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Fabulous over Fifty

How to Handle Disappointment at Our Savvy Age

When Life Pulls the Rug out from Underneath You (Again) How to…

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Décor/ Fairwood Place/ Porch Life

Get Excited for Porch Season

You know what I’ve been loving lately? Just sitting out on the…

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Fabulous over Fifty

Alone on Mother’s Day but Not Lonely.

A Mother’s Day Celebration for One: Honouring Yourself with Joy and Grace…

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DIY/ Entertaining

Hosting Mother’s Day Tea

How to Host a Charming Mother’s Day Tea There’s something timeless and…

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Fairwood Place/ Hidden Garden

The Peonies are coming – The Peonies are Coming!

OK…so here I am again blogging at three in the morning. I…

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Fabulous over Fifty

When the World Sleeps

There’s a funny thing that happens once you reach a certain…

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Company’s Coming/ DIY/ Easter/ Entertaining

Hosting with Heart (and a Few New Faces at the Table)

Easter Reflections: New Faces, Fold-Up Tables & Full Plates Well, Easter has…

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Company’s Coming/ Décor/ DIY/ Easter/ Entertaining

Easter Tablescapes

Easters from Years Past — A Little Hop Down Memory Lane While…

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Fabulous over Fifty

From Dust Bunnies to Golden Fluff – Happy Spring Cleaning

Why Do We All Get Spring Cleaning Fever? (And Why It’s Not…

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Fabulous over Fifty

Rainy Day Ready: How to Turn Boredom into Productivity and Fun

You know that feeling when it’s pouring rain OR snowing outside (Can…

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In Décor/ DIY/ Holidays/ Printables/ Thanksgiving
Giving Thanks

Giving Thanks Happy Thanksgiving weekend everyone!!! I hope you are able to get together with either family or friends to enjoy some special time…

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In Fabulous over Fifty/ Health Lifestyle Choices
Moving Freely – Exercise

Exercise – Moving freely Years ago Steve and I were in Nice, France for a few days before heading to Monaco where we boarded…

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In Fabulous over Fifty/ Health Lifestyle Choices
Five habits for a great nights sleep.

Evening routines & Sleep As we continue with September Healthy Ageing month, let’s chat about sleep and why evening routines are so important…

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In Health Lifestyle Choices/ RECIPES
September is Healthy Aging Month

What is healthy ageing? The World Health Organization defines healthy ageing as “the process of developing and maintaining the functional ability that enables wellbeing…

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In Fabulous over Fifty/ Health Lifestyle Choices
Held hostage in a government approved quarantine hotel. WTF?!

Since when is it OK to be held hostage in our own country? How is this mandatory 3-day hotel-prison-quarantine helping the Covid 19 situation?…

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In CANADIAN CLUB/ Décor
The easiest way to find your decorating style.

The perfect guide to finding your own decorating style! …

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In CANADIAN CLUB/ Christmas
Bye Bye 2020

It’s been a while since my last post….and here it is the end of 2020! What a year…what a Christmas season it was…or wasn’t…depending…

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In Fabulous over Fifty/ Health Lifestyle Choices/ Holidays/ Thanksgiving
The Benifits ofForest Bathing

I was asked to be interviewed last week by Jodi Martinson of CBC radio to chat about snowbirds going south this winter. I declined…

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In Fabulous over Fifty
Savvy and Scammed

It’s true. No matter how savvy we think we are there is that ever-present possibility that we could get scammed. Some of my…

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In Company’s Coming/ DIY/ Entertaining/ Health Lifestyle Choices
CoVid Friendly Entertaining

Finally, we can have friends over for back yard visits…and hasn’t the weather been spectacular? This isn’t a long post…just some CoVid friendly entertaining…

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