by thadmin | Jan 29, 2009 | Beauty, Work
Yes, it was *that* time of year again: Budget hand down day in Ottawa. I posted about it last year. I took fewer images than previous years, but came away with better stuff perhaps because I took an hour to walk around the Hill and snap a few in what was incredibly...
by thadmin | Jan 25, 2009 | Joy, love
The children had been cooped up in the house for a day and a half, with bloody cold weather outside (-18C during the day) and were going a bit nutty. We’d been meaning to get Finn out on some skis that were given to her last winter by friends north of us and...
by thadmin | Jan 25, 2009 | Beauty, Contrast
Here are two photographs of the same thing, a week apart at roughly the same time of day.
by thadmin | Jan 16, 2009 | Joy, love
I’d sorta had it the other night with getting the kids to eat their dinner. They so totally don’t take Carrie and I seriously about it anymore. They squirm in their seat, they push food around on the plate, they say indeterminate things like “ah,...
by thadmin | Dec 30, 2008 | Beauty, Joy
by thadmin | Dec 29, 2008 | love
I tried a thing with OWen tonight that we hadn’t tried for a long time : night-time questions in the dark in bed after lights out. In this scenario, Owen can ask any question under the sun and I’ll do my best to answer as honestly as I can. ...
by thadmin | Dec 20, 2008 | Joy
A few days ago, we were treated to a Christmas concert by Owen’s school. For those unfamiliar with his school, it’s a French language Immersion school. Owen is now in grade 2. All classes are taught in French, although being in grade 2 now also...
by thadmin | Dec 10, 2008 | Heh
I, um, altered some text in a video Disney offers:
by thadmin | Dec 5, 2008 | La Di Da
Tonight, while putting Finney to bed, I thought I’d ask her a couple of questions about people she knows and what she remembers of them when they aren’t right there in front of her. I thought first to ask her what she remembers about her Bestefar, my own...
by thadmin | Dec 2, 2008 | La Di Da
Steel grey sky this morning. I see a few tenacious leaves sagging slightly in what must be a slight breeze outside, but other than that the world is quiet and waiting for the day and spring – now four months hence. I sit at our dining room table, tapping away on...
