Gaspe Peninsula


Skiing ~ To The Mountains We Go

Skiing ~ To The Mountains We Go

Post three of five in my Ski Week series. The mountains inspire us. One of the reasons we moved to the Gaspé peninsula was for the mountains. Some people (our families?) might find it strange but we need to be close to the mountains. We know this about ourselves. During ...

Skiing ~ Getting There & Back

Skiing ~ Getting There & Back

Post two of five in my Ski Week series. We turn left out our driveway and head into the heart of the Gaspésie mountains. These photos were taken over the course of three weeks. Each week the snow is piled on the evergreens and along the side of the road. ...

Writing & Skiing ~ Ski Week at FIMBY

Writing & Skiing ~ Ski Week at FIMBY

I've been doing a lot of writing these days. I have so many posts on the go (as in, mostly written but needing finishing and editing), it's kind of crazy. Posts about mothering little ones, finding security and defining success, my mission, an updated advertising page for FIMBY, our elementary ...

Our First Week on Skis - A Dream Come True

Our First Week on Skis - A Dream Come True

It has been our long term goal to ski together for winter outdoor activity. We are committed to one day a week and this is fairly easy for three seasons of the year but winter has been tough to figure out. We tried snowshoes when the kids were little. Snowshoes ...

We Have a Housing Dream

We Have a Housing Dream

The only way you make progress at all is to dream up some cool stuff to get you moving.

Moving Forward

Moving Forward

After keeping all of you (or some of you) in suspense we're now ready to share our big news, we have decided to return to Canada in this year of 2011. It's unbelievable the amount of mental, creative and emotional energy that have gone into that one little sentence. Many ...

Gaspe vacation photos ~ The Sky

Gaspe vacation photos ~ The Sky

As promised here are the rest of our photos I wanted to share from our trip. Only this time the focus, quite literally is on the sky. Usually when we camp we are deep in the woods somewhere tucked between mountains. As lovely as this sounds it's nearly impossible to ...