Margaret Kelk's Place

(With my own three-year-old handprints)

WHEN I WAS very young: September, 1997.

THE SUMMER OF 2008

On the rocks, top left, at Margaretsville, N.S.; my 11th birthday party
near home, top right; at Halifax airport, above, with my favorite coin machines.

SUMMER 2007 IN MIDDLETON, N.S.

We had a party, left, for Poppy's 73rd birthday, and there I am watching him blow out the candles on his cake. And for the first time, I went to the Annapolis County fair in nearby Lawrencetown, where I won prizes at nearly every booth, like the one on the right.

NOVA SCOTIA: SUMMER 2006

SUMMER 2005 IN NOVA SCOTIA

THE SUMMER OF 2004

Another visit to Moppy and Poppy in Nova Scotia. At top, there are Mom and me jumping in the breakers at Mavillette Beach. There's me on the right, looking through a little sliding window in the door of Moppy's trailer near the beach. Lower left, Moppy and I having lunch inside the trailer. And the lower middle picture is of me with the sand castle I built on the beach.

WINTERTIME FUN IN 2003-2004

First, I got together with Santa again at the mall. Then I went skating with Dad on the rink he made in our yard.

THE SUMMER OF 2003

Mom and I visited Moppy and Poppy in Nova Scotia again, but it rained the whole time so we didn't get to any beaches. Instead, we had indoor fun, and I learned how to do tie-dying in Moppy's studio. There's me in the middle mixing up the tie-dye recipe, and there are the results, left and right.

Well, it kept on raining, so I went to the playhouse at the local mall where there was lots to do

Earlier in the year, I lost my first baby tooth!!!!!

CHRISTMASTIME 2002

A visit with Santa at a nearby mall; I made this big snowman in our yard

THE SUMMER OF 2002

Here I am on the left on one of the slides at my school, and on the right,
sitting on a big rock at the beach where we went camping.

IN THE NEWS FOR HALLOWE'EN!

(Photos by Richard Lautens)

For Hallowe'en 2001, a picture of me in my fairy wizard costume and a writeup about me
and Mom appeared in the local newspaper, left. And on the right, here's what I looked like
as I went trick-or-treating around our neighborhood.

THE SUMMER OF 2001

Left, "The Gang" around a campfire at a cottage we rented. Mom's on the left, Uncle Larry and
cousin Maddie in the middle, and then there are Dad and me. And I also went to a summer
festival in our community where I ended up looking like a cat (right).

EASTER 2001: A VISIT TO NOVA SCOTIA

There's me at Poppy's new computer; with my Easter morning goodies; in Moppy's studio decorating an egg

THE SUMMER OF 2000

It takes two, me and Dad, to keep our lawn properly mowed

Here I am with my pre-school pals, wondering what everyone else is looking at

My first camping trip: getting wood for the campfire; driving a train at the park; riding my big fish in the lake!

CHRISTMASTIME 1999

A neat hat for Christmas Day after waiting for Santa

NOW WE ARE 2!

THE SUMMER OF 1999

MERRY CHRISTMAS 1998

Dad and I look at Christmas lights; I hang a shiny ball on our tree

Who needs a chair when I have this comfy toybox?

NOW WE ARE 1!

My first birthday party: Sept. 6, 1998

THE SUMMER OF 1998

_________________My Art Gallery__________________

A TEXTILE COLLAGE, left, from my 2002 art book; centre, an original mixed-media creation from my 2001 art book, left, and right, an early Margaret, March, 1999

Updated January 16, 2009