Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, ON

Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto.

Now that Pupo's has put up a new store sign, they've gone back to the handpainted signs in the windows. Isn't this becoming a lost art? They are done by hand. #signs #signpainting #grocerystore #localbusiness

American Groundnut found throughout St. John's Conservation Area in Niagara while on an evening walk.

The value of monthly U.S. wine exports (Jan 2023–Jun 2025). Year over year, Canada (-96.8%) has all but disappeared as an export market for U.S. wine. China (-35.9%) and the UK (-6.1%) are down as well. Overall, U.S. wine exports declined by US$38.8 million (-37%) compared to June 2024.

Telephone booths in Salzburg, Austria in the old town.

I wound this beautiful gradient up. The plan is a shawl for a friend that will remind her of the Ukrainian flag. I don't want to waste a bit of those colour changes. Yarn by The Blue Brick, a Canadian indie dyer. #Yarn #knitting #Shawl #BlueBrick #gradient #Canadian #indiedyer

#librarians #libraries #booksky

I love having a yearly membership to the Niagara Parks Floral Showcase. This was Christmas. #NiagaraParks #NiagaraFalls #Niagara #Ontario #FloralShowcase

That still gives me nightmares. I finally figured out how to cast it off properly. I haven't blocked it yet. This is from when I was younger and still optimistic about making it. I bought three colourways.

A dragon at Niagara Parks Floral Showcase. Whimsical Creatures in collaboration with Mosaïcultures Internationales de Montréal and the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Festival of Lights, Niagara Falls. #niagarafalls #NiagaraParks #FloralShowcase #WhimsicalCreatures #FestivalofLights #cellphotography

L.J. Shickluna Service Station, Port Colborne, ON. While it looks like an abandoned building may be demolished soon, this is a designated National Historic Site. Built in 1924, this station is representative of the "modern" auto-influenced landscape. It's exciting to see activity there lately.

How cute are these stocking stretchers I found in a charity shop? A kind woman who taught knitting for me at my library job gave me a beautiful pair of wooden sock stretchers but I found these and couldn't resist them. #fibrearts #fiberarts #knitting #sockknitting #sockaddict #sockstretchers

Some more finished felted soaps. #twistedhanks #feltedsoap #wetfelting #knitnight #fiberarts #fibrearts

At Knit Night we felted soaps just for fun. #knitnight #twistedhanks #felting #wetfelting #feltedsoaps #fibrearts #fiberarts

It was a fantastic night at Diane Sims' book launch for Beyond the Shadow at The Arts and Letters Club. Readers held our attention with excerpts from Diane's book then she read excerpts about her spiritual journey and the chapter added after being bestowed the Order of Canada. I'm so proud!

A first and second try at spinning coils. #handspinning #fiberarts #fibrearts #TwistedHanks #spinning #coils #yarn #Louet

My daughter made one. I'm completing the other as she moved out of the country and couldn't take them with her. I love her yarn choices and I love this pattern. Matching gauge was a bit of a challenge. #sockknitting #knitting #twistedhanks #waterfortheelephants #sockaddict