broom: Browse The Strips
Wednesday, May 1, 1985
Thursday, May 2, 1985
Sunday, August 11, 1985
Monday, December 23, 1985
Tuesday, September 22, 1987
Sunday, May 13, 1990
Sunday, October 23, 1994
Sunday, November 27, 1994
Tuesday, July 6, 1999
Friday, October 26, 2001
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Monday, September 14, 2009
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Lynn's Comments: Kevin, who does my colouring (and other graphic necessities), asked me to put an extra strip into this week of dailies in order to make the dates coordinate with the 2010 calendar. This was fun to add, and brought back memories of cleaning out the fireplace for Santa's nocturnal arrival. We had a large fireplace in the Lynn Lake house and sweeping it out was as much of a ritual as cutting the tree. First the charred wood was disposed of, then the grate was cleaned and the alcove swept and vacuumed out so Santa wouldn't get any soot on the rug. In front of the fireplace we would then set out Katie's little blue table and chairs on which was ceremoniously placed a plate of cookies and a glass of milk. The stockings were hung from nails under the mantelpiece and were always big, woolly ones made for northern winters. Aaron, being older, already knew about Santa but it was a long time before the mystery was explained to Katie. I think the best Christmases are the ones we share near a fireplace with people who believe in magic!
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Lynn's Comments: As kids, our backyard parking space was a covered rectangle--which smelled of cat spray and mud. North Vancouver's heavy rainfall was the one thing we needed protection from. Sweeping out the garage would have been a serious chore--if we had one. It wasn't until I moved my family to Ontario that a garage became familiar and oh so necessary. At this point, it was MY kids who hated sweeping the garage!
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Monday, December 22, 2014
Lynn's Comments: One of our traditions at Christmas was to clean out the fireplace. This was a good thing. We'd have forgotten otherwise. This is a pretty accurate illustration of our living room in Lynn Lake--complete with the crud on the rug.