As far as the eye can see…

via Daily Prompt: Horizon As far as the eye can see, there’s nothing on my horizon today other than a view from a balcony overlooking a duck pond. Five baby ducks adds to the cutest factor and the view is only enhanced by the pages in front of me as I sit here relaxing in…

Time to treat myself

Ever since I read the first Harry Potter  book to my Grade 3/4 students waaay back in the late 90’s, I have been a huge JK fan. I have read and re-read this amazing series time after time and it never fails to enchant and draw me into its magical world. I’ve been eyeing up…

Sparkle

I’m a self-confessed Christmas addict! My Christmas started months ago with the first of many shopping sprees (I have secret stashes of presents scattered throughout the house – places I don’t even remember where!) and my giant tree was put up and decorated a week ago… It certainly is the season to sparkle and shine!…

When a honk is the new quack.

I know it’s geese that honk but today’s Daily Prompt, ‘Honk’, still made me think of the family of ducks that live on our street. I see them maybe once a week waddling along. My kids and I usually make up a story for them and last week, when we saw Mr. & Mrs. Duck…

Black for Christmas

Black is the new red and green; red and green being considered ‘Christmas colours’ (have you seen the red and green M&Ms they release in buckets at this time of year? I don’t like M&Ms from January-November but I just can’t get enough of the seasonal coloured ones in the run up to Christmas!) I…

Orange Overload

Today’s ‘prompt of the day’ on WordPress is simply… Orange! How very apt when Hallowe’en is only three sleeps away (my kids have been counting down for about a month now!) Hallowe’en is my least favourite holiday but I do love all things pumpkin, including this new delicious body cream purchased from the Body Shop…