It’s a rainy Saturday morning here, which I rather like – it reminds me of Vancouver, where I grew up. I’m used to misty rainy gray days, where every moment contains a hint of dusk. To me, dusk is such a magical time, when I have a chance to just sit and enjoy it.
Decluttering … [...]
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Saturday Morning Musings
The Big Draw – Day 11; What I’ve Learned This Week
It’s the Thanksgiving holiday weekend here in Canada, and our house has been smelling so good all day, with that lovely scent of roast turkey. The only problem? We had salmon for dinner! Not that the salmon was a problem – it was delicious – but my taste buds were hankering for turkey (but ask [...]
Film: Who Does She Think She Is?
I just came across a post at Creative Construction about a new film called Who Does She Think She Is? It’s about creative women and motherhood, and the choices that most mothers have, at one time or another, felt the pressure to make.
The film opens on October 17 – you can check out the [...]
The Sunday Salon: The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls
Earlier this week I read The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls by Elise Primavera, a book which I added to my to-be-read pile last month.
This is one of those books that brought me right back to childhood, which was filled with the magic and fantasy of Roald Dahl, E. Nesbitt, Edward Eager, [...]
Saturday Morning Thoughts & Links: The Magic of Uncertainty
This morning I feel like I’ve come home, back to a space that I haven’t been in for a while, a wide-open, welcoming, warm, loving and creative space.
Earlier this week, I decided I was going to be the Me who has a magical life. From there, I came easily and effortlessly back to BelleEnchanted. [...]
Sometimes it amazes me …
how easily I can while away my time online. So I’ve been sitting here, waiting for my camera battery to get charged so that I can take a picture of Dylan’s Christmas ornaments that he painted today (yes, Christmas ornaments. It’s October already! And I might not be very Martha-ish but when it comes to [...]
Friday Night Thoughts and Links
Just some random thoughts and bits and pieces that have been floating around in my head this Friday evening:
It’s interesting how difficult it is to pick a book to read when you have stacks and stacks of unread, to-be-read books all around you.
Same goes for magazines.
After five years of an incomplete house, I am finally [...]
