Demise of a Christmas Tree
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Personal on 10. Jan, 2009 | 24 Comments
Here’s a photo of our yard. Looks inconspicuous, no? Well, I’ll tell you what to look for in a minute.
I am an inadequate home-maker. I don’t clean and I don’t cook. Along the same lines, I have a terrible history of leaving Christmas trees up for way too long.
But this year, I took down our [...]
Snow Drifts in the Driveway
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Outdoors on 08. Jan, 2009 | 28 Comments
The never-ending snow that builds up in our driveway has been downright depressing over the past week.
After the recent blizzard, Cameron began blowing the driveway out with our little pushable snow-blower. He certainly wasn’t making much headway, strong as he is.
In the distance we heard a powerful noise. Lo and behold, our neighbour was making [...]
Blizzard on Prince Edward Island
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Outdoors on 01. Jan, 2009 | 18 Comments
Imagine my surprise when I looked out the window this morning. Blustering, whipping snow and huge snow drifts. I thought, “Oh, blizzard!”
I then checked the weather online and saw the weather forecast: “Blizzard.”
I didn’t realize that blizzard was a technical term. I thought it was just something you said!