I cannot believe 3 months has passed

First, an apology to my readers, although I believe there are only a few of you.  But that does not matter, because I know that it is good to be consistent with whatever you are doing in life. Anyway, summer is going by so fast.  To some of you who might be from another country and does not follow news from Canada, our neck of the woods has been devasted with the wild fires and so many people have been evacuated. Our city and other communities has been living with a lot of smoke.  But finally there is a bit of relief and for the past few days, there has been blue skies and clean air. Now I want to share with you what I have been completing and getting busy with aside from golf Monday to Friday. 

A Marvel theme shopping bag 

Special margarita from the amazing restaurant in Golden, BC

These are crocheted dish cloth that I do when travelling.

A filipino dish for our guest (Pancit Bihon)

The evening sky taken from our living room window.

A new game our friends introduced and now we are hooked.

My daughter's friend from Vancouver gave this to us a year ago. 

This is Kalamalka Lake along Hwy 97 on the way to Vernon.

A very Canadian placemat for my mother in law/

An art item for my mother in law - for her front door.

Special donut from the Donut truck in Kelowna.

I hope you are all enjoying your summer as it is getting too close to school starting and pretty soon it is Autumn aka Fall.  Stay healthy, stay safe and happy travels.

Misty March

The weather has been really crazy in different parts of the world. In our area, our winter has been so mild and hardly received snow.  We had a lot of misty morning and foggy afternoons.  Of course we are not complaining because we could go for our daily walks without worrying about slipping and sliding.  Although some of our friends who love the outdoors were mentioning about the condition of the ski hills and cross country or snow shoeing tracks.  But they are not complaining either, instead we are just thankful that we have had the mildest winter since we moved to our city.  So what have I been spending my time.  Well, aside from trying different types of cookies, I have been sewing and doing other crafts.  In addition, I have to announce that I finally got an AIRFRYER.  For the longest time, I keep saying, I am not convinced I needed one. But our good friend decided to give me her old one which is quite bigger than I expected.  So far I have only used it once and now I can say, yes I like it.  Anyway, here are some photos I wanted to share for this post.

My girlfriend gave me this special doily that her mother made many many years ago.

This fabric was given to me by my girlfriend and I made it into a shopping bag.

My daughter sent this to me and so far is my favorite sauces to add to my cooking.

My new friend gave this to me - it's called a Scandinavian Star/

This was my first try to recreate it and I was very happy with the result.

I have been hanging onto this cookie jar and now decided to donate it.

Friendly February

A belated Happy Valentines to you my readers and or followers.  I did not realize that I have not posted for the second month of the year. Well, technically it is still February and I can still share whatever that might be interesting.  So first up, is the new garden flag I made as some of them have been fading for a while.

And now I will share some of the latest baking treats that I have made. Some are new recipes I am trying and of course the other one is my go to, specially when I am short of time. I am also sharing a small sample of treats from a girlfriend. 

Oatmeal macadamia lace cookies with chocolate drizzle.

I guess I did not provide enough space in between.

My #1 favorite cookie - white chocolate macadamia cookies.

The sample treat from my girlfriend (sugar cookies and macaroons).

A new girlfriend gave this to me (Scandinavian Star)
in the hopes that I will start making them.

Just-right January

Happy New Year to all of you! Whoever you might be, thank you for stopping by. I know I don't have a lot of followers but I still continue to post once a month.  Just sharing something that I love and hopefully you enjoy reading this post and checking out the photos that I have posted. I am hoping that everyone is going to be safe and healthy this year. There is so much chaos already and we are just in the middle of the first month of 2026. Anyway, here's what I have done so far for this month. Enjoy!!!

Brown Sugar Pie

Southern Pecan Pie

Lemon cupcakes with Vanilla mint milkshake frosting

I did not make this, but this is my all time favorite treat!

Butter Pecan Tart in two sizes

Ube Macapuno Tart

Cauliflower fried rice with Shrimp.

Lemon Pudding cake and mini lemon puff pastry

Dazzling December

Why is it dazzling December? The answer is simple. When all the houses are lit with very colorful lights and the decorations outside are very festive, that's what to me is the definition of Dazzling.  This month it will be just a mixture of my favorite things.  I hope that you and your loved ones are going to be together enjoying the wonderful meals, sharing the memories you all made during this year.  Of course we won't forget those who are missing from our lives. Hopefully you can think of great memories you had with them. Now here's a collection for 2025 and maybe you will get inspired to do something that makes you happy.  Happy holidays to all and may the coming year be more peaceful and less stressful.  Cheers!!!

First purse charm I tried making

Stanley is my favorite dog.

Favorite coaster flower crochet - my daughter asked me to try.

Acrylic painting with my friend - craft day once a month.

Doughnuts from my favorite donut truck on Gordon Drive, Kelowna.

The mama deer and her fawn in the backyard of my neighbor.

My all time favorite pastry - twice baked almond croissants.

The newest DOT - it's too cute not to get it. 

Hurricane Shot - mix black Zambucca and Forty Creek

The cutest Nativity Scene - you have to zoom in.

Naturally November

It was time again to change our clocks an hour back.  I hope you are one of those who prefer not to have to change clocks twice a year.  Most especially those of you who has more one clock at home.  Let me see if I can count how many we have. Here's our list: Stove, Microwave, kitchen clock, living room, bathrooms, bedrooms, laundry room, sports room, garage and of course cars.  Aside from one, each one has to be changed manually. So, yes, it would be such a nice treat if we didn't have to do this useless process. One hour of sleep here and there does not make a difference to me. Anyway, this month we have to remember those who have fallen and pay respects to all on November 11.  Let's pause right now. 

This month I am sharing an assortment of photos that shows some changing of the leaves as well as some crafts that I have recently tried.