Winter

The Weekend Edition ~ Winter Tired

March 3, 2012

I got the beans started cooking on the stove before I sat down this morning. I need to make a batch of chili for an early lunch. No baked apples this morning, not enough time to do both apples and chili, all before 11:00am. The kids are going tubing this ...

It Still Snows

February 26, 2012

It snowed again this week. Two big dumps of the white stuff. The storm yesterday was huge. I haven't had time to process the photos from that snow fall but fabulous stuff I tell you. Fabulous. For a family that works at home, doesn't clear their own driveway and looks ...

My Afternoon Ski

February 6, 2012

With the premise of "getting exercise" I go for an afternoon ski with my camera. I aim to do this twice a week, plus a weekend day of skiing in the mountains with my family. Some weeks I only make it out once during the week, alternating this with walks ...

Skiing ~ Getting There & Back

January 18, 2012

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

January 17, 2012

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 ...

Celebrate Winter

January 31, 2011

I love having four seasons but winter has been the most challenging for me to embrace with my whole heart. Not as a child mind you. Aside from the "inevitable" colds and flus I experienced, winter as a child was fun. (An aside about colds and flus - my own ...