Archive for February, 2010
Friday, February 26th, 2010
Creatively Admiring Daffodils
The Gulf Islands off Vancouver Island are rather well-known for having a high population of artists on the island. Or as I like to say “Arteests.” I cannot count the amount of people I’ve met that moved to Pender so that they could pursue their artistic aspirations. What do you think it is about the [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Musings by Amanda
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
A Tiny Island- A big change
We have already received our order from Salt Spring Seeds. Those guys are super-hero fast! I was so impressed! Yesterday I was asked how I’d changed since moving to a tiny island. It was a great opportunity to self-examine what has happened to me in the past 2 years that we’ve been living here and [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Food,Homesteading,Musings by Amanda
Sunday, February 21st, 2010
The pursuit of something else and theoretical happiness.
I had a really good day today. I hope you don’t mind if I share with you a couple highlights. We stayed over on the “Big Island” last night and caught the morning ferry back to our little island. I had a beekeeping lesson with a friend of mine as he’s going to help me [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Beekeeping,Friends,Growing,Homesteading by Amanda
Saturday, February 20th, 2010
Happy 50th Mom
Happy Birthday Mom! 50 years is a milestone. And since I’ve only known you for 27 of those years, I can say with some certainty that you will do 50 just as gracefully as you have the last 27. I think that my favourite attribute about my mom is her capacity and capability to listen. [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in General by Amanda
Friday, February 19th, 2010
This neighbourhood is gettin’ Seedy!
We have placed our seed order, we have wrangled our seed-saving inventory and we are getting ready to do some planting. It’s funny that I’ve lived so oblivious to season changes all my life. I mean, I think of the season changes as what clothes I can now wear or put away. Now my seasons [...]