Deanne Fitzpatrick » Entries tagged with "simplicity"
Simple but Complicated….Wool Mittens
Dear Diary, On my road trip with Delia I saw these mittens hanging. I know it is the wrong time of year to show you but they are so gorgeous I just could not help but take a picture and show you them her. They are just so perfect and beautiful. There is nothing so simple and yet so complicated as a pair of handmade mittens. Look at the pattern on these. I find them … Read entire article »
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the lines in your face
Dear Diary, Maybe it’s because I am getting older but it comes to be that I find the lines on people’s faces real interesting. I don’t really even mind the lines on my own. Today, I took a long drive in the country through a bumpy dirt road to visit a friend. We had a long walk, and an easy talk. I just like her, her values, and the way she believes that simple is good. … Read entire article »
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over time
Dear Diary, these same plants have changed so much over the year, from the little green leaves that poked up last spring, to the  creamy white Queen Anne’s Lace from last summer, to the burnt stems of the fall, to the silhouettes of this winter. The metaphor for life in these stoic beauties is solid. We change so much over time. Age gives some of us a stoic quality that we never had in youth. … Read entire article »
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resistance…retreats to cozy
Dear Diary, It seems I could never leave the house. We have had a couple of days of icy yards and roads and last night I had time dragging myself out for a few hours with friends. Once I did it was grand, but settling in here in this house with a wood fire under me is too cozy. I have started an abstract rug. I wonder something…is it the idea of abstract I like, or … Read entire article »
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merry christmas
Dear Diary, the feeling of Christmas is really in the air. The shops are busy. There is even a dusting of snow around here. My date squares are made, some are even delivered. The salt fish has been bought for the annual making of fish and brewis for my sisters. All my presents have been bought and wrapped. There is a little magical feeling in the air, a freshness, an anticipation. My Christmas tree is … Read entire article »
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just a weed
Dear Diary, sometimes the plainest simplest of things are almost more beautiful than I can stand. A cabbage for example, or a weed on the side of the road that reminds me of cabbage leaves. The last few days I have been hooking little stars. Simple colourful little stars that have no deeper meaning. They just are what they are like that cabbage weed on the side of the road. Not everything has alot of … Read entire article »
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looking in windows
Dear Diary, today I am enjoying the comfort of home.There is a light rain, and the promise of the years’ first hockey game this afternoon so I put on a beef stew with leeks, a little green pepper from Lorna’s garden, and onion. It will simmer most of the day. Tonight after the game I will make a gravy with it, mashed garlic potatoes and green beans. I also baked a big meringue to make … Read entire article »
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Parrsboro Poppies
Dear Diary , after dinner at Bare Bones Cafe ( beautiful food) the old home week parade went through town and then Katherine said you have to get these poppies in the garden in the centre of town. These are the kind of poppies that spring up everywhere in a garden. They have the softest sage green leaves. The thin petals, silky like all the poppies. I thought you just might enjoy these after dinner poppies…. … Read entire article »
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