..the daily life of a hermit and her dog ...
River Echo
September, 2010
Welcome to Oma's World.
Welcome to Oma's world: a hermitage set on a pristine lake, nestled in mountains, surrounded by trees and inhabited by Oma, Kenya (her own dog) and the dogs she looks after.
In Oma's world there is time to see, really see, the natural landscape as it changes. When she is not outside with the dogs, Oma reads, writes and watches films. She has also returned to a lost hobby, knitting, tried pottery and felting with very limited success, and produced a great deal of funky furniture over the past year or so. She also teaches occasionally at a local language school.
Since moving to the hermitage she has discovered the secret to raising healthy house plants. They have to love their environment. We all do if we are to lead happy productive lives.
This summer she tried her hand at creating a garden, and has been consumed by it to the exclusion of most other occupations.
In Oma's world there is time to see, really see, the natural landscape as it changes. When she is not outside with the dogs, Oma reads, writes and watches films. She has also returned to a lost hobby, knitting, tried pottery and felting with very limited success, and produced a great deal of funky furniture over the past year or so. She also teaches occasionally at a local language school.
Since moving to the hermitage she has discovered the secret to raising healthy house plants. They have to love their environment. We all do if we are to lead happy productive lives.
This summer she tried her hand at creating a garden, and has been consumed by it to the exclusion of most other occupations.
My Other Blogs
Kenya
My Lady of the Lake
Some of My Regular (and Occasional) Haunts
About Me
- Oma
- ... a woman who has been many women and will likely continue to metamorphose right til the end ... I have been a mother, a grandmother, a writer, a teacher, a traveler, a nomad,a hermit, a dog sitter, and a sporadic folk artist wannabe. Right now I am also a tiny-time-chef and caterer. Who knows where my travels will lead me as I travel down the final stretch of life's road?
Blogs for Writers
Followers
Something I Noticed Recently
- "A first draft is a work of construction. A seventh is the work of an artist." Barbara Kingsolver
Kenya's Sleepover Buddies
- Peach, a gentle 5 year old Lassie-type Collie
- Oberon, King of the Cat Fairies
- Corey, a 7 year old Golden Retriever
- Kitty, AKA Button, 8 weeks
- Tom Cat, 1 year old... run over November, 2010
- Olive, the 2 year old black lab
- Chelsea, the old and lumpy black lab on steroids
- Mica, the Siberian Husky
- Maggie, the two year old Berner
- Stella, the 7 month old Bernese Mountain Dog puppy
- Tango, the Ancient Sheep Dog, now deceased
- Zeke, the Nova Scotia Duck Toller, now deceased
- Henry, Marta's Golden Retriever
- Lulu, the tiny Cockapoo puppy
- Havoc, the Doberman
- Remi, Sarah's Golden Doodle
- Tango, the Golden Lab mix
- Teddy and Shea, Tammy and Carlos' dogs
- Nina, the Chocolate Lab, now re-homed because of viciousness
Blog Archive
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2009
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August
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- Good Dog, Kenya ... and catch-up news
- Wonky Woman #2
- I'm Back ...
- My dog is a tattle tale ...
- The second cat chair almost ready to polyurethane
- Polyurethaning started and mattress and pillow mad...
- The Giraffe End
- The hippo family end of the doll crib
- I keep checking to see if someone has pasted a kic...
- A Woe is Me Wednesday Lament
- What are you afraid of?
- These Lazy Hazy Days ...
- Foghorn on Halifax Common
- A Quiet Blog
- Summer is finally here!
- fairy house
- first grand daughter and first great grand daughte...
- Moving Right Along
- Selling in Quebec is Hard Work!
- Grey Sunday
- Box based on quilt pattern and a floating heart I ...
- Apple bowl Side 2 ... see the NS apple ladder, Mud?
- Apple Bowl Side 1
- August Sun Means Hay
- Rocking Chairs, Sensitive Men and Hospital Horror ...
- It is very easy to re-live my mothering days with ...
- Wild Thing Turns Five ... with Mud Mama
- Mixed Blessings
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August
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Films I am Watching (reviewed are starred)
- Blood Diamond
- Amazing Grace
- Rosenstrasse
- The Blade Runner
- My Cousin Vinnie
What I am Reading These Days
- Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden
- Good to a Fault by Marina Endicott
- What They Wanted by Donna Morrissey
- Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather o'Neill
- Merle's Door: Lessons from a Free Thinking Dog by Ted Kerasote
2 comments:
WONDERFUL colour combination!
The peach just does it!
I saw many tiny antique children's chairs (even
a little folding one) today and thought of you. Beechwood & McKay in New Edinburgh. But they were v. expensive @ Time and Thyme Again shop. Do you know it?
1. I wish i had your monitor! The peach is actually an antique gold. But now I will try peach with the other colours!
2. I do know that shop ... my favourite nightie came from there! I should take a look ... but if they were lovely antiques I'd be afraid I would ruin them by painting them even if they were not really expensive.
I have started a doll's cradle that is a very rough replica of an antique and feel good about elevating it ... but I will take a peek next week when I go for my mammogram at the Montfort.
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