Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Life Dream, Prince Edward Island on 11. Nov, 2011 | 9 Comments
All is well at Whimfield Farm.
We’ve built a deck that wraps around the front of the house. It has a roof. (Does that make it a verandah?)
The kitchen still isn’t complete. (Still washing dishes in the bathroom sink.)
Still no pets or houseplants.
Didn’t grow a garden this summer.
Still happy and healthy.
Every year gets easier and easier. [...]
Are you considering moving to PEI? Over the past couple of years I’ve received quite a few treasured emails from many of you who are considering moving to PEI.
Just what is it about Prince Edward Island that gets us all excited about the idea of moving to PEI? When I receive an email from someone [...]
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 [...]
There have been some interesting discussions on the moving to PEI post regarding PEI jobs… Are jobs hard to find on Prince Edward Island? What’s the PEI job market like? Etc, etc.
Some of you who are considering moving to PEI and getting PEI jobs might find this list of top PEI employers useful. I have [...]
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Outdoors, Prince Edward Island, Projects on 16. Aug, 2010 | 23 Comments
Cameron seems to think it’s my duty to tell you what’s going on in our garden. Therefore I share my PEI gardening tips from yours truly, a novice in the vegetable garden.
Already we’ve learned a lot for next year when it comes to growing vegetables.Here are my PEI gardening tips from an idiot. Please feel [...]
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Prince Edward Island on 11. Aug, 2010 | 1 Comment
Prince Edward Islanders and a few special friends (blogs in random order):
Life Begins at Retirement
Canoe Corner
Whimfield
Top of the Meadow
Sometimes Here, Sometimes There
Country is a State of Mind, USA
Red Belle, NS
Melissa’s Musings
Maritime Penny Pinchers
Hidden Island Paradise
Greenspree
Dunn Creek Farm
Blind Dog Chronicles
Barnyard Organics
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Outdoors, Prince Edward Island on 08. Aug, 2010 | 12 Comments
Picking wild blueberries is a new delight that we appreciated on our property for the first time this year. When we first moved here we didn’t know what wild blueberry plants looked liked. Of course, they’re easy to spot when they’re dripping with blueberries, but most of the time they just look like green ground [...]
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Inspirations, Personal on 07. Aug, 2010 | 6 Comments
I am busier than I’ve ever been in my entire life, I think. But this Summer I’ve still been making a lot of time for the good, fun stuff: like beach days and nibbling peas from our garden before the sun rises.
I credit a new trick for my productivity. I’ve started using a Steve Pavlina [...]
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Personal on 29. Jul, 2010 | 5 Comments
Here is what I think Cam thinks of me. I (Laura-Jane) wrote this, of course.
“Dear Laura-Jane,
You are a very special person. You play the cello and you like to write stories about your life. But sometimes you are a little too extreme. You have a tendency to overdose on things, like music and movies and [...]
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