Mop Philosophy

Green beans, local.
It's pretty wonderful to pop over to the store any old day and buy green beans that were actually grown in Ontario... we have to enjoy our very short local vegetable season while we can.
Canadians get pretty excited about the everyday things, especially in the summer.  It's like being drunk on weather.  This flower arrangement, for example, came out of our garden and I can't stop looking at it.  I was theming red and white, for Canada...

The garden in the Italian countryside.
I have to apologize for my radio silence here on the blog, I don't know what has happened but somehow two whole months have just gone by.  Well things have been unusually busy with our rascal kids so there's that, but I think too once one falls out of...

Flowers in the Foyer
I am so happy to see spring arrive.  I've been working in the garden, spring-cleaning the whole house, spending countless hours on dull administrative tasks (most to do with the dreaded tax season) and lecturing my rascal kids.  So, all normal here....

The azaleas in bloom all over Hilton Head Island
We're back from our trip south which was fun and relaxing for multiple generations of the family.  A week away with both of our fathers was priceless.
We nearly froze on a daily basis, something about a nor'easter named Stella blowing arctic air all down the eastern coast?  We bundled up in our layers and looked longingly at the swimming pool, but our eyes did have some reprieve from winter by way...