Maritime sense of humour

I lived in Nova Scotia for 48 years so, when there is news from there, I follow it.

The winter storm hit the Maritimes quite hard. After reading CBC's report on the storm damage, the first comment about the news story caught my eye. I miss this type of humour. Hope you enjoy it as much as me.

Thousands without power in storm-battered Nova Scotia

List of lists

55 Lego riddles

31 fashion show goers

15 Alternatives to Gmail

9 Little Translation Mistakes That Caused Big Problems

9 Rules for Success by British Novelist Amelia E. Barr, 1901

20 century-old PhotoChops

10 old black & white design photos

7 Exciting New Designers to Watch at New York Fashion Week

10 Gadgets For Computer Nerds

8 Video Conferencing Tips

What a beauty

Some of my granddaughter's first steps: 1 year 3 months

Quick & easy crafty business cards

My husband asked me to whip up some crafty business cards. Here are the two I made for him. They were quick and easy to make. I've removed the contact information for blogging purposes and used orange paper behind the scanned cards to make them stand out.

Guitar repair card made from stationery store cards with removable glue dots fastening the guitar picks:

Photography card made from stationery store cards with brads fastening the strips of film:

Traditional recipes of Scotland

I'm from Nova Scotia, which is Latin for New Scotland. The British named it because it has many geographic similarities to Scotland and the Scottish settled in many areas of that province.

A friend of mine gave me the following traditional recipes. Give them a try! Click on the text to see full size scans for download.

Clootie Dumpling
Forfar Bridies

Cock a Leekie
Dundee Cake
Scots Gingerbread

Not sure why DIY

Duct tape bagpipes

Real moth necklace

Aluminum can centerpiece

Valentine advent calendar

Tissue box cover

Recycled gloves vest

How to tye dye your legs

Turn your used plastic bags into clothing

Making crafts out of cat hair

Tampon arts & crafts

Synchronized Scotties

72 seconds of wiggly-waggly, puppy feeding time.

The shape of that food dish lifts that doggy-dinner-dance to a whole new level.

What a breath of fresh air.

Take a chance on me: SPCA pet adoption video

An SPCA campaign video encouraging pet adoption. It uses the ABBA song 'Take a Chance on Me'. Love it!

SPCA Pet Adoption Video from Chester McPurrs on Vimeo.

Oddball stumbles

Curious Eggs

The Oddment Emporium

Urban Dictionary

Downton Abbey Redesigns

Gaping Void

Oddity Central

Do Nothing for 2 Minutes

Museum of Endangered Sounds

Duct Tape Fashion

Dooce

A Bad Case of the Dates

1963 homemade Valentine card

When I was in grade 2, I made a Valentine card for my Mom and Dad from scraps around the house. It was saved and resurfaced during the packing up of my Dad's apartment, when he died.

I vaguely remembered secretly making it when I was 7 years old so I could surprise and make them happy. I certainly didn't recall making a 3D, handmade, multimedia card in 1963.

There have been no repairs made to it and, upon careful inspection, I figure this was the method I used:

- The main heart and the 3 small hearts were cut freehand from plain, writing paper that was folded in half.

- I carefully printed my greeting, in pencil, on the each of the hearts.

- Then the small hearts were stapled on to the large heart.

- It was then stapled it to a pleated, taffeta, sewing embellishment, which most likely came from Mom's sewing basket.

- The last staple attached the whole thing in the centre to a round, paper doily.

They must have liked it because it was included with some very important family memorabilia.