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Park It (pretty sure I’ve used this headline before)

I haven’t been into the studio in too long. I was going to head in Monday and Tuesday but I was so burned out on not having spent any time at home for so long and then it was rainy and so I just swung by the studio and picked up some paints and canvas [...]

All work and no play?

Happy labour day! What are you doing inside staring at the Internet? Go enjoy the last gasp of summer!

Crown Land

Guys, I have no patience. NO PATIENCE. Welcome to the name change. Hope you had time to say your goodbyes to Shoot from the Hip because I put it down overnight.

Welcome to the new name. I found it in one of these two books (well, I didn’t learn it from them, but I added [...]

I like to ride my bicycle(s)

Make space in the stable for another! Sean pimped out my Surly frame for me for my birthday and it is more beautiful than I imagined it would be – with a Brooks seat and cork bar tape and shorty drop bars and my dream shifters!

Now we [...]

Ta-da! Kind of…

Readers, I am re-branding Shoot from the Hip. After weeks of agonizing and nearly alienating Sean because options are all I’ve wanted to talk about, I settled on one.

I was going to announce it and change my Etsy name over and do all that jazz immediately because I am a lady with little patience [...]

Maiden Voyage

Did I mention Sean is, among many other amazing things, a sailor? He is, and his boat finally hit water last week after some long years of being beached.

Sean captained the vessel…

Doug “Stop Short” McGinn and Jane played the parts of Admiral and Skipper…

And this salty dog played the [...]

Manitoulin is awesome – and I’m not Manifoolin’ (chapter 3)

There’s a bit of a gap as far as interesting photos for the next couple nights, which is a shame because we stayed at Mindemoya Caottages and Campground and it was fantastic, not just because of the sie, but because we met Troy, who was biking from Sarnia around Manitoulin.

We rode together for a [...]

Manitoulin is awesome – and I’m not Manifoolin’ (chapter 2)

Most of the lighthouse shots are of items in the lighthouse rather than the lighthouse itself, but let’s take a gander…

This sweet junk shed was behind the lighthouse – presumbly full of everything you need to run a lighthouse!

I am fully aware of the work that goes into owning stoves like [...]

Manitoulin is awesome – and I’m not Manifoolin’ (chapter 1)

Well hi! We just got back from eight days of riding around the Bruce Peninsula and Manitoulin Island and I am in love with Huron all over again.

I don’t think I’ve ever said the word “awesome” so many times in my life. Mostly it was related to miners’ cabins on beautiful bluffs and wooden [...]

PSA

A little heads-up for the summer. If you don’t already know, this is what poison ivy looks like:

Yep, just like everything else in the bush. Another useful tip might be to tell you that the signs suggesting you should stay on the walking paths running  around Hamilton Harbour? They’re not kidding.

Using Colombo [...]