simple pretty in my kitchen

simple pretty in my kitchen

Since coming home from our trip I've tackled a few household projects. Putting away Christmas decorations (now that we're down to one bin of decorations that process is almost painless), setting up a new winter wear system in the front porch with repurposed toy storage bins, and cleaning the fridge. ...

a traveler's tally

a traveler's tally

Friday night around 8pm we pulled into our snowy driveway, home at last after 2 weeks away. The first week and a bit of our trip was to Nova Scotia to celebrate Christmas with my family. The second part of our trip was to visit the Gaspé peninsula of Quebec ...

New Year Insecurities

New Year Insecurities

I promise to post, soon very soon, more about our trip. It's actually written and ready to go but I wanted to share this first. I did spend some time writing while we were traveling, and this is it (below this introduction). Even though we were staying here, there and ...

on the go

on the go

We are traveling through the Gaspesie (prounounced gas-pay-zee) region of eastern Quebec right now. I have no photos to show because we've too busy driving, discovering the land, and meeting new people to spend much time on the computer. This is a good thing for me. This has been an ...

Lobster ~ It's an East Coast thing

Lobster ~ It's an East Coast thing

My parents are recent transplants to the Canadian Maritimes. My brother & I were born and grew up in the same town where my mother was born, grew up and married in. My dad was also born there, grew up various places but returned as a newlywed to start a ...

And to all a good night

And to all a good night

It's nearing midnight here in Atlantic Canada. The house is absolutely quiet except for the tick-tocking grandfather clock. I'm off to bed soon but that latte Damien made for me this afternoon is keeping me awake. So much of these days is about the hours after dark. Dark comes soon ...

holiday bokeh bubbles

holiday bokeh bubbles

my favorite from Christmas 2008 Having the camera out at this time of year is so much fun. Soft backgrounds and bokeh bubbles are two of my favorite photographic effects. And taking photos of the tree, all decked out... fun, fun, fun. Shutter Sisters recently linked to Me Ra Koh's ...