Another milestone was reached as we hosted our first dinner party at the cottage last weekend. My sister and her family, plus Gypsy the dog, arrived on the noon ferry for a first look at our new place. Luckily, the weather was a little bit better than forecast: We managed a chilly walk along the beach to the village [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Looks like turkey is back on the menu, boys
Posted in Modern Life, cottage, family, gardening, recipes, tagged cottage life, Easter, family, Modern Life, turkey dinner on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Great Galloping Garden Waste!
Posted in community, cottage, favourite things, gardening, tagged community projects, garden waste, gardening, green waste on March 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Here is just some of the stuff we have pulled out of the garden over the past few weekends. And there is lots more to come. As we were considering how to dispose of it, new neighbour Doug leaned over the fence to tell us about the nearby Community Green Waste Depot.
We have already delivered one load, but unfortunately, no-one was [...]
Modern Amish
Posted in Modern Life, family, kids, tagged family, Modern Life, parenting, technology on March 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
It isn’t a style of furniture. It’s how my kids describe our family’s M.O.
When new friends ask them if they have a playstation or a game cube, the answer is “Neither, we’re Modern Amish.”
No game system, no plasma, no HD – but we did get cable on trial last year. Still not much worth watching. The lads probably don’t [...]
The switchplates that got away
Posted in Uncategorized on March 7, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I loved this cast iron switchplate the moment I saw it, and started calculating the number and sizes I would need for the cottage.
Bad news: Only this size in stock. Good news: More on order.
Bad news: Discontinued. Good news: Our other store…?
But today, switchplate hope was crushed.
I’ve looked at other castiron products on-line but don’t see any I [...]
Sweet Seeds of Patience
Posted in cottage, gardening, sweet peas, tagged cottage, gardening, lavender, sweet peas on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A pretty nice weekend, weatherwise, but since both urchins had tickets to a dance on Friday night, we were trapped in suburbia. Seemed like a tragedy, but by Sunday I was entirely reconciled to the situation. Doesn’t this sound like a nice day? Sleep in; swedish waffles for breakfast; bike ride to a nice cafe for coffee; afternoon [...]
