Country Driveway Gets a Face Lift
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Outdoors, Prince Edward Island on 28. Oct, 2009 | 24 Comments
We’ve done everything ourselves with our own hands.
We sold our urban condo without a realtor. We drove across Canada hauling all our junk in our own trailer (in the middle of Winter) and moved across the country. We bought a house with no advice. We replumbed the entire house. We reshingled the steep roof. We [...]
Happy Thanksgiving from Whimfield
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Outdoors, Personal on 12. Oct, 2009 | 27 Comments
Being thousands of miles away from our families this Thanksgiving reminds me that it’s really not about the holidays.
To me, it’s about the everyday. It’s about being able to call your loved ones when you’re bored, when you’re upset or when you just want to talk. It’s not about the holidays. It’s about the every [...]
A Frog in the Hand
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House on 12. Oct, 2009 | 6 Comments
I was upstairs, inside, thundering away on my keyboard. Fingers flying, ideas flowing.
I heard Cameron calling my name from outside. I opened the window in our office and hung my head out Rapunzel-style. Looking down, I saw Cameron smiling up at me, saying “Frog, I’ve got a frog!”
I smiled and bent my head back inside [...]
This is our Bedroom
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Personal on 10. Oct, 2009 | 10 Comments
This is our bedroom.
I wake up, without an alarm. Without moving my body, I glance at the clock on the slightly knicked bedroom dresser. The clock, a maroon, analogue knick-knack reads 8:15am. The second hand is nearing the half-hour. The noise is audible as the hand beats out its message second after second. The bedroom [...]
Timing is Everything
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Outdoors, Prince Edward Island on 09. Oct, 2009 | 14 Comments
Timing is everything.
On our way to the big city of Charlottetown for a night on the town (dinner at Mavor’s and then a movie), we crossed the Montague River bridge at sunset. The light was just…perfect. There was no discussing it; we had to stop and take pictures. I veered the car off the road [...]
Another Year’s Worth of Firewood
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Outdoors on 05. Oct, 2009 | 15 Comments
Between working, preparing for another winter, sleeping, eating and cleaning (ahem, yes, I do clean. Sometimes.) there are very few hours left in the day.
So when I do have free time, I make sure that I’m doing something productive or that brings me joy.
Lately, our spare time has been spent cutting, hauling, splitting and stacking [...]
Whimfield in the Guardian Newspaper
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Inspirations, Personal on 03. Oct, 2009 | 36 Comments
Last year I got to tell the Whimfield story on “Definitely Not the Opera,” a national CBC radio program. This year, we were privileged to be contacted by the lovely, generous, charming journalist Mary MacKay from Charlottetown’s The Guardian newspaper. During her travels on the internet she somehow arrived here at the Whimfield farm blog [...]
