On a hot, sunny Sunday June afternoon, Tomiko, Donatello and I dressed up and walked up the hill to Spadina House to the Gatsby Garden Party. Although the party started at noon, we arrived around 2pm. At 3pm we gathered by the terrace and watched the Fashion Parade and the costume contest.
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Happy Canada Day!
Happy 147th Birthday Canada! July 1st is a holiday in Canada, and one of the few times that we are allowed to set off fireworks. We will be spending the day driving back to Toronto from New York City, so we don‘t have any fancy foods or DIY projects to celebrate. Instead, our mom got […]
Toronto Island History and House Tour
Recently the residents of Toronto Island generously opened their homes for us lucky visitors to tour, in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation, organized by Grannies in Spirit.
Road Trips: Providence, Rhode Island
I had never been to Rhode Island before, but we had to stay somewhere on our way to Cape Cod, and we decided…why not historic Providence! Not only is it home to the Rhode Island School of Design, it also the home of Brown University. We wandered around the College Hill and Wayland areas, looking […]
Pretty Window Box Ideas
Travelling around New England, I saw so many houses with lovely shuttered windows…and window boxes! Since we were there in springtime, the boxes were full of beautiful flowers. Here are some photos of what I found around Rhode Island, Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Boston: Here are some lovely white boxes with ornate brackets.