On Sunday, March 11, we went to Maple Syrup Festival in Warkworth. I’ve never been to Maple Festival before and was very excited. The website warkworthmaplesyrupfestival.ca suggested that we should park our car in the village and take a shuttle bus to Sandy Flat Sugar Bush …
Last month, the pre-Easter fasting period had started for the Christians around the world – Lent. In Christian tradition, Lent is more than just eating the limited amount of specified food — the faithful are to abstain from all the earthly pleasures, thus cleansing the soul from …
Food is one of the most important hygge attributes. Sharing good food is the best way to cosy up with your family or friends. And Family Day weekend is the perfect time for such activity. And if in the previous years I would have to …
In one of my previous posts, I started the conversation about hygge. Both Canada and Denmark are in the top 10 happiest countries in the world. And I assume that the Danes and we, Canadians, definitely, should know something about happiness and how to stay happy. Let’s find …
According to Hyggehouse.com, hygge(pronounced hue-guh, not hoo-gah) is a Danish word used when acknowledging a feeling or moment, whether alone or with friends, at home or out, ordinary or extraordinary as cosy, charming or special. This word has no direct English translation. It derives from a sixteenth-century Norwegian …
As many of us, we became extremely busy around Christmas holidays. Buying gifts for our children and their significant others, looking for new recipes and purchasing ingredients, you know, all these important things parents usually do. First, we needed a perfect Christmas tree. Where can …