After returning from the land of beef, lamb and potatoes (Ireland) I crave veggies. Lots and lots and lots of them. While it was possible to get yourself a decent salad, and virtually every restaurant or pub had seafood chowder on the menu (and I ate a LOT of that too because it’s way better…
Tag: autumn
It’s official…I’m finally home
So I’ve been living in my new home and cooking with my new kitchen for oh, about 10 months now, and I only just got around to canning my first batch of anything: Vanilla Pear Butter. And now I finally feel like I’ve arrived. We were away most weekends throughout the summer and early fall,…
Happy autumn!
I’ve been a bit absent from my blog again lately. I really don’t have any single excuse but rather a critical accumulation of more minor demands on my time that leave me completely exhausted and drained at the end of each day. I’ve been working at recovering from some tendonitis in my ankle so that…
Wedded bliss
Here it is, finally! We’ve got our photos back from my friend Angie, who did our photography, and did an amazing job if I do say so myself. I just love looking at these — its been such a busy time since the wedding that its been hard to hold onto that wonderful day. But…
Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Cheese
Well, there is no mistaking it. There is definitely a chill in the air and the weather has turned positively frosty. I’m on the hunt for a better coat. Every third farm you drive by has pumpkins for sale. It’s a week until November. That means that brussels sprouts are in season in Ontario! A…
Celebrating Autumn
We had a lovely long weekend at Redstone, near Haliburton, although sadly, we closed up shop for the season. Luna had a blast helping keep an eye on the squirrels. For perhaps the first stretch this fall we had warm, sunny days. Such a treat. Luna is 10 months old now and she is so…
Hams for Thanksgiving
This was the first time the family was together at the new cottage in Coboconk (I know, I know its hilarious! People who live there call it “Coby”). The kids, Chris’s niece and nephew, were really into hamming it for the camera. Mr. B is about 2 and a half, and he’s one of the…
Giving thanks for a gorgeous weekend
Happy Turkey Day! I had the great fortune to spend a really beautiful weekend up in cottage country where the colours were on, full blast. I don’t know if I can remember such a perfect Thanksgiving weekend. It was easily between 20 and 25 degrees C, even up near Coboconk (locally known as “Coby”) and…
Fresh picked from the pumpkin patch
Our friend Cass says that someday when he buys a house, he wants to have a pumpkin patch. No amount of cajoling from Chris and I can convince him that you kinda need a field to have a pumpkin patch, that every reasonable gardener knows that you don’t just get “a” pumpkin from a patch….