Family Life & Kids
Sunday's Kitchen
September 12, 2012
Meals from the season. From the generosity of friend's farms and gardens. Remember the tomato greenhouse I told you about earlier this year? (I've mentioned it several times since then also.) I was given 60 lbs of organic greenhouse tomatoes a couple weeks ago. This was the week before we ...
My Farm Fill
September 9, 2012
I got my farm fill this week. But better yet, we met two more families and are making more friends. Small scale, organic growing farm families are inspiring people to be around. They're not afraid of hard work. They usually have a lot of passion for what they do. And ...
Gone Camping
September 5, 2012
We just got home from camping. I'll share more details later this week and probably something of our trip will show up on Outsideways (Facebook here) but until then here's a little taste of the last couple days. I'm so glad we don't do "school". I like love living life ...
The View Around Here ~ The End of August
August 24, 2012
I am in a mild state of shock, as I'm sure many people are, that summer is nearly to an end. When I was actively gardening and my kids were younger, I used to live summer till the middle of September. According to the calendar, that's how long summer really ...
Handmade Chess Sets
August 23, 2012
Our kids have had a fascination with all things medieval for years. They love historical fiction set in this time period. They love medieval type fantasy stories. (We devoured the Lord of the Rings books and movies years ago already.) And now they love computer role playing games with a ...
Nova Scotia Wrap Up
August 14, 2012
These were going to be last weekend's The View Around Here. But there was too many to whittle down, and I wanted to post the sailing photos. So, here I am, left with a bunch of great photos I am compelled to post with no real reason to do so ...
Sailing On The LaHave
August 12, 2012
My parents live on the LaHave River in Lunenburg county. I talked a bit about that last summer when we lived here. My Dad has always wanted to be on the water and has been trying to find the perfect boat to live out his dreams. This summer's trip to ...
