Deanne Fitzpatrick » Entries tagged with "small town"
rug hookers lost and found
Dear Diary, So today I spent all day working to create a beginners guide to rug hooking that I can send to people who subscribe to my newsletter list so that they know what rug hooking and my studio is all about. Here is how it went. I wrote and put together the pictures for three hours this morning. I got excited about it and decided to bring it in to show Brenda. I save it but when … Read entire article »
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beauty is in the details
Dear Diary, If you look around this town you’ll see some magnificent details in the buildings. Whether it is an old house, or a big stone building there are some simple but beautiful points of design that you can look to for inspiration. It always goes back to the idea that design is really everywhere. You can get ideas where ever you look. Beauty abounds. It is engraved in stone. It is lost in the details. It is waiting to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Creativity, Small Town Life
make something beautiful
Dear Diary, today was spring. You just felt it. I knew it was coming. The other night my neighbour Wayne called at ten thirty. That’s odd, he would call so late. “I just wanted you to know”, he said, “that if you listen real close you can hear the peepers in the pond tonight.” That is a good neighbour. The pussy willows are everywhere now, having reached their prime. Kim, who has her own blog, called Millie’s … Read entire article »
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Stop Worrying About Your Neck
Dear Diary, It happens, sometime I go by the mirror and I am caught off guard. Who is that person who snuck up on me? Where did the girl go? Perhaps some of us are free from the concerns of wrinkles and greying hair, but I am not. I know, I know, “You are only as old as you feel.”, and “The only alternative to aging is….” but come on, sometimes when I look at … Read entire article »
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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children sorta knit you new friendships
Dear Diary, Sometimes your kids can lead you places. One thing I have learned for sure is that your kids bring friends into your life. Sometimes you simply become friends with their friends but often you become friends with their friend’s parents because you share things. Some things you share are simple like driving. Some times you share worries. Sometimes you share stories. You are drawn together by community. You are mothers first. Without your kids you’d … Read entire article »
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the mocker and her chocolate
Dear Diary, If you want to create beauty everyday sometimes you just have to put your feet up. I am working hard lately, creating new content for a new online course for next fall. It still a bit of whirlwind in terms of content but as soon as things get firmed up I will put a post about it for you. I am excited with new ideas and plans to make it as exciting as … Read entire article »
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seeing things differently
Dear Diary, On Saturday afternoon, myself and a friend walked out to the sugar woods. I had my big camera with me and after one shot, it went dead, no back up battery, like I usually have, so I got out my phone. and played. My mission was to look at the woods differently then I usually do. No sap buckets, just the details about the place that I usually miss. I played with the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Creativity, Small Town Life
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