Steampunk Canada

I'm old enough to remember the steam trains running on the track across the field behind our garden, old enough to remember riding in the old compartmented carriages.  I have a Singer treadle sewing machine in my living room that I wouldn't part with for the world.  I grew up reading Popular Mechanics magazines and I'm fascinated by exploded diagrams. I own watchmaker's screwdrivers and used to take apart watches, enchanted by the delicate complexities within.  I don't have a TV or a telephone.  I love large hats and small embroidered boots... there is a magnet on my fridge with a picture of Victorian boots  on it that I brought back from the Bata Shoe museum in Toronto.  I'm creative, odd, and somewhat musical.  I love repurposing.