Life LackaDaisiCal

Watching the sunset is one of the attractions when visiting Saugeen Shores in Ontario...and the Southampton beach has quite the view. It was just a short one-block walk down to catch this sunset which brought to an end the Docknits retreat weekend. Last year I presented a workshop at the  2nd annual retreat . This year, Mrs. Tischell (my travel buddy) and I decided to go "all in" and booked into the  Chantry Breezes B&B  for the duration! I'd booked the "Garden Cottage" which is exactly that... it was adorable and I loved my tiny home for the weekend! It is Fall here in Ontario, but it was still summery this past weekend. Lucky for me as I was staying in the Garden Cottage....which while not insulated, was comfortable and reminded me so much of childhood summer vacations when the family would go to a cottage in Northern Ontario. The open beams and whitewashed walls were complimented by turquoise blue, slightly faded by summer sunlight. It wa

Ser-en-dip-i-ty  : luck that takes the form of finding valuable or pleasant things that are not looked for let's star with the end...ten little creatures! I loved the round cheeks on this one!  my "CBC creation" I loved this one by Muffie, the writing on the apron fabric, and look at that hat! I am sorry that I didn't catch the name of the creator of this one....but she kindly said I could share it with you all here. The yarn dress, and how the red shoe colour is mirrored in the rose and on the fabric! sigh..... So here's the back story! I first became aware (vaguely) of Julie Arkell way back when ads for the yarn shop "Loop" started to appear in magazines. I couldn't help but notice the adorably cute (or adorably strange) little figure in the background. This figure attracted my attention so much that when Hubby and I were in London, I had to go find Loop ....in Islington. It was a bit of a trek, on the