Making Home


Hibernate

Hibernate

Hibernate is a winter gift to myself. The gift of friendship and beauty. The gift of cozy and craft. The gift of learning new skills and trying new recipes.

Summer Stories ~ Moving and Making Home

Summer Stories ~ Moving and Making Home

The first photos of moving, organizing and making home in our apartment in Montreal.

Summer Stories Introduction

Summer Stories Introduction

These photos tell the story of summer. The story of moving and making home, the story of out and about in the city (so much of that this summer), the story of kids growing up, the story of urban gardens and green spaces, the story even of my summer fashion.

A garden to be

A garden to be

I feel our yard space, front and back, are just the right size for how we want to spend our time at this stage of family life; enough space for me to grow lots of beauty, but not too much space that we have to spend a lot of time ...

The Spring Shift

The Spring Shift

We had a string of sunny days last week and the season shifted, irrevocably, into spring.

l'hiver au Quebec (Winter in Quebec)

l'hiver au Quebec (Winter in Quebec)

"It's a simple reality: if you want to live in Quebec, you have to come to terms with the winter. It's the defining season of the place, the dominating inevitability."

Using a personal crisis to update a mission statement

Using a personal crisis to update a mission statement

The dust settled and the crying stopped and the rebuilding began. And the beauty of the breakdown is that in its aftermath I found clarity, once again, about who I am, what I need, what I love, how I want to live, and what my mission is.