what a difference a year makes

a lot has changed in the past year

everyday I am getting stronger

cancer free, working part time,

creating lots of art and back at the gym

even taking zumba classes

( mind you I'm the drunk looking girl at the back

with a big smile on my face and

 just so grateful to able to participate )

a special thank-you to all my friends,

family and healthcare providers

for all your love and support

I couldn't have done it without you

 

check out my new blog

http://nancylynndonaldson.blogspot.ca

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above photos by eugen kertesz for the facebook page

Humans of Toronto 

i'm back for a quick note

its been almost a few weeks since my party

and what a party it was!

the girls and by girls i mean soul sistas!

lisa , carmi , jackie , dede , gillian , lulu , heather , karen , julie, carol and cat

planned and created the best party !!

i wish we had a door man just to count heads because i lost count after a few 100

people came from peterpatch, newcastle, hamilton, caledon,church hill, claremont and port perry

people from years past, neighbours,clients, all wonderful friends

  OMG!! i am still so overwhelmed, i can't get me head around it
everyone has been so kind and generous to me, words can not express the way i feel
i just want you to know how grateful i am for having all of you in my life
everyone has made it so much easier for me going through this horrible experience
thank-you, thank-you, thank-you

candy coma

in the past , i've only had a few trick or treaters

but this years was sadies (my goddaughter) first real year

i wanted to do something special and saw these great grab bags using latex gloves

so a trip to the candy store later i was busy making and eating

and of course beanie was around to help

i only got 6 visitors and now i have to get rid of all this candy

(i really can't eat anymore ,the candy hangover is bad this morning)

photos taken i my iphone

two hats for sadie

this is sadie , my goddaughter

she is 18 months old and a joy in my life!

while wondering through pinterest i found a pattern to

crochet this wonderful hat

since sadie is just  starting to get some hair i thought

it would be fun to give her some instant long braids

i think she likes it!!

what a beautiful model

and as always one thing leads to another so i tried this

"cabbage patch" hat

too cute!!!

address to a haggis

His knife see rustic Labour dight,
An’ cut you up wi’ ready sleight,
Trenching your gushing entrails bright,
Like ony ditch;
And then, O what a glorious sight,
Warm-reekin’, rich

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"address to a haggis"

robert burns

see the whole poem here

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today is robbie's birthday

he was born in scotland, in 1759

a famous poet and composer

you will know his famous work

"auld lang syne"

he died at the age of 35

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on sunday i was invited to the

fitzpatrick/telfords

celebration dinner

we started with a tasting of

3 scottish beers

followed with the reading of the poem

(above, the haggis and part of johns kilt)

and a primerib/yorkshire pudding dinner

followed by my grandmother's trifle

it was a wonderful evening

as special thanks to dede and john

for including me

and to tom and may for welcoming

me into their home and all the rest of the clan

new addition

i can't believe it's been 7 weeks since

baby momma gave birth

she had 3 little kittens

above, our new addition to our family

she's so cute, lovable and funny

i haven't laughed this much in a long time!!

she's full of beans, so that's what i've been calling her

bean, beanie and beanie baby

not sure what will stick

baby update

"there's three in the bed and the little one said..........."

10 days old and just opening their eyes
they have doubled their size and are so cute!!!
momma is doing just fine

baby momma

for the past few months i've had this

little cat hanging around my garden

every morning i would find her under the hostas

right next to the bird bath

then i noticed a few dead birds

so i put the bird feeder away

and gave her some food

she was very tiny and shy

and would eat and run

i called her "baby"

every morning she would be back

then she showed up with a collar on,

then a few weeks later, no collar

she started to warm up to me and

decided to come in the house, then eat and run

one day i noticed she was getting a little "round"

and she was eating 3 small cans of food a day

finally i got to pick her up and sure enough

i could tell she was pregnant

so i started calling her "baby momma"

WELL....................

yesterday she gave birth to 3 kittens

momma and babies are doing just fine

and now we know who the father is!!

i hope they get their mothers eyes!!!!!

happy new year!

well, it's hard to believe another year is gone

they say time flies as you get older

remember y2k?

it seems like yesterday we thought

the world was going to end

or at least "crash"
and here it is 9 years later

i don't make resolution, just set a few goals

something like

"make time for more art"

which i did this year

part of that was starting this blog

i'm so glad i did

i've "met" some great people and

would like to say thank you

to everyone for visiting me,

encouraging me with all your wonderful comments

and wish everyone a creative 2009

nancy

feeling under the weather since i returned home from my long weekend visit with my sister

i've been playing around with some of my photos taken during my stay on lake erie

i don't know why i like this one, maybe its all the cold meds ,

or the ttv i found while looking through flickr

either way, i like it, something very calming about the whole thing

so i decided to use some of the photos in my new header

i'm back

thanks to my sister de and her man greg

i had a wonderful long weekend

its nice to just hang out and enjoy each others company

summer seems to be "flying" by too quickly!

generations

my great grand parents
my grand parents

my parents


me and my sisters

for mixed media monday,
i went through all my art and photos
i guess we all use our family photos
so we don't have the copyright worries
going through my work i realized
that i have to work on the next 2 generations
i have 9 nieces and nephews
and 5 great ones
now i feel really old!

dad

happy fathers day

i miss you