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28 Mar, 2012

Look what I found!

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Easy ways to make kids happy|File under crafty

This is one of my favourite Easter crafts of all time: We made them a few years ago and I love them as much as ever. You can get the whole scoop in this past post. :) Share the post “Look what I found!” FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInE-mailReddit

Come see our avian piñata! Ha.

This is my day, hour by hour, on Sunday April 24, 2011. (You can read more about this project in yesterday’s post.) Earliest photos are be at the bottom. Share the post “Hourly Photo: The Easter Sunday Edition (the pics)” FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInE-mailReddit

Once again, that troublemaker Lara asked me whether I was planning another Hourly Photo Challenge for Easter Sunday. How could I say no? The general idea is to take one photo every hour for the whole day (Sunday April 24). The photo has to be of whatever you happen to be doing at that time. You don’t […]

26 Mar, 2010

The family Easter

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Easy ways to make kids happy

We’re not churchgoing folk, but Easter is one of my favourite times of the year. I can’t believe it’s just around the corner.  I love our Easter traditions. For awhile we successfully convinced our children that the wild rabbits in our neighborhood were part of an army of spies for the Easter bunny, who watched children […]


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My name is Andrea and I live in the Westboro area of Ottawa with my husband Mark and our dog Piper who is kind of a big deal on Instagram. We also have two human offspring: Emma (24) and Sarah (22). During the day I work as a writer at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre. I am a longtime Ottawa blogger and I've occupied this little corner of the WWW since 1999. The Fishbowl is my whiteboard, water cooler, and journal, all rolled into one. I'm passionate about healthy living, arts and culture, travel, great gear, good food, and sharing the best of Ottawa. I also love vegetables, photography, gadgets, and great design.

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