Weblog Wannabe

When I was trying to find a colour scheme for the current design of this site, I kept coming across these three-letter words. The three-letter words are hex codes for just a few of the many web-safe colours. The…

Hello, my name is Firda and I’m a plant addict. Right now I have this craving to go to a nursery and buy a boatload of plants and seeds. Last night I gave in to the temptation and bought myself…

I love cover songs and I love folk music, so when Google Reader recommended Cover Lay Down to me, of course I had to subscribe to it. It’s chock full of folk song cover (folk cover song?) goodness, including covers…

I spent the whole morning redoing my about page. A big chunk of the time was spent choosing a self-portrait to put there. I had to choose between a blurry photo of me that looks kind of dizzying, a not-so-blurry…

In January, we went to see Hayden performing live in Kitchener and a singer/songwriter named Basia Bulat warmed the stage for him. I wasn’t expecting to enjoy her performance as much as I did so I was pleasantly surprised….

This blog is currently undergoing a complete makeover. As long as you don’t stray too far from the main page or the individual entry pages, you’ll be okay. Otherwise, you might get lost. Some pages are still looking ugly and…