“Go small, go simple, go now!”
“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
THE END OF AN ERA
Well folks, this may be one of the most difficult posts I’ve had to write....so if you will indulge me I’ll just tear off the bandage. Our lovely RED is for sale. Yes, you read that correctly...FOR SALE! We’ve both known for a while that this was coming...each...
THE GROUNDHOG DAY EFFECT- update from the isolated
Greetings all of you ‘Covidiens’. How are you doing with your respective lives in isolation? Here in our little piece of East Coast paradise we are coping quite nicely, thank you. It’s certainly not perfect but we are beginning to see a tiny bit of light on our...
WEATHERING the STORM
It really is a storm isn’t it, this cursed virus that has descended on the world? No wonder words that describe it are storm related....tsunami .....the next wave...dark clouds ahead..the surge....hunkering down. I actually much prefer the storm analogy to the war...
ISOLATION
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Hello there folks. I was in the midst of writing a post to tell you about one of our recent road trips and stopped mid-sentence thinking how inappropriate it would seem to tell you about a rather large gathering of random people in a...
ROAD TRIP and a SHOW
The following is the story of our recent road trip to Bear River, Nova Scotia... This is the amazing 150 year old captain’s house with a sprawling 5000 square feet of beauty, antiques and charm where we stayed. I had booked the two guest rooms well in advance for us...
R.E.D.’s NEW WINTER HOME
Finally a post about boats and boat-related stuff for you. After six years of putting together the winter igloo, we felt it was time for a change. For practical reasons it was time. The old tarp that we’ve carried from the time R.E.D. came home with us in 2013, the...
CROW’S NEST – it takes a village
This post has taken SO long to reach the point where I felt it to be publish-worthy. Francois finished the exterior of the Crow’s Nest a while ago, making it all roof tight and weather proofed as only Francois could do. It’s identity was to be that of storage...
SAFETY FIRST
We had a toddler sleep-over recently, after which my daughter asked about our ‘in case of fire’ plan. My immediate response was (if on the second floor) open the nearest window, slide down the roof and hope for a reasonably soft landing. Broken bones aren’t a huge...
OUR FIRST RENO
When we moved into R.E.D. by the Sea a little over a year ago, we felt she was perfect just as she was. The previous owner had presented the space is such a charming manner ...painted white throughout...allowing her things to speak. We fell in love with the...