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Westgate Pastures
I’m pretty sure I’ve inherited all my passions from my beautiful mother; my interest for art, fashion, cooking, music, painting, gardening, and reading. My mother has passed on her many talents of cooking and shared beautiful and delicious recipes over the years, along with a few sentimental recipes by my grandmother.
I’m so fascinated with nature which is why I spend most of my time outdoors inhaling it’s natural beauty. My gallery consists of still-life images embellished with earth tones and hues of color.
I’m so excited to share my blog with you and I hope you enjoy and appreciate My Simple World of Country Pleasures.
Feel free to send me a friendly Hello, a message or email me anytime
Portage la Prairie, MB, Canada
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Welcome to Westgate Pastures~ My passion for cooking, recipes, gardening and photography.
I’m Ila, a mother of two talented daughters and a Gamma of four little sweethearts. My husband Scott and I live on an acreage surrounded by lush evergreens, deciduous maples with a little creek that flows in the spring.
I love everything from grand-parenting to designing. Cooking, gardening, crafting, reading, music, art, fashion and flea marketing is what I do in my spare time.
We do a lot as a family and enjoy celebrating everything from birthday parties to seasonal engagements.
“The most important thing is to enjoy your Life, be Happy, it’s all that matters.” ~ Audrey Hepburn
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“So much of what we know about love, we learn from our mother”
Stuart Clarke
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