Keep Cool and Carry On............
Well it's the middle of summer. British Columbia has been having a bit of a heat wave. Parts of the Creston Valley are constrained by...
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sarahglasscanada
Apr 161 min read
Spring!
The flowers around our pond are starting to bloom! Keep in mind that this could be your pond, and that it's right outside the front...
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sarahglasscanada
Feb 61 min read
Like a Groundhog, I'm popping up in February
I haven't posted in a while; it's winter, everything has slowed. I just wanted to show you this: A bit bleak outside, always cozy inside.
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sarahglasscanada
Dec 4, 20231 min read
Everything.......slows.........down........in...................winter....
I started this blog because apparently websites with blogs do better algorhythmically. But, I feel like I've said all there is to say...
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sarahglasscanada
Oct 16, 20231 min read
Yum!
Many years ago, we became interested in wild mushrooms; specifically morels, because those were the only ones we could confidently...
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sarahglasscanada
Oct 8, 20231 min read
Fire!
Country people love a good fire. Every spring and fall we're out there, cleaning up branches and other burnable debris (after checking...
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sarahglasscanada
Sep 21, 20231 min read
Creepy in a good way.....
When we bought this property, it was a grassy field surrounded by a decrepit barbed wire fence. As we developed the space, we tried to...
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sarahglasscanada
Aug 31, 20231 min read
Jam-tastic!
The sea buckthorn berries are ripe! Beautiful, tart little guys, they're full of vitamin C. I don't know why, but they're not well known...
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sarahglasscanada
Aug 27, 20231 min read
That's it! I'm done!
Well, the final spot for glass art is full! It took me 16 days to create this heron piece. Someone asked me how much I would charge for...
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sarahglasscanada
Aug 9, 20231 min read
Put a bird on it!
We have an outbuilding that we refer to as the carport. It is a carport, but with a ground-level space that for years we used as Dan's...
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sarahglasscanada
Aug 2, 20231 min read
Oak on Elm
Before we moved to West Creston, we lived in town, on Elm Street. In the backyard there was a lovely oak tree, which I recreated in...
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sarahglasscanada
Jul 31, 20231 min read
Pssst....
We have a secret room. Well, it's not really a room, and I suppose it's no longer a secret. Because the home is open-concept, we tried...
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sarahglasscanada
Jul 30, 20231 min read
Put a lid on it!
Four years ago we had the asphalt roof on the house replaced with a metal roof. There was nothing wrong with the roof, but we'd always...
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sarahglasscanada
Jul 28, 20231 min read
A Banner Day!
Today started with more cleaning; I try to do something productive every day. I know people who've put their houses up for sale often...
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sarahglasscanada
Jul 25, 20231 min read
Yum!
I haven't been doing much other than tasks related to selling the house. Today though I surprised myself a bit; I felt like baking. So,...
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sarahglasscanada
Jul 24, 20231 min read
Get 'er done!
For some reason, and I can't actually explain it, we didn't apply finish to the windowsills in the main room on the lower level. There...
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sarahglasscanada
Jul 23, 20231 min read
The View from Here....
I have approximately 1 gazillion photos of the view from the house. The early morning, as the sun is coming up (the golden hour) is a...
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sarahglasscanada
Jul 22, 20231 min read
Feeling hot, hot, hot.....
We're having a heat wave. Days of 95F, 35C. We're fortunate to have a grove of trees on the northwest corner of the property. Every...
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sarahglasscanada
Jul 21, 20231 min read
The Courtyard
It was important to us that we get the area between the house and the carport right. We knew it was an area that we would be traversing...
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sarahglasscanada
Jul 20, 20231 min read
Making the big move....
It's happening! The website is up, but not complete. We clean a room, photograph it and then add the photos and descriptions to the...
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