Archive for July, 2009

Dog Days.

July 30th, 2009 Ryan 12 Comments »

I’ve given up hope that summer will ever arrive and at this point you could probably count the real summery days on one hand. Since today was the only day this week that didn’t consist of some sort of significant rainfall Corrie and her mom took all the girls to the family cottage. Since I [...]

Can You Dig It?

July 25th, 2009 Ryan 8 Comments »

Perhaps I was a bit overzealous when planning out the garden plot this year. With a new baby and a new job requiring 12 days of work in a row before two glorious days off the time to tend the weed garden is limited. That said there have been some solid victories so far this [...]

Pigs In Zen.

July 18th, 2009 Ryan 8 Comments »

Corrie has two lovely aunts that we don’t get to see very often as they live in Toronto and don’t get up to our neck of the woods very often. Hands down they have given the girls the best books in my humble opinion anyway. Having a house full of girls I’ve read more than [...]

The View From Up Here.

July 11th, 2009 Ryan 5 Comments »

It seems summer is passing us by as already the meat birds have their date with the freezer and a little bird told me it will soon be time to harvest garlic. It feels like the last two months have been a whirlwind of rain followed by blazing heat with a whole lot of work [...]

Firsts And Lasts.

July 4th, 2009 Ryan 11 Comments »

With a new baby there are many firsts. Pretty much every moment for the first little while is jam packed with nothing but firsts. Unfortunately when you know this will be your last baby those first seem just a tad bittersweet since you know there are no more of those amazing firsts in your future. [...]