Parading

I convinced him to take the day off so we could go to the parade. It was worth it.

Peony season

A gifted bouquet of peonies has made a lovely addition to our table the last couple of days,

even with the accompanying ants.

rooflines

Sunshine, picnics, sand and family. 

A weekend well spent.

June

 It has been a lovely gentle June,

with sun and rain,

routine and spontaneity,

and family.

Covered Porch

We had the perfect theatre seats.

Corb Lund

It was a cranky tired day, and we were both thankful for the distraction of Corb Lund. Why don't we own this album??

Spring anew

There's nothing like a fresh season to rejuvenate and inspire.

Cast on

I finished one Christmas project and started another. 

A day of highs and lows, ending with my favourite dessert and YO and K2tog.

Winter light

Music, knitting and sunshine: all the good things in life.

Another snowy day

She was so proud that her hair was finally long enough for a pony tail. 

I is for Interesting

Instead of Mama going to a conference and little E going with Daddy,

we played with letters, made snow angels and visited with friends. 

Not quite how the day had been planned, but not bad either.

Swing state

Regardless of what is going on in the day

--and regardless of the state of the weather--

she's always ready to swing.

A break in the clouds

Trying to get back into the habit of blogging. 

Life is full...as always, with much learning and many life lessons. 

And much joy, like an afternoon walk in the sunshine, after days of cloud.

Rockelbel's Canon - ThePianoGuys

We first saw Jon Schmidt a couple of years ago when he did a concert in Calgary (see post here). He and his cello co-conspirator have become a major YouTube sensation, and justifiably so.

Weary

The plowed furrows in the field across the street have a lovely pattern in the evening light,

and the evening is so lovely and peaceful...relief.

Raindrops on poppies

It was a lovely break of a rainy day: 

she napped and cuddled, we made muffins, and then Daddy came home for waffles and wine.

Time to Be in Earnest

Time To Be In Earnest: A Fragment Of Autobiography by P.D. James
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I expected not to like Time to Be In Earnest simply on the principle of it being an autobiography and therefore being navel-gazing. Consequently, I was happily surprised to really enjoy it.

I liked the format of the book--part daily diary, part lifelong history. I thought James combined the two well, going from a discussion of a minute detail of her life to the broader topic of, for instance, the purpose of the BBC, fairly effortlessly.

James referenced a number of events and people of whom I had no notion, so at times it was handy to have the internet close by to look things up, and that was a bit arduous.

It is clear that James loves her country--the cities, the churches, the country landscape, the ocean, the language. This love comes through her writing clearly, and with me reading, she was preaching to the choir.


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Closing the Day

She brought me my glasses and insisted I get up, 

and thus began another day with my two favourite people.

Sprouts

We planted potatoes together: I dug the holes, she put the potatoes in and we covered them up together.
It is so much fun to hang out with a curious two year old.

Greening

My Small Girl grows in leaps and bounds (sometimes literally) these days. 

It's beautiful to watch. And frightening.