It has now been almost a week since someone's campfire burned out of control and a forest fire began here on the Sunshine Coast. As of the most recent report, the fire is 250 hectares and 40% contained. Sunday morning the wind shifted and we woke to smoke and ashes in the sky all along… Continue reading Drought in a Rainforest
Canada Day is a big event around here. This year was extra exciting because it was Pearl's first Canada Day. We were so excited to get her started in this Sechelt tradition. Unlike the Madeira Park May Day Parade, she stayed awake the entire time, clearly enjoying the celebration of her land. (Or chewing on… Continue reading Canada Day 2015
Soon enough, I know, Pearl will want to read the plethora of picture books and board books that she has (she already seems to like the look of the pictures). But for now, I enjoy reading her some of my elementary school favourites. It seems a little false to include them in my own reading… Continue reading Reading with Pearl – June 2015
Requiem for a Nun - William Faulkner (Penguin, 1961) Aside from As I Lay Dying, I haven't read much Faulkner so I can't say whether or not this book is typical of his style. The format is definitely unique. The action of the story is a play, centred around the death of a child and… Continue reading What I Read – June 2015
Unlike the past two years, I am making no attempt to do my usual 30 Day Dress Challenge. I still own lots of dresses but, to be completely honest, I do not currently own 30 dresses that fit me. (Just because something zips, doesn't mean it fits!) Plus, in past Junes I've been working and… Continue reading A Dress for June
This guy. It's no surprise that he is an awesome dad to our little girl. Anyone who knows him knows how great he is with little kids. I remember bringing him to meet my brother's family. My oldest niece was only two and she and Peter played blocks together while I held her baby brother.… Continue reading Pearl’s Dad
In the centre of our town there is a beautiful open air pavilion, shaded by trees. Every spring, at the beginning of June, our church meets there to hold a Sunday morning service. It's a normal service in a special location. A year ago, standing in that pavilion, singing along with the worship band and… Continue reading This Time Last Year
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis It's been a while since I read this one and so I'd forgotten that, well, not much happens in the story. It's a creative idea - bringing the Pevensie kids hundreds of years forward in Narnian history so that their return is like the return of King Arthur - but… Continue reading What I Read – May 2015
The other day while making dinner I turned on Songza and chose an upbeat mix. Pearl was in her chair watching me as I made pizza dough and sang along to the songs I knew. This was how I came to hear Britney Spear's new single for the first time. It's called "Pretty Girls". It's… Continue reading The Problem with Pretty
She's had this one down since birth, complete with trembly lower lip. We laugh at it now but wonder what she'll be like as a teenager! And what biological force is it that makes me think even the sound of her crying is adorable? I'm torn between wanting to capture it on video and wanting… Continue reading The Pout
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