Rebecca like to collect all sorts of things. She’s 4, and 4 year olds pick up leaves for their leaf collections, sticks for their stick collections, and rocks everywhere they go. Today she asked to go to the beach. It’s February and the beach she’s imagining is under a few feet of snow, but she […]
A Snowy Day in Toronto
Just a few photos of Rebecca, Robin and Hazel enjoying the snow mostly for my mom who was horrified that I couldn’t convince Rebecca to go out in it yesterday. Ryan has been working something like 100 hours a week so there have been some logistical issues with solo parenting. Robin’s foot brace means that […]
Farm Treasures: Refinished Apple Crates
Behind this barn door is such a glorious mess. Hidden in that mess there are some pretty worn out apple crates from when the farm really harvested from the orchard. After some hard work, a good scrub, lots of sanding, a little planing and getting Ryan to cut new bottoms from some old wooden siding, […]
Cheerful Cloth Napkins and a Giveaway So You Can Have Some Too
Sometimes the simplest things can make you happy. Like 20 year old cloth napkins stolen from your mother. Or actually using all those vintage handkerchiefs for something. Trading seeds for napkins on etsy is also nice. As is receiving kitchy gifts in the mail from Rosa. Matching dishes with napkins is strangely satisfying. Gillian of […]
How to Have a Perfect Day
Take 1 mini muffin tin add 8 types of heirloom beans and 1 bad cat and a mother with a new lens for hours of pure bliss. Hours (!) of bean sorting by Rebecca and bean chasing by Zooey. My gorgeous beans all mixed up. May Flower and Poltschka Pole Beans. I think they are sorted by […]