm rests lending to ease of knitting. The flowery one in particular has been christened the "knitting chair". The stool lends a nice dimension to the comfort and relaxation to the art of knitting. The green one, although comfortable; esthetically it is just plain "homely". My dear friend Donna acquired these for me and then (Happy Birthday friend) steered me to an Ad on Kijiji for an upholsterer. I made contact and was pleasantly surprised a woman was the responder. She has 15 years experience and she is coming here at 1:30 today with references and an album of her work. I'm having a good feeling about breathing new life into these chairs and that we enjoy a good future with them.
We are settling into land life rather nicely. Alistair will head off on his bus pass today to do errands alone while I consult with the upholsterer. We are ticking wee things on our list.
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03/09/2012, Kingston, Ontario
Words to Live By
We are finding bare spots for hanging some art work. This plaque was a gift from my dog loving neighbor several years ago. But they are words to live by.
We got a land line and high speed, faster than a speeding bullet internet connection yesterday. The land line was needed to let guests in our security building. It will be hard now to keep the riff raff out now.
Anyone who received an email from us with our contact info, please note the area code should read 613 NOT 612
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