Country Driveway Gets a Face Lift
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Outdoors, Prince Edward Island, Video on 28. Oct, 2009 | 26 Comments
We’ve done everything ourselves with our own hands.
We sold our urban condo without a realtor. We drove across Canada hauling all our junk in our own trailer (in the middle of Winter) and moved across the country. We bought a house with no advice. We replumbed the entire house. We reshingled the steep roof. We [...]
A Day in the Life of Cameron
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Inspirations, Personal on 12. Jan, 2009 | 15 Comments
I don’t seem to mention much about Cameron these days. It must be because I am trying to collectively ignore him. If I didn’t ignore him, my guilt would explode into a thousand crystal niblets and I’d be left lying in a crystalized pile on the floor next to the mountain of broom sweepings (that [...]
Home Improvement Glamour: Debunked
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House on 08. Apr, 2008 | 4 Comments
Oh sure, reading about our 63 acre Walden utopia leaves an impression of daffodils and the smell of fresh baked bread. Well, let me be frank, it aint as easy as all that.
Would you care to see our yard?
How about our welcoming front stoop?
What about the alluring Friday night outfit, swim goggles and all?
And what [...]
Items Spotted in Our House
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House on 08. Apr, 2008 | 5 Comments
In the walls: newspaper from 1915;
In the walls: chewed up French currency from France (really old);
In the floorboards: vintage beads, circa 1940;
In the floorboards: a vintage metal broach;
In the floorboards: vintage hand-cut paper cutouts of a heart and a purse;
Unmentionables: a live mouse (only one so far), thousands of live flies (and even more fly [...]