Snow Boots
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Life Dream, Personal on 19. Sep, 2009 | 23 Comments
It was precisely one week before we began our cross-country adventure. We were about to leave the warm and rainy west coast to drive across Canada in the middle of winter. In one week we would be willingly driving through snow, blizzards, and ice.
I was a west coast city girl. I had high heels, sneakers, [...]
I Needed a Vision
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Life Dream, Personal on 03. Sep, 2009 | 35 Comments
The past year has been full of glee, glory, stress, change, beauty and floundering.
After we arrived here on PEI and purchased our beloved Whimfield home, we’d achieved our goal–our life-dream. Our goal had been years in the making. The preceding years had been focused on working towards achieving our goal of selling everything, moving across [...]
The Evolution
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Life Dream, Outdoors on 14. Aug, 2009 | 14 Comments
I started blogging in 2001 (back when blogs were called diaries). I began incorporating photos into my blog in 2003.
I do not pretend to be a photographer. I do not know how to use the settings on my camera, nor do I particularly wish to. I do not aspire to amass a dark room full [...]
How To Get What You Want
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Inspirations, Life Dream on 22. Jun, 2009 | 13 Comments
Wondering how to get what you want?
Identify what you want and keep it in your sights at all times.
Eventually, you’ll get closer and closer.
Finally, you’ll get there.
Once you get there, make sure to hang on tight.
A Movie From the Whimfield Vault
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Inspirations, Life Dream, Personal, Video on 23. Feb, 2009 | 12 Comments
I recently read Nicole’s blog post about being on the “treadmill of modern day life” as she and her husband endeavour to transition “from a hectic Southern Ontario lifestyle to a back to the land approach that will hopefully lead [them] to Nova Scotia in search of a simpler life.” Nicole recognizes that she’s “building [...]