Sylvia's Simple Shots

My niece was visiting for a couple of days.  

She it the ReUse Center before she arrived at my house.

We grabbed a bit of lunch then hit the thrift stores.

On the second day we took a walk at the St. Albert Botanic Park. I was expecting the paths to be cleared but they were not. It was very icy and not much fun. We took the street to come back to the car.

Then headed to Goodwill.

I decided that I wanted new mats for the front door.  This time maybe grey instead of navy considering the new grey floors.

I headed to IKEA and found some that would work.  I bought 3 which put 2 at the door and 1 cut in half for the shoes across next to the small bench.  Always great value.

We headed for my favorite Vietnamese restaurant Dang Good and we enjoyed our meal while we combed through some of our thrift haul.

Headed home to check out the rest of our goodies.

The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley was the book I finished this week.  

Nicola Marter has a gift. When she touches an object, she sometimes sees images, glimpses of those who have owned it before. She works for London dealer in Russian Art. 

Margaret Ross, the owner of a small wooden carving of a bird called the Firebird comes to have it appraised. It has been in her family for 300 years and claims that it was given to her ancestor by Empress Catherine of Russia.  She cannot prove it but Nicola sees its past.

Nicola meets up with Rob McMorran in Scotland who she has known for a while and loves. He has a similar gift so they decide to collaborate on the search for origin of this small wooden bird carving. They travel to Russia and by touching many things including walls they trace the object. Will it work out?

Another great read from this author.

We do love our Asian food.

We met my other sister in Sherwood Park to have Korean food for supper before my niece headed south.

We sorted out Tupperware orders and had a great visit.