Year of the HAre coming up

Get your little bunny coats all made up...note that these ones are lined with??? bunny fur!!! It is the Year of the Hare in 2011!!!!


Mr. Baily... He is so photogenic...


I scared them away when I came out on the deck... Missy and Maynard last week after the wet snowfall

The bird feeder is supposed to be for the little birds, but the ducks and crows and ravens make their rounds for any feeder crumbs that fall to the deck below.

Have a great Thursday and I suggest shopping early if you are coming into Kolmels today. We have been rather busy, as is the season, but it seems like the menfolk get off work around three and then they descend upon us. Not to worry, still loads of beautiful jewellery in a great range of prices and you can count on great quality that comes with sterling silver or gold from Kolmels !

"The Creator"

Geminid Meteor Showers

Look up late tonight and part those clouds to see the best meteor shower of the year called the Geminid Meteor Showers...showers of "shooting stars" that do not even come from a meteor... Read all about it at the link above at Spaceweather.com
"The Creator"

Taking you back a few years

35 years ago we were thumbing through Eaton's last Christmas catalogue, wondering what Santa would bring us.... and 32 years ago on the 11th of December,our mom passed away and ironically we had a big family Christmas that year with everyone except for her... Sad to say but the years have flown by and we have all grown up, as have our children and now their children...all beautiful, smart, and talented and a all families to be proud of. We will miss not having our own family with us this year, but with the likes of Skype and MSN video, we can chat with everyone and be blessed that we are healthy and happy folk...still thinking about the good foods my mom and Emil's mom cooked up every Christmas...and doing our best to duplicate the old flavours and smells that linger in our memories. Today Emil and I made perogies, the other night I made a cherry pie and buttertarts and tortierres... yum yum! Foodies at heart-that came by it honestly...all of us! Sonia is going to make Pytaheh and Annette will be cooking up a turkey for her and Shawn. I will do the same for Emil and I.

Emil and I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year, full of good Health, Happiness, and Prosperity. You can thumb back through the archives to see what we were up to last year... and all we can say is that 2011 is going to be just great!

I love you all and have hopes that we all get to visit in 2011!



The fellow's suit is actually a blue brocade.... quit "a'hem" beautiful...hey Sonia and Annette...Didn't Grandma buy that red dress for each of you?


$21.99???? No wonder we couldn't afford those fancy models!!!



And those luxurious black satin sheets...we all craved them didn't we?



Who didn't own one of these cassette decks??? They were the rage...ours could even record... Thats how Emil and I kept in touch when he went to Montreal for two months...around 74

We had Ashley and Deb over for dinner tonight and lets see....did I need my free flowing whatever the hell you call that blue thing to make me at ease... NO, a rum and coke did the trick! Prohobition is over, but apparently not in 1975!

Wrapped up to the neck so the old boy can't get a finger in there...

And the ever so cute raggedy Anne and Andy... ours melted away in the flood of 80 in Victoria...

Hope you enjoyed this trip down memory lane...

"The Creator"