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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 [...]

If You’ve Ever: A Whimfield Poem

Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Personal, Prince Edward Island on 19. Nov, 2009 | 8 Comments

If you’ve ever brought us produce
If you’ve ever offered me tea
If you’ve ever given us a television
or a delivery of magazines
If you’ve ever blown out our driveway
If you’ve given us disc and harrow
If you’ve ever given us pickles: crisp, long and narrow
If you’ve ever invited us in for a cup of steaming joe
Let us join [...]