With excitement in our eyes and hope in our hearts, we watched the miracle of birth in the cozy quarters of our homemade barn yesterday afternoon. The warm winter sun was melting away the snow and the sky was a crisp blue as cornflowers – it was a perfect day for […]
Bone-chilling temperatures, frosty windows, ice-covered roads, biting winds and whirling snow flurries … it is mid-winter here in Southern Ontario. For many of you in the warmer areas, you do not experience a harsh winter like ours. But if you visit Ontario in mid January, you will feel an immediate chill to your […]
In a dusty, dark corner of a very old house, sits the tall, wooden worn out clock. It has seen its share of memories and pain, keeping perfect time with a tick and a tock. -The Grandfather Clock When it comes to making a home, creating an environment that is memorable, filled with […]
“It’s a marshmallow world in the winter When the snow comes to cover the ground It’s the time for play, it’s a whipped cream day I wait for it the whole year round. It’s a yum-yummy world made for sweethearts Take a walk with your favorite girl It’s a sugar date, what if spring […]
“It was so wonderful to be there, safe at home, sheltered from the winds and the cold. Laura thought that this must be a little like heaven, where the weary are at rest.” -Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter Freshly fallen snow has finally arrived {yet again} and our little world is pretty and bright, […]
