Travel

A day in the city (friends who leave a key to their home)

July 3, 2013

We manage to squeeze in one day in NYC thanks to friend's hospitality.

In a state

June 25, 2013

The mountains of Maine feel like home to me. Just like the peonies and raspberry canes in the farmhouse yard.

Last weekend we went to visit our friends who have a small sheep farm. They live on the very tip of the Gaspé peninsula. The ocean is across the road from their home. Want to know how we met this family? FIMBY. I love FIMBY for this very reason; I ...

The Price of Paradise ~ My travel plans for Allume

September 24, 2012

Last Friday I shared the view from our backyard. It looks like paradise and in many ways it is. I have a "pinch me, I actually get to live here" outlook most days. When we decided to leave Maine to move back to Canada we had two criteria in looking ...

Leaving Montreal

June 28, 2012

We leave this beautiful city in two days. I'm ready. my Dad took this photo on his iPhone My parents are visiting us these last few days. As "luck" would have it I'm also "under the weather". I can't say I'm full blown sick but my body is definitely fighting ...

I love this month

June 6, 2012

Montréal is treating us fabulously well. I haven't felt this light - mentally, emotionally, physically - for a long time. Years maybe. I think it's because we're here with so little stuff and with a clean agenda. There's simply no cclutter in my life. I also love new places and ...