Life LackaDaisiCal

Daisy is enjoying the snow that is still on the deck -- hopefully soon it will be gone -- but this was a fabulous winter!

I've been reading "Tne New Earth" and contemplating life in general... On a day when the whole world is going to show it's support for energy conservation by turning the lights out for one hour.....it seems appropriate for me to turn the lights out here at Shades of Shetland and over at She Ewe Knits too. I know that turning your lights off for one hour isn't going to save the world, but maybe it will make us all think about turning those lights off more often. We had new outdoor lights installed last year, complete with a programmable control that recognizes daylight savings time and is supposed to automatically adjust the timing of the lights -- we've set it to turn them on at dusk and off at midnight.......well, that's the aim anyway. We've tried every setting and have been totally confused -- sometimes they come on at dusk and go off an hour later -- sometimes they come on at dusk and stay on all night! -- sometimes they come on in the day and go

Some of you may be familiar with the book...... "Canada Knits...Craft and Comfort in a Northern Land" and it's author, Shirley Scott........ Well, Shirl was featured today on a program called "Living Newfoundland and Labrador" on CBC.....it's a half hour show and one of the segments is about collecting Newfoundland Mittens. Shirl shows off her extensive collection and tells us why they are so collectible. Go to the "Living Newfoundland and Labrador" main page and click on the recent shows link for Thursday......Shirl's segment is more than half way through the show, but it's a great show, so watch it all!