the end

Well friends.  It's been fun.  I do love this site, and all the many forms it has had over the years.   It has served it's purpose wonderfully.  As you well know, there have not been any posts in quite some time.  Life has taken me to places other that musing on baby diapers, and garden work.  Being a person who likes completion and closure, I have to officially say goodbye to Tamarack's Trails.  It is time for the end.

Never fear however, Tamarack writes on.  At a new blog called none other than Tamarack writes.  Big shocker huh?  With Cedar beginning Kindergarten I think it's time to make a committment to a new path for myself.  Still being a mom, but a mom with a goal.  You can follow all the exciting developments to that story there. 

And if you are interested you can always find me at my stepmom blog.  (Drop an email for that address)

This site will remain up for a while, but I suppose eventually I will delete it.  Thank you all for reading, those of you who did.  And I'll see ya around the web world, no doubt.

Peace, Love, Trees,
Tamarack

Happy Canada Day!

Did you know that July 1,1867 Canada became a country.  That Canada has the longest coastline of any country.  That Canada has 10% of the world's forests.  That 8.4 % of Canadians suffer from asthma.  That there are 292 species of butterflies in Canada.  That Dan Akroyd, Richard Dean Anderson, Kim Cattrall, Alexander Graham Bell, and Joni Mitchell are Canadians.  That there are more donut shops per capita in Canada than in any other country.

If you are coming to our Canada Day party tonight that is a little preview of the fun to be had.  O, and this, eh...

hello cupcake!

Talya got inspired last weekend by a trip to the bookstore, and a browse through the cake section.  There are a plethora of books on cake decorating, and even more with beautifully displayed and photographed sugary masterpieces.  She found one called Hello Cupcake, and we brought it home, along with some desire to get creative. 
After a bit of study of the book, a trip to the grocery, some spilled butter and sugar, and several tastes of chocolate frosting, here's what we ended up with about 24 hours later.  Our little hoot owl friends.