Snow fight at dawn
The girls were awake before 5. How could they not be? This was the first time either of them had seen a blanket of snow. We held them back until the sun came up...
Island Life
Toast at Sunrise
Every morning we wake to spectacular skies full of dramatic streaks of colour. I am knitting these wrist warmers in preparation for the cold and to remember these beautiful autumn mornings. (raveled here, free...
Something weird and new (part one) :: Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a pretty nice holiday – why didn’t anybody tell me? Maybe they did and I was too busy thinking “Gah! Turkey day! I can’t possibly cook a turkey… I am too terrified...
Misty visitor
Not the best photo – it had to be quick – but look who was wandering around in our garden the other evening. Our stuff arrives on Saturday – I am so looking forward...
Weekend in the woods
Ah Monday morning – you bring back the reality a bit. We got a huge delivery of firewood dropped in our front driveway on Saturday and we spent hours lugging wood into tidy piles...
Oh, to live in a treehouse
Look at this beautiful treehouse – Heidi’s Treehouse Chalet, in Poulsbo, Washington — designed and built by Joel “Bubba” Smith and Anna Daeuble from the Treehouse Workshop with the overall project vision and management by...
Loobylu and the Salish Sea
Oh – hello! It’s been quiet here, I know. But I promise you, my mind has been alive with thoughts and fantasies and true adventures. You see, we have been busy concocting a plan… a...