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An end of summer camping trip at Perce 27 Aug 2013 | 04:51 pm
We met up with my parents this weekend to enjoy the end of summer with a wee camping trip. My parents were doing a cycling tour of the north shore of the Gaspé Peninsula. They finished last Friday in ...
Your happiness... is not my responsibility 20 Aug 2013 | 04:39 pm
I've mentioned already it's been a whirlwind month of summer activity at our house. And we had a whirlwind of activity earlier this summer with our trip. In between, there was a short lull, in which I...
Wild raspberries 18 Aug 2013 | 06:15 pm
I'm starting to notice the change. The apple trees, along the fencerows, are heavy with nearly ripe fruit. Leaves, just a few, are starting to yellow on the trees. Crickets are singing their incess...
Homeschooling: the numbers are in our favor 16 Aug 2013 | 07:31 pm
Today's post is totally unplanned. While I was writing my weekend newsletter, my usual Friday morning writing task, I got an e-mail contact with a promotion request. I get "could you share this with ...
Ready for a new school year? Yeah, me neither. 15 Aug 2013 | 06:07 am
This is the time of year when I always feel out of step with my contemporaries. Ok, so I feel out of step with my contemporaries fairly often but especially so in August as all my homeschool buddies a...
FIMBY on Facebook 13 Aug 2013 | 05:33 pm
Blogging is something I stumbled into almost 9 years ago. Since that time, why I blog and how I blog has obviously evolved. FIMBY remains my writing crush and as our kids get older, and with our curr...
Lots of tomatoes? Why not make this for supper... 10 Aug 2013 | 07:34 pm
We were given a lot of tomatoes recently so I'm making one of our favorite soups for supper tonight. I thought this was a good chance to re-post one of FIMBY's most popular recipes from the archives. ...
Nikon D300 camera for sale 8 Aug 2013 | 05:47 pm
In preparation for our hike next year we are selling my Nikon camera, fully loaded. I love this Nikon. Specifically, I love my 50mm lens and this body. But the truth is (or so Damien tells me, and y...
This isn't August. It's life. 7 Aug 2013 | 06:24 am
Last week Céline was at camp. Her first, and our family's first, experience with a sleepover camp. There have been very few sleepovers in Céline's life - a ten day trip to visit Nana & Papa when she ...
We'll figure it out when we get there 2 Aug 2013 | 08:47 pm
I apologize in advance for two long-winded posts this week. There are a few ideas, ok more than a few, that persist in rattling around my noggin and keep showing up, half written in computer files, Ev...