Island Life

Snow fight at dawn 42

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...

Toast at Sunrise 28

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...

Misty visitor 13

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 14

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 19

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 170

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...