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Today we had planned to take the kids out to the free admission Peterborough Zoo and f ...

Firstly, I apologize for my absence and secondly, I thank you warmly for ...

The usual journey inward has begun.  My pattern is always the same, I pull away from e ...

We had our first appointment with the new midwives .  I will be having a third c-se ...

morning "suckness" grocery shopping mood swings a day saved by a fun song Skype with ...

Yes, yes, you read that test right.  We are in fact pregnant with baby number three!  It i ...

So far, I have really been enjoying the 365 photo project.  It has pushed me to blog words ...

I am quite certain I will fail miserably at keeping up with this portrait a week project ...

  Today my dad turns 60. He is a wonderful father and grandfather. H ...

We woke to fresh snow and warmer temperatures. The house was warmer by 6:30 am than it wa ...

Another home weekend nursing the nasty cold/flu On Friday, as I began getting sup ...

01) Wolves are wonderful as is this. 02) I need this sign. 03) I love the simpli ...

Since moving to the country I go out into the world a lot less.  Since there isn't even th ...

-33 We woke from the slumber party in our room to ice on the windows despite the fu ...

today felt like an age Both kids had a restless night and were both awake at 5:30 We h ...

This week I plan on spending some time with the many homeschooling books and resources ...

Our Sunday began in the darkness as it always does these days.  We wake to a cold ho ...

Toy purge - We are experimenting with the less is more toy theory. Wood Dump run Spille ...

The kind of cold that slunk right into the house Home days are even better when they are ...

01)  So perfectly feminine. 02)  This.   Oh my, so much beauty here. 03)  You ca ...

operation chair repair with colourful thread homeschool meetup/potluck/party good food ...

Painted the bathroom in "sea pottery" (aka facial from Home Hardware) On a bit of a w ...

My daily photos have been a bit dark and moody of late so today I thought I would ...

I love this picture.  It was the only item I requested from my Gramma's house when she pas ...

Hot chocolate in my coffee work for mike a trip to the hardware store a pretty ...

More budget talks over coffee Tidying More laundry than I have ever seen in my life ...

01) I am quite taken with Ernest these days. 02) I would like to add more of these ...

freezing rain wood tidying old jazz jamaican patties more of poppy's pastry hearts ...

I finally began reading The Paris Wife.  I also received The Moveable Feast for Christmas. ...

After a lunch of soup and banana muffins we made our way outside.  Our chickens, a ...

Waking in the early morning singing "ding dong, the witch is dead" to myself. The retur ...

Getting my priorities in order. Hoping for our first egg with each visit to the coop. So ...

Do you ever wake up feeling tired of playing nice?  I don't mean with your family and fr ...

photo editing craftily hiding vegetables into the kid's favourite foods a romp outside ...

  fresh snow lots of treats for the chickens a good day spent with ...

While I contemplated selling a tantruming Silas to the gypsies, Poppy woke up slowly and q ...

01) Goats are bad to the bone, but I still think they would be marvelous for a laugh o ...

dusting off the bread maker honey wheat bread just in time to eat with leftover spagh ...

Serious meal planning and budget plans The Wizard of Oz Poppy practicing writing her ...

Mike back to work. Business as usual for the pets in front of the fire. Curried veg an ...

Time again for another 5 year plan.  It makes me happy to think of our lives and future ...

01) Oh my bee bum, how I love wee bees. 02) Dreaming of open shelves and pretty lab ...

This task has been hanging over us for some time now.  We knew when we bought ...

  Just in case you forgot, I don't have all my ...

Yesterday was restless and rough.  Paint smeared across furniture, Huck stealing homemad ...

There is a saying that wood warms a person three times; once when you cut it; once whe ...

I am quite certain I will never tire of Christmases in this beloved little ...

I know I shouldn't let it happen, but this guy has found his way into my heart. He ...

In September, our homeschooling connections got organized and began we ...

Since daycare officially ended a few weeks ago, I find our days have a new rhyth ...

No matter how many times I waken to see hoar frost decorating the landscape, ...

Yesterday was a great day for a photo session with sweet family. P.S.  I ...

35 never looked so good. Just imagine all the good things yet to come We love you. Pl ...

On a bit bit of a whim, I decided to ask one of my favourite blog sisters (who h ...

Since my last post, I have spent a bit of time listening to and reading Danielle LaPorte ...

I have been spending all my spare time thinking about this photography business; c ...

01) love this delightfully dirty photo. 02) Feast on your life. 03) Absolutley g ...

So, the secret is out, I have decided to start a wee photo ...

 a new pup a bucket full of potatoes family perfect fall colours fire ...

Long story short, we decided that our natural state is to be surrounded by l ...

  01) Everyone should have two dogs. 02) It is time to get rid of the tatte ...

I have come up against my wall.  The place where I start to balk and resist even thoug ...

After an entire weekend devoted to work on our entertainment cabinet, it is finally ...

01) There is just so much bliss in this photo, I can hardly handle it. 02) Our Poli ...

I love Pinterest. I love becoming inspired and creating the tutorials and ideas I fin ...

I had all sorts of grand plans for Dancing Rabbit Daycare.  With Poppy being the oldest ...

Last night was Poppy's first ballet class.  Oh my sweetness, how am I alread ...

T'was a busy staycation of 2012.  Mike's mom arrived from Newfoundland ...

I had planned for this summer to be about the great harvest and canning ...

01) Happy 9 {dating} Years to my beloved. 02) Some great ways to have fun toget ...

Summer is beginning to give way to autumn.  I feel it in the early mornings as the t ...

    01) Country living porn.  Keeping it equal. 02) I am surely dri ...

Maybe it is the fresh coat of warm white paint. Perhaps it is the whimsical art { ...

Today is an early morning workout as the sun grazes the tops of the pinesturquo ...

A few days ago, I received my advance copy of Artful Blogging.  You see, the Feather + ...

Our computer died weeks {or is it months now} ago and our internet has been drop ...

On Friday I turned 32. To celebrate, I painted my nails bright pink Ate cupcakes f ...

01) There is just something I love about this photo...perhaps it is that it captured t ...

{photos by my dear friend Diane Harrington} T'was a Thursday We gathered under the t ...

Excuse my absence from this space. Our computer died a few weeks ago ...

. I have been talking about this project for what seems like forever.  I loved ou ...

01) I can't help but think of my wee, fierce girl when I read these words and watch her ...

  {I found and purchased the dancing rabbit image via etsy} Many of ...

garden work cashed in my mother's day chips for a {gripe-free} trip to Ikea ...

go gently + be wonderful e. ...

Making my own headboard has been on my to do list for years, but I never could get ...

listening to Us + Our Daughters on repeat because it is heartbreaking and beaut ...

I would like to introduce you to a friend.  I worked with Jordan's father when we lived in ...

After bathing the kids, I began picking out their alphabet and numbers from the luke ...

The Organic Family Cookbook by Annie Daulter.   This is a beautiful cookbook full of ...

Yesterday was a true feather + anchor day in which I fluttered about madly and Mike stay ...

taking advantage of these cool, bug free days wood pile stacked and drying breakin ...

{source} {source} The other night, I dreamed of a fox who told me to "drop into being". ...

Today is the day the Sacred Pregnancy website goes live!  It is the companion website to ...

This Saturday my mom went to spend the weekend with her sister at the family farm.  Th ...

I am Julie Persons, the woman behind the camera in the Chicks in Hats series. My 8 year ...

Yesterday, as Silas napped, Poppy and I painted our toenails.  She was so excite ...

This week we experienced unseasonably high temperatures in these parts; ideal summer wea ...

a walk in the the woods running errands and other shopping in a town we once ...

Long White Cloud...baby, is a stylish collection of handmade, eco-friendly and Organic, ...

01) this makes my heart happy and swelly. 02) this is pure genius.  making. 03) ...

I have decided that self sufficiency is the wrong term entirely. I have watched as ...

summer friendly warmth burning brush walks in the woods good city friends ...

I started knitting when I was 18. I was visiting a friend, who's grandmother w ...

  Even as the winter loosens her hold on us I am left thinking more and more a ...

We've been enjoying more time outside these days.  It is nice to have some dayligh ...

We've lost a lot of our snow in the past week so the kids and I ventured into the wo ...

This winter may have been a mild one, but it still had a steep learning curve as far a ...

For the first time in 8 1/2 years, Mike slept on the couch... So he could k ...

Hello there :)I am Stephinie, the creator and sewist of Gypsy Forest. A mama to ...

    ::source:: 01) Thinking about bee keeping + honey eating. 02) I ...

As an only child, I find it interesting that some of my most memorable and life ch ...

  You need to watch this. Yes, it's 30 minutes and it is the furthest thing ...

We woke this morning with warm sun on our windowsill.  It is nearly 15 degrees with a fr ...

Today I am pleased to share a guest post from KC at Little Homestead in the Desert.  We ...

Winter and cabin fever is hardening my heart. I am trying not to let it, but it is ...

crepes + jam coffee 6 eggs next winter's wood endless snuggles with clingy ...

My name is Melissa (a.k.a. Missy) and I am a wife to my darling hubby Jason and a new ...

  01) This looks like a murky photograph.  I love it. 02) This is a great p ...

       I am so excited to introduce this month's group of sponsors to you.  It is an e ...

I think we would have been engaged sooner had Mike believed me the first time I said I d ...

    It never fails; February and March always seem so endlessly medioc ...

a much needed date day pudding painting and other good Nana time for the ki ...

 LittlePrints is a small Ontario based company that specializes in handcrafted cloth ...

01)  So sweet. 02) I have a pretty sizable crush on this show right now. 03) I would l ...

I have had a post tumbling around in my head for a little while now and just the other n ...

Yes, it's true.  We are the proud and bewildered parents of a bright and wild litt ...

eggs + salsa coffee {always coffee on the weekends} more splits cleaved and pi ...

. 01) I could look at this picture all day.  A beard + a dress.  Sweet sweet love 02) I ...

Last night was a rough one.  I sat rumpled in the dimly lit front room after the kids ...

. To my anchor, with love; T'was 8 1/2 years ago that I met a sweet boy in the w ...

. organic eggs + sausage coffee classic country a warm egg movies cleaving ...

Adirondack Patterns is a collaboration between twin sisters Laura and Julia wh ...

01) I am beginning to notice a bedroom decor theme 02) I think this is brilliant + ...

It has always been a mystery as to who Silas looks like.   Aside from Mike's b ...

Winter is long, but today the sun was friendly.  Even the less than brave  ladies ...

. Knitting has never come easily to me.  I know my basics, but just enough to be frustr ...

go gently +be wonderful e. ...

01) In love with this image.  Cute little shop too. 02) I am so excited to try this ...

Yesterday was one of those days. I felt overwhelmed and close to tears for so many ...

When we began our journey into more mindful, homemade eating, there was a moment when ...

I was awakened in the dark hours this morning with a mysteriously sour stomach.  I w ...

go gently + be wonderful e. ...

A few words from Tina I’m very much a sensory-driven artist. By that, I mean th ...

01) This photo (from this beautiful site) makes my ovaries ache for just one more babe ...

Oh, how my heart swells with joy. We brought our 6 laying hens home from my dad a ...

So, the orange carpet I have been complaining about since, well, since before we even move ...

This is a post I have been mulling over for months now.  As we try to define our homeste ...

go gently + be wonderful e. ...

    As a child, I loved colour, but the creation of visual art had always eluded ...

01) Yes, that is exactly what I have been trying to say all this time 02) I adore these ...

I thought I would share a few of our kids' favourite snacks because, lets face it, kids ...

I admit, cloth diapering never came easy for me.  Before we had children we knew it was ...

As promised I will share these two simply delicious recipes with you, but first a wee up ...

         I want to take a moment now to introduce you to my lovely sponsors!  I am s ...

go gently + be wonderful e. ...

01.) Finally, some bathroom inspiration.  What do you know, more bead board. 02.) I hav ...

Some of you may have noticed the new sponsor information tab and button I have added.  Y ...

Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. - mary ol ...

I think is time to share our story.  The story of how I became a stay at home mama.  The ...

2 1/4 tsp of traditional yeast 1/2 cup warm water 3 cups organic unbleached flour {wil ...

go gently + be wonderful e. ...

01. This is magic.  Be still my heart.  Peterborough students saving their school. 02. ...

These are delicious.  Plain and simple.  I used this recipe.  Didn't change a thing. ...

We have almost come full circle. It was one year ago this week that I called our real ...

As I mentioned in a previous post, Mike and I took some of our Christmas money and pur ...

Happy New Year to you and yours! go gently + be wonderful e. ...

I can't help myself.  As we edge closer to the new year we find ourselves talking ab ...

Here we sit, on the other side of Christmas; in the soft lull between the old an ...

sweet family good food christmas movies snow globes kuch ...

slow food coffee + beer good conversation fire + marshmallows a bubble bath s ...

{source} go gently + be wonderful e. ...

Recently we decided to try a wheat free diet in hopes that it would solve a multitude of ...

Today I will share the recipe for a lovely homemade lip balm.  It was roughly based off ...

It had been a long week.  One of the longest; in which I laboured under the false pret ...

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01) This bed makes me oh so happy. 02) This article makes you re-think things you t ...

Sorry for the delay in announcing the Festive Giveaway winners, but I have been a bit bu ...

As I mentioned before, I am slowly working my way through our bathroom and cleaning cabi ...

It is true that each of us considers the meaning of life. For some, it is simple introsp ...

Many of you have requested an update on our December spending strike.  We have stuck to ...

I am blessed to be included in what has turned into a traveling caravan of bakers, lette ...

I line my windowsill with earth's best sundays Wind chimes and clotheslines ...

01.) This photo is just too magical for words. 02.) Linking up with Miss Fawn for a ...

We have all heard the health concerns of applying chemicals to our largest organ; the ...

To start things off on the right foot, I will be offering a festive giveaway to you.  Th ...

Hello and welcome to my new space. This has been a most marvelous Christmas gift from ...

I wanted to thank you all for the kind emails and comments with regards to the rec ...

After careful thought, lots of number crunching, and long discussions I have decided to ca ...

Homemade Laundry Detergent 2 cups soap flakes 1 cup washing soda 1 cup baking soda 1 ...

Since my last post about living the frugal dream I have decided to organize our ...

A beautiful film about Santa's humble beginnings; one of the most wonderful Christmas movi ...

It was a wonderful weekend.  Friday night found us at the Settler's Village Festival ...

Listening to the Amelie Soundtrack feeling weepy and nostalgic.  Caught in a hollow p ...

I get lost when I let my writing lapse.I miss having the record of our days. I forget how ...

The shop is open and I am slowly stocking shelves.  I have grand plans ...

Where do I start?Still trying to figure it out.Still trying to make some extra money.Still ...

Lots of rain and even more last minute cancellations, but Silas' first birthday was a succ ...

::my gloriously sexy husband preparing the apples for apple butter:: I love autumn. &nbs ...

*tiny romantic tales hanging delicately from your lobes*::blue lace:: She wore slender bl ...

{this moment}A Friday ritual {always} inspired by Soule Mama. A single photo - no wor ...

One of the many things we were excited about with this new home is the abundance of wild a ...

 Sometimes we need beautiful reminders to gently set us back on our path.I have ...

{this moment}A Friday ritual {always} inspired by Soule Mama. A single photo - no words - ...

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful ...

I have had many bad haircuts; traumatic even.  Because of that I often cut my own hai ...

It was a delightful weekend.I don't have many pictures to prove it, but these few make me ...

It was a delightful weekend.I don't have many pictures to prove it, but these few make me ...

Much to the chagrin of my husband, I have been sneaking away in the evenings and weekends ...

Thinking back, I had a lot of good places to run when I was a child.  This weekend I ...

I did something funny.A few weeks after moving to our teeny tiny town I made a little post ...

I wanted to thank each and every one of you for your kind comments and emails full of advi ...

red antler women's teesize 2T kid's teesSlowly, between diaper changes, snacks, kitchen da ...

The morning air is scented with peaches and rain with an undertone of coniferous.  I ...

I am really happy with the way these little wallet sized photos pop in there new paper fra ...

Heat Wave.Cranky kids + Mama.Cabin Fever.Boredom.Messes upon messes.Frustration.All of it ...

For Silas' 1st birthday party we have decided to take advantage of the warm weather and bi ...

We always come away feeling restored and inspired after spending time on Ellenberger Organ ...

This year, instead of my usual hand drawn signs I thought I would go for a more polished l ...

I love Pinterest and I just adore the idea of Pinning Real Life.  There are just ...

Hello all.I recently purchased this sweet conductor's hate for Silas from Bula Jean's Bout ...

I feel as though I am beating this subject to a pulp lately, but I must ask your advice an ...

Last night, I decided it was time to give Poppy her first haircut.  Her ringlets are ...

I recently registered to be a vendor at the Annual Peterborough Folk Festival.  I hav ...

{this moment} A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from th ...

I recently pinned this idea on Pinterest and couldn't wait to try it.  One of the thi ...

I turned thirty one today.I have a diastema {gap between my two front teeth}.I wish I hadn ...

I turned thirty one today.I have a diastema {gap between my two front teeth}.I wish I hadn ...

It was a good weekend.unfettered thriftinga new to me Filter Queen vacuuma fenced garden&n ...

I love the suspense and promise of the peony.How perfectly elegant + frivolous they are.Li ...

Now that getting a chocolate bar involves a significant and wasteful car ride I have becom ...

Today I am.::Wishing:: my handsome husband a Happy Fourth Wedding Anniversary and nearly e ...

{source}I ran out to the clothesline to rescue the dry clothes from the fast moving storm. ...

I am a quick tempered woman.  I grew up in a house with a lot of anger and sometimes ...

 After pounding a metal stake into our rocky, uneven ground for what felt like foreve ...

Things still feel foggy as I try to find our rhythm once again, but we love the new home a ...

Hello all.I have been the world's worst blogger of late.We sold our house!  We bought ...

Playing with lens flare is my new favourite thing. ...

::source::I chose this image because I want to run with the same wonder and joy as a child ...

I have said it before and I will say it again, I have so many new and wonderfully talented ...

{source::pinterest}And so it is time.Time to stand up.Open the door.Inflate my lungs.Tear ...

These sunny days are making me itchy for all things creative + beauty-filled.go gently + b ...

This winter has been long and lonely It has left me listlessA bit numb+A tad emptyIn ...

Would you look at that! I completed my first seamless hand knit garment. I began in the mo ...

::source::“To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refi ...

Every year, in the twilight of winter a song finds me.A song thatstrikes a chordmoves me g ...

We have been dreaming of our house in the country for some time now and it would seem that ...

::  large vintage quilt  $2.00:::: wooden bowls $1.49 each ::I am a simple woman ...

Sometimes, between the bathing and reading and playing and soothing we forget to make eye ...

Arr Captainbe still my heart.looks like someone is telling a tall-talePoppy reading aloud ...

::photo source::::photo source::::photo source::::photo source::::photo source::All this c ...

More adventures in simple sewing brought me to this retro bow tie pattern for little boys. ...

I would like you to meet Gretta Grundle.  Over the recent holidays I became a little ...

The house groans and yawns under the weight of thick snow and I am happy to have my little ...

  Many years ago I was in a little store with my aunt when I came upon a little ...

go gently + be wonderfule. ...

I am so grateful for the kind and strong words I received both in comments and in emails.& ...

I miss writing.I need to write.Whether my words are quickly typed onto a flashing screen, ...

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 Who doesn't want a comfy reading basket? Since Silas only likes to sleep when on me and ...

Just yesterday a friend shared these words from a poem entitled "What Brings You to the Ne ...

wearing gramma's shoesWearing blue and grey to match this liquid, navy day.  I a ...

 still standing and breathing finding our daily rhythm one more timelearning to take grat ...

Silas Michael Gnome Ellenberger -MarchWednesday, September 1st, 20102:21 pm8 pounds 11 oun ...

Tomorrow is the day.go gently & be wonderfule. ...

go gently & be wonderfule. ...

Rather than bore with the details of these final days of pregnancy, I will share a pretty ...

This summer is proving to be relentless with thick humidity and singing cicadas.The d ...

The heat mixed with the final weeks of pregnancy are taking their toll on this m ...

I have slowly been teaching myself how to do some basic metal stamping.These are some of m ...

{As so many times before, this is inspired by Soule Mama}But oh, to just be able to pick o ...

Yesterday we had our appointment with the surgeon who performed my emergency c-section whi ...

Spreading peanut butter on toast this morning, I listened to the quiet of the early mornin ...

You may have noticed I have become quiet again.I have been attempting to find balance in s ...

It has become apparent to me that one can make an entire wardrobe for a baby or toddl ...

my thirties begin with a rainy day and a congested teething babyshe sleeps late becau ...

feelingused upstretched outtiredgiganticunlovablewishingI could ignore the messMike { ...

good rain + thirsty earthcheering our young garden seedlings to lifefeeling a deep ne ...

{all photos in this post were found with Google images}I often dream of a little ...

{note}I was recently asked by a new blogger {who happens to be a mom of three&nb ...

Maybe it was the heat.  Maybe it was the neighbour's terrible loud music that played ...

Time to share more goodness I have stumbled upon while searching out supplies and projects ...

It has been a busy and surprisingly productive weekend.The three of us awoke early on an o ...

I painted the living room blue.It makes my heart glad.See more pics here.Tonight we finall ...

  After writing and deleting many a posts over the past few months, I finally feel ...

I am certain that I will be closing the doors to the Apples for Poppy Anne blog sh ...

Annette:  Freezing cold outside, warm Unitarian Universalist church and fireplace ...

  Annette:  My super-talented husband and his friend were among the art ...

My heart aches for warmer days and an old house with far away neighbours.  W ...

annette::erin   Annette:  Sunday plans were thwarted by nasty weather yesterd ...

{photo taken in summer of 2007} It has been many months, if not years, since  ...

annette::erin annette:  An homage to the photo I was going to take on Sunday, but ...

We're pregnant.  Yup, we waste no time here in the house Ellenberger-M ...

 annette::erin Annette:  Quiet and a smoldering friend-grown and drie ...

annette::erin  Annette:  Dear friends invited my husband and I over for Sund ...

May your days be trimmed in ribbon, wrapped in warmth filled to the brim with cider and ...

annette::erin Annette:  About a foot of snow that looks like tiny diamonds. Or bub ...

  {Note:  Please read here before judging our nickname or question ...

 annette::erin  Annette:  I woke up to rain and cold this Sunday and was ...

It is a perfectly blustery day on this, the first snow storm of the winter.  I per ...

Mike and I were so excited to make these little wooden blocks for Poppy this Christmas ...

annette::erin   Annette: This picture is of my feet, at home, under the tr ...

{above items available in my shop}  I have decided to compile a list of lovelies th ...

  annette::erin  Annette:  I was up this morning before 7am, and could n ...

Congratulations to Andrea Kiddsweet who said: "Love the Space to Breathe pho ...

  I will be giving away the bird on a branch glass pendant  pictured ab ...

 We have been busy crafting and decorating in festive ways around these parts. We ma ...

See more photos here. peace.  ...

       I haven't been able to stop thinking about this house ...

  annette::erin Annette:  I admit I cheated and listened to my first Christmas ...

From Country Living Via Brown Turtleneck Sweater Yesterday was spent listening to Christm ...

Keep walking, though there’s no place to get to. Don’t try to see through the distance ...

Oh how my heart swoons for Christmas.  I get through Halloween by the skin of m ...

annette::erin  Annette:  An amazing weekend of ecstatic dance, c ...

I have a confession to make. We have only just begun using cloth diapers.  When I ...

annette::erin annette: I  was finally alone in the apartment, for the first time i ...

  In less than two weeks, Poppy will be nine months old.  Nearly enough time h ...

annette::erin ...

 I am a bit of a hoarder...Ok, alright,  I am a lot of a hoarder.  Wh ...

 {Above items available at Sycamore Street Press & Satsuma Lynn}  &# ...

Mike and I have struggled with the frustrating topic of vaccinations for Poppy.� ...

I awoke this morning with a new feeling; a feeling I haven't had in a really&# ...

I have decided to do a facebook detox.  Although I love the reconnecting and ne ...

So I did it. I went completely outside of my comfort zone and did a complementary and ...

Annette: Today I stayed home. Earlier in the week I was marveling at the fact that I ha ...

A Dose of Good  "We must raise ourselves to the levels of energy where we are t ...

This week's earth's best sunday installment with less rules and new en ...

I just returned from a lovely morning spent with friends.  We met up at a church ...

I am moved by layers of denim, soft grey, and oatmeal.  Cinnamon sticks bubble w ...

twenty two  annette::erin twenty two two annette::erin Despite the beautiful colou ...

twenty one  annette::erin  ...

      I am flirting with the idea of trying my hand at phot ...

This hat.  This hat packaged with love and wrapped in brown paper sent all the wa ...

  {crinkle comfort blankets available in my shop sometime today} Here I sit at ou ...

nineteen annette::erin     twenty annette::erin   *two weeks of the ...

  Triple Squash Soup 7 cups Roasted Squash (I used butternut, pepper, and buttercu ...

Bonjour We have returned from a most lovely Quebec City.  We had a wonderfu ...

Poppy-Love We're off to Quebec City! See you next weekend!   {e.m.p. ...

I am pleased to announce great snail mail success to you this morning!  After a li ...

For all that has been, thank you.For all that will be, yes. It is in the earliest hours ...

eighteen annette::erin ...

Mr. Chip MunkThe Laundry Room, My HouseLindsay, OntarioK9V 1R2 Dear Mr. Munk; First and ...

The first part of this project is a personal one, but one that I am very excited a ...

This week's photo challenge is to capture the final fleeting moments of summer Here ...

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I am obsessed with all things mail; the envelopes, the parcels,and the packages.&# ...

This week's photo challenge is to photograph a beloved nook or cranny of ...

Ahhhhhh! I just won this super duper beach cruiser from the Lovely List! Be ...

As most of you already know, the Folk Festival was this weekend. After a busy week of la ...

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Soaring Studios Pottery Come Let Your Creativity Take Flight Lessons and WorkshopsNewma ...

This week's challenge is a bit different again, but I hope you enjoy it as muc ...

  annette::erin A day or two late, but what can I say...life happens. ...

How about an overdue garden update!? When I first planted our beloved little plot, I had ...

As you may have noticed, I have been rather quiet and contemplative of late.  I ha ...

This week's photo challenge seems fitting for my state of mind as of late.  I ...

I have begun reading Feeding the Whole Family by Cynthia Lair and am loving the intuitiv ...

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  I forget how exactly I came up with this idea. I hate garbage and waste and thoug ...

  The sale on Gramma's house closes tomorrow.  The one constant home of ...

My apologies, for I am a day behind.  Where that day went, I have no idea. Overwhe ...

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I am buried in craft. Will return shortly with updates. e. ...

I spy with my little eye... something that is red.   The above photos taken at the ...

Sorry for the late "earth's best sunday" photos folks!   annette::erin ...

I pleased to announce that I have been featured on The Lovely List today with a chance t ...

My book arrived and I must say that I am most impressed with Blurb.  Really great ...

*Artist Interview Number Three* Sara Johnstonwww.warmsoupbelly.blogspot.com What is your ...

Still impatiently waiting for my journals, photos, and Blurb book to arrive.  Arg! ...

This week's challenge is simple.  Find a mess and then find the beauty in it.& ...

  We painted our room blue. It is a soft calming blue that, when paired with the whi ...

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Artist interview Number Two Amanda Sharpe of Django MangoLindsay, OntarioIf you would li ...

This week's photo/creative challenge is to capture  happiness spilling o ...

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  Sorry once again for the blog absence.  I have had my nose stuck in a book. ...

{FYI, this is NOT a kissy face, but a "OoOooOOo!  I am so impressed with my c ...

As you can see in the above photo, we have decided to give "solid" food a go w ...

Dear Erin; Yesterday I watched a small bird, flying very fast, disappear into the canop ...

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The above picture was taken AFTER his bath.  The caption was originally going to b ...

Last night, I made some much needed progress with on the Folk Festival front!  I h ...

The circle, without beginning or end, symbolizes life energy and reminds us of how to re ...

  {many more pictures to be posted once I get the go-ahead from the honeymoo ...

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So I thought if I were quiet enough about it, everyone would forget that I was, only a f ...

...and a lot of frustration...and it's still not done! Before I could finish it with ...

I like purple.  Do you like purple? Purple is said to be the ideal colour because ...

It was this moment that I fell in love all over again.  I watched him slyly check ...

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Mike bought the above painting for my 29th birthday this past Monday.  I have love ...

This week I urge you to look up.  Trust that your feet will plod, skip, or dance ...

  annette::erin   p.s. Happy Papa's Day My Love.  Always.  x ...

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     I hope you enjoy the first artist interview feature that I m ...

I love colour and all things eclectic. This week the weather is beautiful and our feet a ...

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To My Dearest and Oldest of Souls Poppy Anne; One year ago today we found out we were ex ...

Poppy’s middle name is Anne.  She was named after my Dad’s mother Anna and Anne of ...

Today I thought about contrast.  I thought about how nothing in nature rush ...

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I am pleased to announce the completion {or shall I say the beginning} of our vegetable ...

After reading through Waldorf Mama's blog last night, I discovered a link and follow ...

As you may have already guessed, this week’s photo challenge is that of numbers.  ...

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moving through and beyond the self doubtall of you kind mamas and readers who gave  ...

In the last week or so, I have been struggling with a feeling of time running out; clock ...

Now that everyone has had a chance to get warmed up with our little ph ...

earth's best sundays    erin::annette ...

It has been a bit of an eclectic,and scattered weekend.  Friday afternoon I spent ...

poppy fluffsoulemama's kind wordsfamily rock cookie recipea truck load of dirttiny b ...

  {tiny book art by rae vyn} ::just one little bird:: ::singing:: ::in the dark:: ...

As I sat on the deck in the late morning sun, tea in one hand and a quiet cuddly b ...

This week we are on the hunt for yellow. As spring creeps towards summer and buds turn i ...

  annette::erin   I line my windowsill with earth's best sundays ...

     In this moment I am right with the world Breathing ve ...

As some of you already know {because I hide my excitement oh so well} Soule Mama has add ...

     flowers from my husbandhomemade lasagnaturquoise gnomes and red e ...

The fierce dandelion; dreaded and despised by so many. I have yet to meet another ...

       I have been trying to think of ways to inspire those who ne ...

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I apologize for my absence.  I have been marinating in a wonderful recipe of colou ...

An important part of my year long {and lifelong} journey is defining and exploring my sp ...

raspberrieskawartha dairy ice creamclean laundryturquoise wallsMikey my musefabric scra ...

Thanks to the magic of Reynold's Freezer Paper,and  Tangled and True's Blo ...

Though it has only been two short weeks of writing in this space, it is proving to be a ...

  I folded my thoughts like worn scraps of parchment tucked them safely into old w ...

I have a rather intense addiction to all things rusty and random.  Peeling paint, ...

    Enter into the mouth of the woods Sit quietly amongst the trees Draw from& ...

  Sometimes we need to let go in order to grow.  Whether it be old habits, st ...

Raspberry Cheesecake Brownies 4 ounces chopped bittersweet or semisweet chocolate (I use ...

Poppy and I awoke early this morning to find a beautiful sun-shiny day sprawled out befo ...

After a busy weekend of dinner with friends, watching Poppy grow, the green living s ...

Today we made the first trek out into Toronto since baby Poppy was born for the Gr ...

Let me first tell you how inspired I am by a woman named Amanda Blake Soule.  She ...

So here I sit on the cusp of something big.    Feeling inspired and surprisin ...