These are for you mom...

Steve and I Christmas Eve Eve


Christmas Eve with Adam, Helen... and Carmen




Carmen's birthday party!


The first time... and maybe only time that I will be with Carmen on her actual birthday


Christmas supper at Dick and Arlene's




My grandma and I


Helen, me, grandma and Adam


Dog sitting for the night




Carmen, Auntie Arlene and grandma out for a brisk light tour at the Legislative grounds. Are those babushkas keeping your ears warm ladies?


me and my grandma


Auntie Arlene and grandma at a crazy Christmas house

A little comfort for me

A few weeks ago I had one of those days.... everything seemed to go wrong. I woke up late, had a cold shower, spilled ground coffee beans all over my kitchen floor and then the coffee ended up tasting sour. When a day starts off like this it is hard to pull things back together and tell yourself "it is going to be a good day." It was not a good day. CBC Radio 2 Shift talked about just this kind of day and a little something that can make it better... a comfort tune. Here are a few of my comfort tunes.

Romanitca - Drink the Night Away
Justin McRoberts - A Hope Deferred
Bon Iver - Skinny Love
Patty Griffin - Moses
The National - Slow Show
both Patty Griffin and Justin McRoberts' versions of When It Don't Come Easy


What are your comfort tunes?

Thanksgiving in Saskatchewan

Matt and I decided to do a little pumpkin pie taste testing this Thanksgiving. We made pies from a can of pumpkin puree and the others right from scratch from a huge pumpkin. But before we could make the pumpkin pies we had to track down a pumpkin, which was a little trickier than we expected. We did not find a pumpkin in the small town local store, so we called a few phone numbers that had advertised pumpkins for sale, but with no luck. So Matt and I went on a little road trip to the neighboring town of Fort Qu'Appelle, where we tracked down a rather large pumpkin. After a little baking the night before and ingesting of a wonderful thanksgiving meal the next day we tasted it out... and found the one from scratch won.


mom, grandma and I


my lovely mom and I

One little camping trip

Mosquito Creek Campground




Lake Louise

Edmonton Folk Fest

This was my first time at Edmonton Folk Festival, I know its hard to believe. I have now lived in Edmonton for 10 years and this is my music. Why I have not gone before I don't know, but it will now be an annual event that I will not miss. I love folk festivals!


Bobbi and I


Carmen, Jessica and I


me and Bobbi


beautiful Edmonton skyline


Great Lake Swimmers singing Your Rocky Spine!!


Danny Michel - one of my favourites!


Joel Plaskett - another weekend favourite


The Wooden Sky, Fred Eaglesmith, Johnny Flynn, Steven Page


I love Iron and Wine (that is him on the screen behind me)


.... and beer on a hot day


view from near the top of the hill


We were all very excited for Patty Griffin


Neko Case, Chuck Brodsky, Kathleen Edwards


groovin it up to Arrested Development

Delightful Days

It has been great to reconnect with some out of town and fellow E-town friends this summer. Here are a few pictures from some great summer days.


Angie, Sara and I


Mo and I at Heritage Days


Denver, Jeqn and I at Sugar Bowl

Summer Project #2

Summer Project #2 was a picnic blanket, and I had it finished just in time for us to use at folk fest. I have wanted to try to make a quilt for some time now so I decided to make one and use it as a picnic blanket. After a bit of trial and error here is my first attempt at quilting...

Summer Project #1

With a little spare time on my hands this summer I decided to tackle a few projects. The first one was to fix the ceiling in my bathroom and change the colour to something a little more warming. So after a few days of patching, sanding and painting here are the before and after pictures.

Bathroom Before:

Bathroom after:

Sarah and Ryan's Wedding

On Saturday my friend Sarah got married and I was blessed to be able to go down to Brooks to celebrate this day with them. It was a hot one and as soon as we all stepped out of our cars on their ranch realized it was not only going to be a sizzler but also a day full of mosquito swatting. After a little bit of sun, catching up with friends and 'family', a little dancing and many many mosquitoes (44 bites on this body to be exact) the day was beautiful and so is this couple. Congratulations Sarah and Ryan.


Sarah and Ryan


my dear friend Erin and I


baby Olivia - Erin's beautiful little girl, blowing some spit bubbles for me


I love this picture!!


me and Beck


Carm, me and Denver


Neil and Melissa


old roommates and great friends!