I’m so grateful for Skype… it allows me to keep tabs on my lovely sister in Australia, who is busy feeding cockatoos. (Really, she’s actually very busy working two jobs before moving on to another part in in the country.) Part of our conversation:
Me: Are you sleeping well?
Anna: Actually, the last few days, I’ve been [...]
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Anna in Australia
April 27, 2011 – 7:00 am
Saint-Norbert
April 26, 2011 – 7:00 am
One of the questions on my History of Winnipeg exam was a reflection on what Winnipeg meant to me. The teacher allowed for us to be as creative as we wanted, following the example of Guy Maddin’s My Winnipeg (a film that is more like visual poetry than film). I collected pictures I had taken [...]
Rabbit ears
April 25, 2011 – 10:09 am
We hid 10 small eggs and four large Kinder surprises in our livingroom during Marie-Hélène’s nap. Christian’s parents arrived in time for the Easter egg hunt and asked us:
“Do you think she’ll know what to do?”
“She’ll catch on!” Christian said.
And sure enough, after showing her two hidden eggs, she was on the lookout for more. [...]
Menu plan
April 24, 2011 – 10:21 pm
Here’s the “what we had for supper on Easter” edition of the weekly menu plan… We’re sitting all nice and stuffed quite satisfied that everything turned out. Originally, we were planning brunch. I went to the Food Network website and their collection of recipes seduced me. The ham! The scalloped potatoes! The lemon desert! Suddenly, [...]
Waiting for spring
April 19, 2011 – 12:00 pm
Do you see the little girl in the window, in the reflection of the tree branches covered with snow, in the house with the vines too shy to put forth buds? It is the girl, daughter of the Mama, both waiting for the snow and cold to leave, so they can take their bike and [...]
It’s Friday… Cheers!
April 15, 2011 – 7:00 am
Perhaps today may not find you in such a contemplative mood… At times her lost in thought gaze, or moments of seriousness unnerve us, and we hurry in to make her smile. “She gets that from you.” Christian tells me. And so, genetics has endowed our daughter with a quality that makes her look smart, [...]
Summary
April 14, 2011 – 7:00 am
I’m no longer working for Travel Manitoba, but I must say it was a lovely contract while it lasted. I got to revisit some of the classics in and around Winnipeg. I got to visit new places, like Saint-Laurent, Portage la Prairie, the Mennonite Heritage Village in Steinbach, the Trappist Monastery near Holland, Matlock with [...]
Watch
April 13, 2011 – 7:00 am
The last time I wore a watch, I was in highschool. I’d picked it from a Sears catalogue and Mom ordered it. It had a velcro strap and precious stones in the watch face. When I married Christian, he always wore a watch. Since I worked at an office, and the rest of the time, [...]
Date night in Winnipeg
April 12, 2011 – 7:00 am
As you may have heard on the news, the Red River is flooding parts of the city and surrounding area. John has already volunteered once for sandbagging. Because he has strong arms. Unlike me. In fact, a sandbag probably weighs more than Marie-Hélène. So it’s not like my experience of hefting Marie-Hélène here and there [...]