how can she be one year already. so hard to believe. she has almost outgrown the puppy stage, although still loves to jump up on the occasional person. apart from having a bad habit of eating my knitting needles she is near perfect. one of lola’s favorite things to do is play with her brother....
Monthly Archives: November 2011
the weekend
fun little get away to our favorite secret cabin near the river. we made great food in the awesome kitchen, we played board games and laughed until we cried. it was just what we needed. here is a link to the cabin’s website for those who asked about it last time i put up a...
traditions
it has become tradition to end our yearly christmas photo session with a pajama party. each year even more fun than the last. we never venture far from this family’s beautiful home, and this year we went down the block to a huge pile of leaves, the girls played. they lost their shoes, i mean...
cozy and warm
there is something about winter that makes me want to wrap myself in cozy knits. this winter i decided to take up knitting and i have to say, it is going not too bad. i am working away on a pair of slippers for a christmas present for a certain someone and am pretty close...
not just an ordinary monday
it was a perfect monday. kids out of school, brunch at a restaurant, new ski and boots for the kids and lots of excitement about the winter ahead at mount washington! the trip made even more fun after realizing that roxy makes skis! so of course, pip will be happily skiing down the slopes in...
sister
i am pretty thankful that i had a sister when i was growing up. you see, she had a clothing addiction from a very early age. once she left for school, i would sneak into her closet, pick out something great to wear to my school and head out, feeling pretty proud of myself. i...
the kinsol trestle
yesterday we went up to meet my dad and his wife at the kinsol trestle. we had an amazing lunch and afternoon at our friends cabin on the koksilah river. the cabin is just a short walk to the trestle so it was a perfect meeting place. after totally falling in love with the cute...
the farm
my favorite place, a friends family farm. we took a trip to the neighbours to see the baby pigs right before they all went to new homes. they were so cute. so happy and energetic. i fell in love with the one tiny brown one in among all of the little pink ones. jordan fell...
a frosty morning
almost overnight it went from warm to cold. november arrived and with it, the first hints of winter. this morning our early morning beach walk felt a little too much like winter to me. although it was so very beautiful and the light was spectacular it was almost enough to make me forget about my...
delicata and red kuri
one of my fall projects is to try all of the local squashes i can. to roast and sample each one to compare flavours and to find my favorite. going into this experiment i would have to say that both tim and my favorite squash was the spaghetti. But with names like red kuri, delicata,...