Obstacles Will Forever Be Obstacles until Dealt With
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Outdoors, Prince Edward Island on 28. Feb, 2010 | 5 Comments
We heat our house solely with wood. We keep a week’s worth of firewood on hand in a bin near the door.
Weekly, as the firewood bin starts to look empty, there are a few stragglers at the bottom of the bin. There’s a rotten piece, a skinny piece that’s way too long to fit inside [...]
Keeping Warm in a PEI Winter
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Life Dream, Outdoors, Prince Edward Island on 07. Feb, 2010 | 20 Comments
Most of the time, when we stay home in our wam, cozy home, we don’t even realize that it’s cold outside. This is because our little house is now very well insulated, and we heat with wood heat.
For us, living on a large acreage, we have enough wood to sustain us with a ton of [...]
Snow Angel
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Inspirations, Life Dream, Outdoors, Prince Edward Island on 24. Jan, 2010 | 19 Comments
When did you grow up?
When did you stop running at full-speed for no reason at all?
When did you stop rolling around in the snow just for fun?
When did you stop swimming at the pool or playing baseball in the hot sun?
Maybe one of the reasons to have children is to come full circle, to play [...]
Cold Winter Morning
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Outdoors, Personal, Prince Edward Island on 31. Dec, 2009 | 27 Comments
Sometimes I have occasion to drive to Charlottetown, PEI’s capital, to do business. And sometimes I have to show up there for 8:30am. In the winter, an 8:30am appointment in Charlottetown sees my morning as follows. There’s no jaw-dropping twist to this story; the following is just a simple scene from my simple life.
I am [...]
Whimfield Christmas Wrap Up
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Outdoors, Personal, Prince Edward Island on 27. Dec, 2009 | 10 Comments
This Christmas season was an especially festive one, especially compared to last year.
Last year, we were pretty disorganized. We didn’t set up our Charlie Brown Christmas tree until Christmas Eve, and after Christmas was over we simply opened the front door and turfed the tree into the middle of the yard, where it sat until [...]
Christmas Traditions
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Outdoors, Personal, Prince Edward Island on 19. Dec, 2009 | 16 Comments
Cameron and I both seem to have a love/hate relationship with traditions. On the one hand, traditions are lovely: doing the same thing year after year because it’s enjoyable and because, well, you did it last year is perfectly fine. But, at the same time, we sometimes give each other a worried look when we [...]
Winter Snow Still Hasn’t Officially Arrived
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Outdoors, Prince Edward Island on 10. Dec, 2009 | 18 Comments
Winter still hasn’t officially arrived yet. And by Winter I mean snow. Horses are still prancing around on crisp frosty grass, and birds are still whooshing their wings through relatively warm air.
Last year, the permanent snow cover blanketed the outdoors by mid-December. But this year, we’ve only had two small snowfalls, and the snow has [...]
Last Vestiges of Autumn
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Outdoors, Prince Edward Island on 01. Dec, 2009 | 10 Comments
This steely cow is preparing herself for winter.
“Winter is coming!” She says.
“I will remain strong!” She says. She stares winter straight on, never shying away from the truth.
Me, on the other hand, I’m scared. The first few winters here on PEI were a novelty. Now I feel like a regular PEIer, and I’m just not [...]
Whimfield Kitten Goes Missing
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Outdoors, Prince Edward Island on 10. Nov, 2009 | 11 Comments
This is sad.
Growing Love
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Outdoors, Personal, Prince Edward Island on 03. Nov, 2009 | 10 Comments
Look at this dear, sweet soul.
He concentrates so hard. He works so hard. He wants nothing more than to have life go smoothly, make things grow, and for us to be happy together.
Why is it that the people we love, the people who we’re closest to, are the people we can ignore, scowl at, snap [...]
