Sometimes Here Sometimes There

Instagram Family Photos

Elsa made a little nest in one of our grocery store crates then she climbed in and quickly fell asleep.

Liam and Mr. Bingley relaxing on the couch together.

Elsa being cute as always :)

Liam and Elsa riding dinosaurs while on a shopping trip with mummy and daddy

Elsa all bundled up and trying out the slide in Victoria Park for the very first time!

Oliver and Elsa at Victoria Park down the street from our house

My sweet happy little boy Liam

Family yoga session. Elsa and Liam decided to join in all on their own. This photo wasn't staged a bit which is what makes it SO darned cute! I use the Nintendo Wii to do my yoga.

 

Mr. Bingley getting some morning loving from Elsa

Elsa, Boo and Mr. Bingley. This is the last photo I took of Boo before she passed away.

 

Charlottetown Instagram Photos!

Victoria Row at night

Founder's Hall

Founder's Hall againThe statue in front of Founder's Hall at night
Looking out at the water from the playground in Victoria Park
Another view from Victoria Park in downtown Charlottetown
The Victoria Park boardwalk
A view of the water from the Victoria Park boardwalk
A lovely old house in my neighborhood in downtown Charlottetown

Step by Step Progress of a Painting

Lately I've been taking in progress photos of my paintings using my iPhone camera to e-mail to my mum. Today I thought I'd share the step by step photos I took of one of my more recent pieces. This piece was done in acrylics on a 16" x 20" stretched canvas. You can see the entire finished painting in August when it is unveiled at my solo show at The Guild in downtown Charlottetown Prince Edward Island. Or if you can't make it and see them in person I will be unveiling them on my blog after the show. These photos aren't the best being cell phone photos but you get the gyst of it! Enjoy!

Family Photos

Here are some fairly recent shots I've taken around the house of the kiddos, the dogs and myself using my iPhone and Instagram. If you follow me on facebook you may have already seen these.

Liam has quite the time trying to look like a normal child in photos! I sure do love my little clown!

Elsa all dressed up for the outdoors. Elsa's aunt Monika made her that fabu hat! Can't believe I just typed "fabu"!

Yes.... I really am THAT weird! And here I am showing off my supreme weirdness. Funny story, I once made this same face except with my tongue sticking out to the side in a family picture. A family picture that consisted of most of my mother's family, many of the aunts uncles and so on and so forth! I obviously was a kid then but I think if I were in that same photo now I'd do it all over again! You only live once and if you don't have humour what do you have?!

Liam hard at work on his first collage! My little bug is quite the artist!

Elsa playing in Liam's room.

Elsa and myself

Liam and I being silly!

 
My little girl sound asleep in my bed.

Boo enjoying the comforts of my bed. I woke up to find this silly dog in exactly this position on top of my covers :)

Mr. Bingley looking pretty.

 
He's always beautiful!

A little sleepy

Heading out for a walk! OH the excitement!

 
Bundled!

He fell asleep on the couch with an apple slice in his hand :)

Devouring her daddy's fruit veggie smoothie and NOT sharing!

Me :)

Elsa wearing the pajamas given to her by our Super cool friends in BC :)

At the grocery store

Even little bunnies need to go to the grocery store every once in a while!

Elsa sleeping in her daddy's arms.

Oliver and Elsa all tuckered out!

She loves to sit in the toy basket like a little doll :)

This little monkey stole my heart almost five years ago and no matter what sort of mischief he gets into I just love him more and more every day!

How Liam eats a donut! He bites the icing off the top all the way around and leaves the rest lol!

Another Great Trip to Nova Scotia!

On Saturday Oliver, Liam, Elsa, the dogs and I all piled into the car for the long drive down to Nova Scotia to visit my parents again. We had a great time and as always were sad to leave. Today I'm going through Nova Scotia withdrawal and the gloomy weather here on PEI isn't helping things! I can't wait till our next trip! Below are some of the pictures I took, enjoy!

A beach near my parent's house in Berwick Nova Scotia.

Liam had a ball throwing rocks into the water! I think rock throwing is his favorite activity :)

My mum, dad, Liam, Oliver (holding Elsa) and Diesel my parent's Chihuahua.



 It was such a nice beach!

My beautiful husband Oliver and our Elsa looking for interesting rocks. This beach is a treasure trove for really neat rocks!

A view from Hall's HarbourNova Scotia.

Fishing Boats in Hall's Harbour. When the tide is out the boats just sit on the ground like this.  This picture was taken from the deck of The Lobster Pound where we had lunch. The fish and chips are highly recommended!

A lovely little MG taking in the view at Hall's Harbour.

 My dad taking pictures of the MG. My dad takes really nice photos!

Okay, so I know this place is called the look off but don't ask me where it is because I couldn't even give you a vague idea! Somewhere in Nova Scotia is this beautiful view :)

That's it for now!

Goodbye Summer

 

Charlottetown Harbour

Well, according to what I've read on the internet, summer is officially over after Labour Day, so there you have it! Goodbye summer, hello autumn! I'm not terribly sad to see summer go as autumn is my favorite season but I can say that this summer was a good one for the most part.  Plenty of sight seeing trips, lot's of photos, nice walks around Charlottetown and enjoying my garden.  Here are some photos taken this summer, never before seen. Enjoy!

  
My favorite people from left to right: Liam, Elsa, Oliver.

 
The cliffs beside the East Point Lighthouse.

 
The East Point Lighthouse (my favorite lighthouse!)

 
A path along the cliffs at East Point.

 
Another shot of the pathway along the cliffs at East Point.

 
Contemplating the cone. Liam enjoying his cows ice cream cone down at Peake's Quay.

 
Elsa wearing her first pair of shoes down at Peake's Quay.

 
St. Dunstan's Cathedral in Downtown Charlottetown. I never tire of photographing this beautiful building!

 
A day at the beach in Fortune PEI.

 
What better place to learn how to walk than on the soft sand of a PEI beach?

 
A wheat field near Souris.

 
Another shot of the wheat field near Souris.

A Walk Around Charlottetown

 St. Dunstan's Basilica
 

 I can't recall the name of this one but the building is just lovely!

 
 

A particularly nice looking street near Victoria Row

 

The brick buildings of Victoria Row

Queen Street home of Anne of Green Gables Chocolates!

 

Victoria Row

 
Liam goofing off while he pushes a sleepy Elsa across town


 
The End!

Photos For the Relatives

For those that have asked for more photos of the kids, here they are....

More House Photos

On the upstairs landing is my favorite antique chair.  The pillow was made by my mum when I was a little girl and the quilt hanging over the banister is one of three that I purchased HERE while living on Vancouver Island Canada a number of years ago.

A view from upstairs.  There's little Mr. Bingley looking up, wondering what I'm doing. 

This is what we see when coming up the stairs.  Most of the artwork is mine except for a small framed antique Victorian trade card and a vintage tin that was too rusted shut to be of any use so I hung it on the wall. The lace curtain is from Ikea.