Top Ten Things to do on PEI
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Prince Edward Island on 27. May, 2010 | 16 Comments
Here’s my list of the top ten things to do on PEI. Bear in mind that my top ten things to do on PEI are heavily influenced by my personality. I love rural areas, people and the simple pleasures of Summer!
Top Ten Things to do on PEI
1. Anne of Green Gables:
Come on, it’s Prince Edward [...]
Jacking Up A House
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Prince Edward Island, Projects on 04. May, 2010 | 33 Comments
On Monday morning our house looked like this. See the photo above? Normal house. Almost level to the ground.Monday afternoon, steel girders were slipped underneath the house… See above?And by Monday evening, the house was jacked up in the air and dangling four feet above the ground.
Thankfully, like the driveway project, we’ve recruited experts to [...]
Spring on Prince Edward Island
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Outdoors, Prince Edward Island on 18. Apr, 2010 | 12 Comments
Spring on Prince Edward Island isn’t exactly a luscious, green affair–especially in early Spring. Rather, Spring on Prince Edward Island is a bit bleak, but plants are starting to sprout and soon enough the lilacs will be in bloom and then it will be paradise on earth (except for the black flies, of course).
This past [...]
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 [...]