In June, my good friend Nicole and I decided to plant a small veggie garden, located behind the house where she currently lives. It was a great chance to take a stab at growing our own food, even if was just a few items: zucchini, peppers, tomatoes, various lettuces.  Admittedly, I haven’t been the best [...]

  The beginning of April is around the time of my sister’s birthday which means a trip home to Oshawa. My sister (the non-birthday one), my mom and I went walking through the farm and came upon some milkweed plants and their pods, some empty but a few were full of seeds. I decided to [...]

This past fall, I was able to take part in the annual raking of the leaves with my Dad, Mom and one of my sisters.  However, the Mackey method of raking leaves seems to take quite a departure from more traditional methods for sure.  Step 1, rake leaves. Sept 2, put leaves into buckets.  Step [...]

On October 31, 2010 I moved, and like those last few boxes you don’t get around to unpacking until much later, these photos have been sitting around on my hard drive since then.  I’ll miss the charm of the old apartment with its hardwood flooring, crown molding, and exposed brick.  I won’t miss the rental [...]

 In September 2010 I went to Berlin, a city I had learned so much about but wasn’t sure about actually going there.  My friend’s boyfriend was running the Berlin Marathon (42km!) and so I tagged along and took in what turned out to be one of my favourite places in Europe (so far).  The amount [...]