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  • Small Works Again!

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    Small Works Again, our annual small works show, opened last night to the tune of a very fun Pie Party. Guests and friends and participating artists enjoyed a potluck Pie fest alongside a wine and cheese. For the first time, we have featured a small craft/card table for participating artists to share some of their…

  • staying cool with Arnold Palmer

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    Photograph by reader Laurie Aaron Dahlquist. According to Laurie, the “Arnold Palmer” is half lemonade, half iced tea, and is what she uses to stay cool in August! Upload your pics along?áour photo theme for August: Stayin’ Cool to our Facebook Page, and?áit will be featured on this website! Or email us at fleurbain@gmail.com. Either…

  • savour summer with tea-time in a park

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    I like to go for coffee with friends a couple times a week. ?áThese are always important times for me where I am able to relax and unwind and just be with my buds. ?á When you live in a city and you have such a small apartment that your living room is also your…

  • herbs for cats

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    Cats have been a part of my daily life for 14 years now.?á During most of this time I have thought of them as little carnivores, little super predators.?á?á While it is true that they rely on meat for their sustenance, they love plants too.?á They love green stuff like fresh green blades of oats…

  • DF+EF; we’ve done our homework here!

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    Welcome to the world of?áDe Farine et D’Eau Fra?«che! DF+EF is a dreamy new p?ótisserie on Amherst that has the perfect combination of creativity and expertise. They have just opened and they are sure to be a huge success. ?áDF+EF is near Robin, right across the street from the community centre Ste-Catherine d’Alexandre which is…

  • Herbal Creativity… Valentine’s Version

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    The first Herbal Creativity Spa Weekend workshop was held this last weekend. It was a thoroughly delicious, educational,?ácreative?áand fun experience. Participants learned to make?ásucculent herbal truffles, beautiful felted soaps, and pretty Boudoir Boxes. They enjoyed some herbal teas, made a bath tea, and tasted a?áHealthy Hot Chocolate. They made (and some dared to sample…) a?átrue…

  • gratitude

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    This is a sentimental entry as well as somewhat of a departure from the typical ‘Fleurbain concept’. In the last few days, I have thought about the folks?áwho have got through to me. ?áThese people have been my teachers. I am overwhelmed with a sense of gratitude for the people in my life who have…

  • Herbal Creativity Spa Weekend: Valentine

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    The pinnacle of the dark, dreary days of winter is a purgatory that rests between Christmastime and Spring February. Installed into February is a day that is supposed to be a celebration of ÔÇ£LoveÔÇØ. Many lament the commercialisation of ValentineÔÇÿs Day, and resent the high expectations and sadness that come with so many of our…

  • It happens. You shop for wool, but end up finding bi?¿re.

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    This is what we found one day on our way to buy some wool to make felted soaps. Les D?®lires du Terroir – bi?¿res, fromages et gourmandises du Qu?®bec. It is at 6406 rue St. Hubert, just below Beaubien. The cheese and gifts looked nice and so did the beer. We had no idea that…