Happy Canada Day!

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O Canada (English version)

O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!

From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

 

O Canada (French version)

O Canada! Terre de nos aieux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!

Car ton bras sait porter l'epee,
Il sait porter la croix!

Ton histoire est une epopee
Des plus brillants exploits.

Et ta valeur, de foi trempee,
Protegera nos foyers et nos droits.

Protegera nos foyers et nos droits.

 

O Canada (Bilingual version - non official)

O Canada! Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command,

Car ton bras sait porter l'epee,
Il sait porter la croix!

Ton histoire est une epopee
Des plus brillants exploits,

God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

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DIY: No more Sagging Purses

                                                                                                  Week 26 (Save $26)


Does your handbag sag at the bottom with all  the content of things you carry?  In this photo, there are actually two - 10 oz tins of soup weighing down and stretches out my handbag and I hate how it ruins the shape and how it looks !  It looks more like a bowling bag rather than a statement piece.


I came up with a DIY solution.
 
Why not make my own base shaper with foam core to enforce the bottom ! It's a very simple project and the end result ... let me say, you will be making more future cut outs. 

Measure the bottom base of the purse and cut the foam core to size and round the  4 corners.

 Place the foam core into the bottom of the purse. You may need to adjust the size by trimming until the shaper fits perfectly and sits flat.  

Now, place all your valuable stuff back into the handbag with the kitchen sink. In my case, tin soup ( which represents the weight of the content ).

 Tada!!!

 

The end result with the home made shaper with the soup tins ...... Fabulous! 

No more sagging handbags!!!





 

 

 

 

 

Happy Father's Day!

 

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Get OUT and VOTE Ontario !

Thursday June 12th is Election day for Ontario

Ontarians will be heading to the polls to vote a party in or out!  If you do not cast your vote, you do not have a right to complain!

The polling stations will be opened from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Bring your Notice of Registration Card with one piece of valid identification to your assigned polling station and make your vote count! 

 

Happy Gardening!

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Look what I am growing!  Click on the image for a larger view.  

With this great weather,  I find myself spending more time actively outdoors gardening. Whether it be digging, trimming, cutting, watering or planting.   Gardening is so great for the mind, body and soul.

I find gardening very relaxing, soothing and therapeutic.  It gives you that personal stress free time to be outdoors, creating, nurturing and caring for all those blooms and greenery beauties. 

Get outside, grow what you love, and enjoy the fruits of your labor ! 


Here are a few safe home remedies to get rid of those insects in your garden:

Aphids, mites, white flies
Mix 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil, 1 teaspoon of liquid dishwashing soap (ivory, Palmolive,etc), 1 minced clove of garlic, and 1 chopped onion in 1 litre of water.  Soak the mixture with a cotton ball and make sure you soak both sides of the leaves for full effectiveness.  Hose the plant off after a few hours.  Repeat the application a few days later.

Slugs and Snails
If you see holes in your plants or glistening slime trails, it's a sign the slugs and snails are present.  Pour beer in a shallow pan or flat container so the lip is at ground level.  Change the beer every 3 days, for full effectiveness. 
Crushing egg shells or spreading copper pennies around the plants also ward off slugs and snails.

Fruit flies
Fill a short tumbler with wine and cover the top with clear plastic wrap and poke a hole.  Fruit flies  love wine and that will be the flies last drink before it departs its life.

Sow bugs and pill bugs
These bugs emerge mainly in the spring from compost spread around the garden.  These insects can be trapped by placing loosely rolled up damp newspaper in your garden.  In the morning, pick up the newspaper with the bugs hiding inside the paper in the garbage.  Repeat with new rolls daily.

Ants
For larger ants, sprinkle cornmeal in the area where you see the ants.  The ants will consume the cornmeal and later their bellies will swell.  Need to say no more.
Smaller ants, sprinkle bath powder or salt around

Fungus
Sprinkle cinnamon powder directly to the affective part of the plant generously.  This is a useful way to control mold and mushroom in the mulch and outdoor flowerbeds too.

Weeds
Salt or vinegar removes weeds on pavements or between cracks.  Repeat the application a few days later until the weeds are gone.

Happy Gardening!