News, weekly blog posting from Della's Rug Hooking.

Some days I wish I were a cat. Lazing around and from all appearances, a great life. I got a new dog bed for Charlie and you can see who is using it.

Last Friday I left for Halifax to be with my daughter and her family as they prepare for moving to their new home.  Denver came with me to help me look after Sophie and he was such a big help.  He is so good with Sophie and Sophie loves him very much.  These two fill my heart to...

I do a lot of dyeing.  Almost daily. Today thankfully I wasn't standing over my electric range when there was an explosion as you can see by the above picture.  Have you ever turned on the wrong burners on your stove? Yep, I have as well and today was another 'one' of those times.  Unfortunately the incorrect burner had 3 casserole dishes on it.  The heat caused the bottom casserole dish to expode..... everywhere.  I was in my studio putting away wool, I was in my bare feet so I knew...

COVID is here to stay I'm afraid and we will 'try' to get back to a some what 'normal' time before COVID.  I attended a 'rug hooking' retreat in PEI last week, it was so wonderful to hang out with like minded people and enjoy each others company and rug hook to our hearts content.  First time in over a year for me. Many laughs were had, wonderful food was consumed and lovely projects were begun and some finished. 

I thought it was appropriate for me to hook an Anne of...

I am not done with taking pictures of clouds it seems.  I took a drive to the beach the other day and the above picture was what I saw and I couldn't resist taking a photo.  I am so fortunate that a 20 minute drive gets me to the beach.  I took a drive to PEI Friday, the below picture would make a nice rug wouldn't it?

This guy I found at Victoria By The Sea, he's masked up, pretty smart fella.

Why is it that 'when' we are in the moment, we don't realize it is a 'moment' to be savored, remembered, looked back on with fond memories?  It is only 'later' that we wish for those good 'moments' to be back. As the above says, 'let life be a series of good moments' is sometimes hard to do.  Is it about mind frame? The mood at the time?  Luck? All of our moments (good and bad) prior to now has helped form who we are as a person.  The moments will...