’ll just give Mom a call on Mother’s Day. She already has everything anyway.” No, she doesn’t. She doesn’t have your recognition of her as a person with hopes and feelings, hobbies and habits, expectations and desires the same as any other woman. Age is no barrier to emotions, and emotions run high on Mother’s
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Make An Easter Rabbit Jar
One way of delivering Easter candies is by recycling a small jar in which to put them. Materials: – A small jar with straight sides – White craft foam the circumference of the jar – 1/2-inch pink pompom for nose – Black felt pen – Scissors – Tacky glue or glue gun – Scrap paper
Lovebirds Nonetheless
According to legend, (and it depends which one you read) St. Valentine was persecuted for being a preacher, but his jail cell had a small window at ground level through which he secretly communicated with neighbourhood children. Wanting to convey his love and concern to the parishioners, he wrote little messages on heart-shaped pieces of
Quick Christmas Crafts
Here’s two crafts that are easy to do and fairly quick to make. Clip-along skates These make a cute ornament for your Christmas tree or even a lapel pin for the skater in the family. Materials: Scrap of white felt 2 paper clips, 5 cm (2 inches) long Embroidery thread for the laces Embroidery needle
Start Making Christmas Decorations
Use scraps of material in Christmas colours to make these cheery bells. You’ll have a door ornament to give away or to display in your own home. For each bell, with cloth folded right sides together, cut two of pattern A. From contrasting colour, cut one of pattern B. Place B right side up on
Create A Card “Purse”
Select some of those used greeting cards that were too pretty to throw away, and recycle them into novel cards to send to females on that special occasion, or just to keep in touch. MATERIALS: -Used greeting card with an appropriate design -Craft foam -Ribbon -Matching button with a shank -Tacky glue -Scissors DIRECTIONS: Cut
Recycle A Teacup
If the handle on a favourite china cup happens to break and you no longer trust the glue job you tried to do on it, recycle it into a pincushion. Or pick up a pretty cup and saucer at a second-hand store. These make nice gifts for the seamstresses in the family, or with a
Rural Folks Remember
The countryside beckoned as we headed out with camping trailer in tow to destinations undecided, and the winding road led between rolling pastures and Prairie fields highlighted by the evening sun. A friendly farmer mowing the grass waved to us and we pulled to a stop. “Looks just like a wayside park!” my husband called.
Farm Menu
Round bales of hay roll across the valley like giant Muffets tumbled from a box of cereal into an empty bowl. The cattle low for breakfast.
A Time To Give Thanks – for Oct. 8, 2009
I am thankful for pungent wisps of smoke upon the autumn air, and skeins of Canada geese unravelling across the western sky at sunset. I am thankful for farmhouses nestled at the ends of tree-lined lanes, for neatly mowed ditches and dustings of wildflowers along country roads. I am thankful for humble sunflowers standing with
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