Family Life & Kids
Gone Swimmin'
July 19, 2010
I've noticed a trend in the blogs I read both in the posts themselves and confessions buried in comments. Burn out, over-work, stress, busy living. Here's my confession: I am coming off from a month of that myself. Unfortunately, I feel in good company (like I mentioned above). The intensity ...
When The Boy is Away... The Girls Will Play
July 14, 2010
This past weekend we took a whirlwind trip up into New Brunswick to pick up Laurent from my parents. We were supposed to meet in Maine and be hiking Mt. Katahdin with them (and a bunch of other people) but the rain and thunderstorms thwarted those plans. So instead we ...
Friday's Flowers ~ Cool Blues
July 9, 2010
It's been a very hot week in Maine, triple digit days with humidity and no A/C. I'm not complaining, it won't last long but it does tire one out. Early this week before the heat hit I cut hydrangeas for our table bouquet. Each day it seems another head of ...
A Very Berry Weekend
July 7, 2010
Weekends like this start innocently enough. An e-mail sent from a local organic farmer and friend, private invitation only, "the strawberries are ready for picking." It came in my inbox while we were on vacation so the picking had to wait till we got home. And it had to wait ...
Gaspe vacation photos ~ People & Places
July 4, 2010
It's taken me a whole week to finally finish going through all our vacation photos from our trip to the Gaspe Peninsula. This first set of photos is of people and places, not everything mind you, just a few of my favorite shots. morning chess with papa The next set ...
Friday's Flowers ~ Red, White & Blue
July 2, 2010
This weekend is fourth of July here in the States. Being that we are Canadians we don't make a big deal of this holiday but have always appreciated Damien getting a day off from work! Despite the fact that we're not big flag wavers I was inspired to pull together ...
Back from Vacation Blues
June 29, 2010
Sunday night we arrived home from an eight day camping vacation in the Gaspésie region of Quebec, Canada. This is the same area we visited after this past Christmas. Monday was spent as post trips days go: a bit of laundry, a run to the produce stand, some time in ...
