https://hellofield.com/2021/01/04/art-from-the-margins/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/optimist-poem-ode-to-2020-1.jpgOptimist poem - ode to 2020I also call this rather sad (and not quite satisfying) poem "Ode to 2020" https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_1235.jpgimg_1235https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_1234.jpgimg_1234https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_1236.jpgimg_1236https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_1237.jpgimg_1237https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_1238.jpgimg_1238https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_0963.jpgimg_0963https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_1242.jpgimg_1242https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_1233.jpgimg_12332021-01-04T04:23:31+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2019/10/26/having-it-all/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/fam-damily.jpgFam damilySo lucky!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/woke-up-like-this.jpgWoke up like thisThere is no time for beauty routines. I literally woke up like this.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/sad-halloween-decor.jpgSad halloween decorI haven't had time to improve this sad, sad Halloween display. Bonus: Odie peeing on my hedges.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/odie-and-arthur.jpgOdie and ArthurOne of the joys of my life is watching Arthur and Odie become friends. Kinda.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/flo.jpgFlohttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/dsc_0776-2.jpegDSC_0776 2Here we are with Santa last weekend (photo credit: Kristin Taylor)2020-07-05T16:41:42+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2020/06/18/10-reasons-for-gratitude-in-this-pandemic/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_4847.jpgIMG_4847Arthur enjoyed learning how vegetables grow.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_5798.jpgIMG_5798Here we are, planting seedlings.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_4919.jpgIMG_4919My grandma was in a nursing home for two months but the isolation was too much. https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/dsc_0293.jpgDSC_0293A front porch photo by my friend Kristin. Thanks KT!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/just-us.jpgJust usAs soon as our bubble grew, we left the kids with grandparents and went on a date.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_5388.jpgIMG_5388Birding at Tiny Marshhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/20200613_125539.jpg20200613_125539Here are the kids during a visit with grand-maman and Mike. Bliss!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/garden.jpggardenTwo years ago this was a patch of half-dead grass and dirt. https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_5181.jpgIMG_5181We've enjoyed some lovely socially distanced visits from friends and neighbours. The Myles' are both! Thanks guys.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_5129.jpgIMG_5129No birthday party = no expense = no problem! 2020-07-05T16:31:27+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2019/04/05/the-winter-of-disease/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_6334.jpgIMG_6334Boulette and I https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/capture-de28099ecc81cran-le-2019-04-04-acc80-22.02.40.pngCapture d’écran, le 2019-04-04 à 22.02.40To make up for this whiny post, here's a runny-nosed Arthur singing "Clementine"https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_6251.jpgIMG_6251Breakfast of championshttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/20190113_143210.jpg20190113_143210Sick baby2019-04-05T02:21:28+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2019/02/10/on-lappelle-boulette-the-return-of-the-four-gestational-dwarves/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_5968.jpgIMG_5968https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_5965.jpgIMG_5965https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_5963.jpgIMG_5963https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_5958.jpgIMG_5958The photo I JUST took for Facebookhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_5954-1.jpgIMG_5954Me and my main squeeze: BBQ chipshttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_5953.jpgIMG_5953Boulette: view from abovehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_5952.jpgIMG_5952One of two belly pics I've takenhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_5949.jpgIMG_5949JF is my all starhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_5912.jpgIMG_5912So much mischiefhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_2151.jpgIMG_2151Arthur, at three(ish) days old2019-02-10T22:54:38+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2018/02/18/10-pros-and-cons-of-mat-leave/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/patrick.jpgPatrickThanks to all the awesome friends who've made the trek to visit! https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/family.jpgFamilyOur family is a perfectly good size, thank you! Photo credit: Joël Forgethttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_0020.jpgIMG_0020Will I ever look untired again?https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_7409-1.jpgIMG_7409 (1)The A Teamhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/capture-d_ecc81cran-2018-02-18-acc80-14-35-50.pngCapture d_écran 2018-02-18 à 14.35.50https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/newborn.jpegNewbornArthur is a few days old in this picture - so small and sweet!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/mikaela-arthur-jf-february-17-2018_53.jpgMikaela Arthur JF February 17 2018_53Photo credit: Doug Crawford2018-03-14T19:17:01+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2017/11/01/its-a-halloween-miracle/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_6708.jpgIMG_6708Arthur and I on Halloween day - right before he pooped.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_6676.jpgIMG_6676Happy Halloween!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/capture-d_ecc81cran-2017-10-25-acc80-18-46-15-e1509568383447.pngCapture d_écran 2017-10-25 à 18.46.15The new place, in all its glory2017-11-06T18:59:49+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2017/09/02/movin-on-up/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_5218.jpgIMG_5218Arthur is the reason we're movinghttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_5299.jpgIMG_5299Our lovely old home, sold!2017-09-02T17:02:36+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2017/07/04/to-the-kale-washers/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/p_20170701_180634_vhdr_auto-1.jpgP_20170701_180634_vHDR_Auto-1https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3638.jpgIMG_3638https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3563.jpgIMG_3563My mom is my superherohttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3449.jpgIMG_3449Elise is the best mother-in-law I could ask forhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_3320.jpgIMG_3320https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_2985.jpgIMG_29852017-08-02T10:09:24+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2017/03/19/third-trimester-musings/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_1876.jpgIMG_1876This man is going to be a great parent - and Odie is going to be a stellar brother!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_1874.jpgIMG_1874My favourite corner of the nursery, because it's filled with gifts from our friends and family - everything from the crib, to the books, to the stuffed animalshttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_1812.jpgIMG_1812JF and the awesome motorcycle Daryl and Kyrsta made us out of baby supplieshttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/capture-d_ecc81cran-2017-03-19-acc80-13-18-33.pngCapture d_écran 2017-03-19 à 13.18.33Lumpy's room, before and afterhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/capture-d_ecc81cran-2017-03-19-acc80-13-17-50.pngCapture d_écran 2017-03-19 à 13.17.50Bathroom, before and afterhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/img_1882.jpgIMG_1882Here I am today - 35.5 weeks pregnant and feeling quite whale-like2017-03-19T17:31:26+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2017/01/07/32-gifts/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_9518.jpgimg_9518A view from the side of the road in Sloveniahttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_1561.jpgimg_1561Hanging with avo usually looks like this - except add foodhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_1466.jpgimg_1466https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016-2-2.jpg2016-2-2Some of the gang that travelled to Mexico with us. So cool!2017-01-09T15:42:17+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2016/12/17/lumpdate-week-22/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/fullsizerender.jpgfullsizerenderJF, practising his baby holding with Odiehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_1556.jpgimg_1556Some of the books on our nightstands right nowhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_1555.jpgimg_1555The bathroom, as of this morninghttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_1554.jpgimg_1554Lumpy's room - the toilet is behind the pile of pink stuffhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_1521.jpgimg_1521Our tree this year - fa la la la la!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_1384.jpgimg_1384The belly in San Diego - Joël and I went to visit Violet2016-12-17T16:13:59+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2016/11/25/ring-the-bells-that-still-can-ring/2016-11-25T03:20:57+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2016/10/24/and-then-there-were-four-barfy-worry-smelly-and-lumpy/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0911.jpgimg_0911Meet Lumpy. I think he or she looks like a misshapen peanut.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_1014.jpgimg_1014Three of the four gestational dwarves. Missing from the image: Lumpy.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0948.jpgimg_0948Me on a rare dog walk. JF has been doing all the Odie-minding lately.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/img_0916.jpgimg_0916My daily vitamins. I have to carefully time them to avoid puking.2016-10-25T01:41:23+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2016/09/27/the-great-bathroom-caper/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_0878.jpgimg_0878https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_0859.jpgimg_0859https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_3438.jpgimg_34382016-09-27T12:45:47+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2016/08/21/pokemon-toronto-vs-elmvale/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/capture-d_ecc81cran-2016-08-21-acc80-11-44-13.pngCapture d’écran 2016-08-21 à 11.44.13Left: downtown Elmvale. Right: downtown Toronto. Unfair!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_0775.pngIMG_0775https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_0769.pngIMG_0769The celebratory screen shoot I took after reaching Level 21 before JFhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_0721.jpgIMG_0721https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/img_0699.pngIMG_06992016-09-27T00:15:04+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2016/07/06/wedded-bliss/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_9857.jpgIMG_9857A Slovenian church at the tip top of a mountainhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/p1110506.jpgP1110506JF and our rented car in the Soca Valley.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/p1110467.jpgP1110467Slovenia looked like this everywhere!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/p1110451.jpgP1110451One of many beers in the Slovenian alpshttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/p1110237.jpgP1110237The bustling grand canal in Venicehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0223.jpgIMG_0223Odie looking dapper in his bowtie from vavohttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0187.jpgIMG_0187Thanks to my friend Kristin Taylor, who took lovely photos.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0171.jpgIMG_0171So good to get home to this guy!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0153.jpgIMG_0153Streets of Motovun, in Croatiahttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0069.jpgIMG_0069Rad new wedding band tans.2016-07-06T03:07:14+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2016/06/01/love-army-returns/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_8936.jpgIMG_8936Poison ivy. Disgusting.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_8935.jpgIMG_8935https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_8850.jpgIMG_8850Thanks gals!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_8773.jpgIMG_8773Picking up ingredients for smores: just one of 300 items on ye olde to do listhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_8667.jpgIMG_8667Our friends Mireille and Patrick travelled up from Toronto several times to help prep the property and make decorationshttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_8198.jpgIMG_81982016-06-01T03:50:41+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2016/04/21/watching-my-weight/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_8486.jpgIMG_8486How could anyone NOT eat this adorable Easter cake made by my aunt Fina?2016-04-21T02:47:31+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2016/03/23/where-to-start/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_8167.jpgIMG_8167Here's Odie at Tiny Marsh just over a week agohttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/capture-d_ecc81cran-2016-03-22-acc80-22-29-52.pngCapture d’écran 2016-03-22 à 22.29.52La galette des rois. Probably the most delicious thing I've ever eaten.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_7820.jpgIMG_7820Mireille and Patrick on the skating trailhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_7841.jpgIMG_7841JF and our high school friend, Davehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_7906.jpgIMG_7906Neil and teahttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_7990.jpgIMG_7990Odie's bow tiehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_8017.jpgIMG_8017A walk through a park in Ottawahttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_8128.jpgIMG_8128Odie loves my cousin Owenhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_8427.jpgIMG_8427Danielle and Naomi, and some pancakeshttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_8369.jpgIMG_8369Two extremely talented Georgian students who performed in the show2016-03-23T03:07:55+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2016/02/03/a-life-well-lived/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/numecc81riser-14.jpgNumériser 14Alicia's first birthday. Aren't we cute?https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/img_2010.jpgIMG_2010A year or two before he went to the senior's home.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/fullsizerender_2.jpgFullSizeRender_2Me and avô. I thought he was pretty cool.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRenderThis is my grandpa, Dinis Rebelo. Isn't he handsome?https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/numecc81riser.jpgNumériserMy grandparents with my mom and uncles, David and João.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/numecc81riser-11.jpgNumériser 11He loved children. Here he is with my little sister, Geneviève.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/numecc81riser-18.jpgNumériser 18Here I am, on his lap.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/numecc81riser-19.jpgNumériser 19Avô and baby me!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/numecc81riser-26.jpgNumériser 26In his homeland, the Açores. His last visit there as a healthy man.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/numecc81riser-45.jpgNumériser 45Serving alcohol - as he always did when there were guests2016-02-03T14:46:54+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2015/12/15/a-merry-little-christmas/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_7338.jpgIMG_7338The gang did a cookie exchange. Check out these textbook gingerbread!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_7318.jpgIMG_7318Danielle, Joël and Naomihttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_7311.jpgIMG_7311My goddaughter Naomi, looking perfectly Christmas-syhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_7350.jpgIMG_7350https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_7349.jpgIMG_7349Poinsettia with some of the mice made by my mémèrehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_7348.jpgIMG_7348https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_7346.jpgIMG_7346Odie and my staircasehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_7340.jpgIMG_7340The tree, decked outhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_7310.jpgIMG_7310The chapelhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_7300.jpgIMG_73002015-12-24T18:26:41+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2015/11/22/snow-falling-on-elmvale/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_7175.jpgIMG_7175Our street tonighthttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_7170.jpgIMG_7170We took a little stroll with Odie todayhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_7178.jpgIMG_7178Cedar boughs on our front doorhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_7182.jpgIMG_7182This advent calendar was given to us by my aunt Fina decades ago. He is affectionately known as "tortured Santa."https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_7172.jpgIMG_7172The Christmas lights we'll be hanging tomorrowhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_7181.jpgIMG_7181Odie's head and my slippershttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_7171.jpgIMG_7171Icing sugar hair2015-11-22T15:03:43+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2015/10/27/brittle-joy/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6937.jpgIMG_6937Toot toot!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6768.jpgIMG_6768Slippers knit by my grandma = awesomehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6776.jpgIMG_6776https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6836.jpgIMG_6836My favourite part of the fall fair is the weird vegetable competitionhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6902.jpgIMG_6902https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6903.jpgIMG_6903Mireille and I watched the Jays' game and coloured. It was pretty great.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6916.jpgIMG_6916This is the route we take most mornings. It's been really beautiful latelyhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6922.jpgIMG_6922Tada! Bigger and better back deck! (ignore the leaves, we need to rake)https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6924.jpgIMG_6924I really should have removed the lantern (left) but you get teh ideahttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_6926.jpgIMG_6926New window! (cameo: Odie)2015-10-27T20:15:38+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2015/09/19/updates-from-my-little-life/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_6654.jpgIMG_6654First target - the dropped ceiling in the mudroomhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_6535.jpgIMG_6535This is a bad photo of Owen and I, but it kind of shows our photo booth wallhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_6606.jpgIMG_6606Odie at his cutest. Doesn't this guy deserve a dog park?https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/barkpark2-page-0011.jpgbarkpark2-page-001A flyer a neighbour made to promote the cause - feel free to share it!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/capture-d_c3a9cran-2015-09-18-c3a0-22-04-35.pngCapture d’écran 2015-09-18 à 22.04.35Our inspirationhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_6643.jpgIMG_6643https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_6647.jpgIMG_6647Kale salad - yum!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_6651.jpgIMG_6651Treasure box..https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/barkpark2-page-001.jpgbarkpark2-page-001https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_6652.jpgIMG_6652...filled with healthy treasure!2015-09-19T03:49:23+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2015/09/01/a-biased-introduction-to-the-towns-of-simcoe-county/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/wasaga-beach_09.jpgTOSHIBA Exif JPEGThe beachhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/foundingooh.jpgFoundingOOHhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/3953742677_a4d46ae5ff.jpg3953742677_a4d46ae5ffMidland, retro editionhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/spiritcatcher_1024x768.jpgSpiritCatcher_1024x768SpiritCatcher_1024x768https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/capture-d_c3a9cran-2015-09-01-c3a0-10-39-55.pngCapture d’écran 2015-09-01 à 10.39.55Here's a map with Toronto, Blue Mountains, Elmvale and Huntsville, for context2015-09-02T12:33:02+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2015/07/24/a-decade-in-review/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/most-recent-11225346_10153545327406177_7477200789539258426_n.jpgMOST RECENT 11225346_10153545327406177_7477200789539258426_nTIny Marshhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-11220840_10153545319431177_7084274032597333146_n.jpg2015 11220840_10153545319431177_7084274032597333146_nTiny Marshhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-10690154_10153151781911177_1373453117850672524_n.jpg2015 10690154_10153151781911177_1373453117850672524_nPortugalhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2014-10922755_10153151789436177_6880296123686542267_n.jpg2014 10922755_10153151789436177_6880296123686542267_nBostonhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2014-10685502_10152827131721177_8031533547371702741_n.jpg2014 10685502_10152827131721177_8031533547371702741_nhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2014-10645023_10152827136901177_6644315500008514936_n.jpg2014 10645023_10152827136901177_6644315500008514936_nIs this thing on?https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2014-10351308_10152827136361177_6675433554472303798_n.jpg2014 10351308_10152827136361177_6675433554472303798_nTiny Beacheshttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2014-1979476_10152827138216177_5678527550737238716_n.jpg2014 1979476_10152827138216177_5678527550737238716_nTiny Marshhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2013-998624_10152115680616177_974133201_n.jpg2013 998624_10152115680616177_974133201_nKingstonhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2013-945254_10151687243346177_1748875761_n.jpg2013 945254_10151687243346177_1748875761_nBryce Canyon2015-07-26T23:36:26+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2015/06/24/999/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/side-garden.jpgside gardenDavid, peeking through the lilies and hostas.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/shade-garden.jpgShade gardenHostas, hostas all aroundhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/new-garden-bed.jpgNew garden bedPlants donated by my mother and my aunt, plus the lilac bush JF bought me to honour mémèrehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lost-cause-garden.jpgLost cause gardenSo, so, so full of weeds, punctuated by hostashttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/herbs.jpgHerbsHerby potshttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/herb-garden.jpgHerb gardenhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/garage-garden-bed.jpgGarage garden bedI've added some trumpet vines and bee balm to this garden bed2015-06-27T03:05:59+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2015/06/02/the-view-from-here/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/10959293_10153151785386177_6664371437275965863_n.jpg10959293_10153151785386177_6664371437275965863_nNo one likes a bathing suit photo poster, so here's last year's AGMhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_6006.jpgIMG_6006https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/10152461_10152418133966177_3664109521090512833_n.jpg10152461_10152418133966177_3664109521090512833_nhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/3183_10151304130796177_1713857898_n.jpg3183_10151304130796177_1713857898_nhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_5995.jpgIMG_59952015-06-02T03:22:33+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2015/05/01/12-songs-from-my-life/2015-05-01T20:55:05+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2015/04/18/tailspin/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5764.jpgIMG_5764This is the face of a tired and whiny womanhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/skyline.jpgSkylineOkay Toronot, I guess it really wasn't you, it was me.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_0092.jpgIMG_0092https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/jf-in-field-31.jpgJF in field 32015-04-21T02:40:44+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2015/03/22/my-big-fat-franco-ontarian-wedding/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/10484162_10153312542539574_564018730458848811_n.jpg10484162_10153312542539574_564018730458848811_nUs an the Odester. We want this dude there on our big day!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/rebelo-cousins.jpgRebelo cousinsRebelo cousins (and Steph, who is basically a Rebelo cousin)https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/owen-and-i.jpgOwen and IMy cousin Owen - one of my all-time favourite peoplehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/lefaive-cousins22.jpgLefaive cousins22Can't wait to celebrate with these peoplehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/lefaive-cousins.jpgLefaive cousinsMy beautiful Lefaive cousins2015-03-26T00:34:44+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2015/03/04/957/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_5412.jpgIMG_5412https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_5406.jpgIMG_5406Digging around for his frisbeehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRenderhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fullsizerender_2.jpgFullSizeRender_2https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fullsizerender_1.jpgFullSizeRender_12015-03-04T12:17:56+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2015/02/13/homelessness-in-elmvale/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRender2015-02-25T13:16:17+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2015/02/03/30-gifts/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/p1080047.jpgP1080047Sunshine on our faces.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/p1080051.jpgP1080051Maybe winter isn't so bad after all!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/p1070961.jpgP1070961This is us trying to embrace winter.2015-02-03T02:40:59+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2015/01/25/the-big-friendly-giant/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_5165.jpgIMG_5165https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_4112.jpgIMG_4112https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_4110.jpgIMG_4110https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_4108.jpgIMG_4108https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_4105.jpgIMG_4105https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_4094.jpgIMG_4094https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRenderhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fullsizerender_2.jpgFullSizeRender_2https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fullsizerender_1.jpgFullSizeRender_1How can anyone resist this face?2017-12-01T07:05:34+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2015/01/21/ring-ing-in-the-new-year/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_3827.jpgIMG_3827Another one of us in Portugal, just for kicks.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_3976.jpgIMG_3976Just look at how handsome he is. xohttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_5114.jpgIMG_5114Ring. Check!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/pasteis.jpegpasteisHere are the custard tarts.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sintra-parquemonserrate-waterfall.jpgsintra ParqueMonserrate- waterfallHere's the waterfall.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/monserrate-palace-garden-sintra-guide.jpgMonserrate-palace-garden-sintra-guideHere's the castle.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_3994.jpgIMG_3994This is us, right after he asked me.2015-01-21T22:14:41+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/12/10/letting-my-heart-be-light/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_3283.jpgIMG_3283Making cookies with JFhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/p1090040.jpgP1090040https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/p1090033.jpgP1090033https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/p1090032.jpgP1090032https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/p1080990.jpgP1080990Mustachioed winehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/p1080984.jpgP1080984Eating sushi made with love by my friends Joël and Daniellehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_4826.jpgIMG_4826Chocolate advent calendar from momhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_4825.jpgIMG_4825I'm in love with this homey ornament from Targethttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_4823.jpgIMG_4823This strange santahttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_4819.jpgIMG_4819The jingle of bells as people walk into our home2014-12-14T13:29:14+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/11/20/the-gift-of-time/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4779.jpgIMG_4779Downside of snow one: shovellinghttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4776.jpgIMG_4776https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4774.jpgIMG_4774Downside of snow 2: cleaning off my carhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_4771.jpgIMG_4771Downside of snow 3: driving2014-11-20T04:26:32+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/11/05/883/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dad-3.jpgdad 3Félicitations, Pa! xohttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dad-performing2.jpgdad performing2My dad, performing at a pub in Midland last year.2014-11-06T03:05:26+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/10/03/municipal-politics-and-me/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4536.jpgIMG_4536Candidates, answering questionshttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4534.jpgIMG_45342014-10-17T03:20:32+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/10/17/the-worlds-most-sophisticated-garage-gym/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_4639.jpgIMG_4639And this is what I do after class. Sit on the couch and watch Star Trek in my exercise clothes.2014-10-26T21:16:40+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/09/22/toronto-an-honest-and-updated-pros-and-cons-list/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4518.jpgIMG_4518Tiny Marsh is starting to show its fall colours.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4516.jpgIMG_4516The Tweed Ride. Only in Toronto.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4514.jpgIMG_4514Classic moment from Back to the Future. https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4502.jpgIMG_4502Is that bird-shaped food? 2014-09-27T20:27:05+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/09/12/early-in-the-morning/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4477.jpgIMG_4477There are few photos of my commute because I'm, well, driving. But here's one of the zoo from a time when JF chauffeured me. Can you see the zebras?2014-09-17T13:38:39+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/09/08/tis-autumn/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/my-blue-door.jpgMy blue doorPretty blue door, complete with owly door knocker.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_43551.jpgIMG_4355https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_4355.jpgIMG_4355My blue door, complete with owly door knocker.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo1.jpgphoto(1)This is my favourite sweater in the universe. It makes me look like a big burnt marshmallow, but it's delightfully warm and cozy.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo.jpgphotoNew woolly grey shoes.2014-09-08T03:20:25+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/08/21/birthday-musings/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo.jpgphotoA note left for me by my colleagueshttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-5.jpgphoto 5New earrings made by Genevièvehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-4.jpgphoto 4My avo, showing me the "right" side of the tableclothhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-3.jpgphoto 3People I love, lighting my birthday cakeshttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-2.jpgphoto 2The chocolate cheesecake Alicia baked for mehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/photo-1.jpgphoto 1What mom has called my "ladder of life" (full of gifts!)2014-08-21T05:50:32+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/08/04/scrumptious-summer/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/7-volunteers-5.jpg7 volunteers 5Some of the Festival's crew of volunteershttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_4298.jpgIMG_4298An all-Ontario platehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_4297.jpgIMG_4297Me at Bluewater Beach, seven minutes from our househttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_4293.jpgIMG_4293Garage sale treasureshttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_4290.jpgIMG_4290Some of my favourite peoplehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_4250.jpgIMG_4250Me, stuffing my face as I always do on date nighthttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_4217.jpgIMG_4217Pascal and JF, at Awenda Parkhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_4131.jpgIMG_4131A pretty Elmvale field JF and I explored the other dayhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_4199.jpgIMG_4199My cousin Kelly, en performance2014-08-04T03:32:00+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/07/24/the-end-of-uncertainty/2014-07-25T12:02:14+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/07/15/a-cottagers-guide-to-blending-in-with-country-folk/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_3850.jpgIMG_3850They're ba-ack!2014-07-21T18:07:26+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/07/08/summer-of-sibs/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_3646.jpgIMG_3646https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-4.jpgphoto 4The agony of cutting ice cream cakehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo-3.jpgphoto 3Backgammon on mom's couchhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_3953.jpgIMG_3953Afternoon teahttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_3925.jpgIMG_3925Sushi in Midlandiahttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/judi-dench-in-1968-001.jpgJudi-Dench-in-1968.-001Judi/mehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ingrid_bergman_1940_publicity.jpgIngrid_Bergman_1940_publicityIngrid/Genevièvehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/images.jpgimagesSandra/Alicia2014-07-08T17:33:50+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/portfolio/publications/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-07-at-22-22-59.pngScreen shot 2014-07-07 at 22.22.592012-2013 United Way online report to the communityhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-07-at-22-21-00.pngScreen shot 2014-07-07 at 22.21.00General Arts and Science program flyerhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-07-at-22-19-37.pngScreen shot 2014-07-07 at 22.19.37Owen Sound Trades Open House promotionhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-07-at-22-12-58.pngScreen shot 2014-07-07 at 22.12.582011-2012 United Way Toronto Report to the Communityhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-07-at-22-09-18.pngScreen shot 2014-07-07 at 22.09.182012-2013 United Way Toronto Annual Report to the Communityhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-07-at-22-06-26.pngScreen shot 2014-07-07 at 22.06.26Georgian College Articulation and Transfer Agreement Booklet 2015-2016https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-07-at-21-42-54.pngScreen shot 2014-07-07 at 21.42.542012-2013 United Way Toronto Report to the Community2014-07-08T02:31:03+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/portfolio/web/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/screen-shot-2014-07-07-at-22-27-12.pngScreen shot 2014-07-07 at 22.27.12Imagine a City Blog posts on behalf of United Way Toronto President and CEO, Susan McIsaac2014-07-08T02:28:58+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/06/28/the-paint-fairy-returns/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_4032.jpgIMG_4032After two coatshttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_4027.jpgIMG_4027After one coathttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_4026.jpgIMG_4026Cutting donehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_4025.jpgIMG_4025The Paint Fairy, at noon2014-07-01T02:55:19+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/06/22/bog-love/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/p1070349.jpgP1070349Fall 2012https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/us-at-the-marsh-a-few-months-ago.jpgUs at the marsh, a few months agohttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/us-at-the-marsh-in-2009.jpgUs at the marsh in 2009https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/p1070941.jpgsnowshoeing with Kyra in 2014snowshoeing with Kyra in 2014https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/naomi-danielel-and-i-in-2012.jpgFrog catching with Danielle and Naomi in 2012Frog catching with Danielle and Naomi in 2012https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/mireille-at-the-marsh-last-year.jpgMireille at the Marsh last yearMireille at the Marsh last yearhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_4018.jpgIMG_4018https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_4012.jpgIMG_4012https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_4007.jpgIMG_4007Spring 2014https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_3993.jpgIMG_3993Summer 20112014-06-22T21:27:51+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/portfolio/contact/2014-06-12T04:01:22+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/06/11/busy-nothings/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_3895.jpgIMG_3895https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_3852.jpgIMG_3852My view, every Tuesday night during choir practicehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_3890.jpgIMG_3890$40 Booty: chair, quilt, urn, zippo, mug, leather clutch and (of course) Ferdinand. https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_3875.jpgIMG_3875The best ones aren't advertised in the papers.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_3874.jpgIMG_3874JF wasn't quite as excited as I was to shophttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_3873.jpgIMG_3873This is what 7 a.m. looks like.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_3892.jpgIMG_3892Nicole and Joël, just before our star moment!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_3803.jpgIMG_3803Tobias' widgets the other day.2014-09-14T12:24:22+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/06/03/a-year-ago/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_3907.jpgIMG_3907Members of my Rebelo family playing World (e.g. this violent but awesome street game http://bit.ly/Sp6QiN)https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_3891.jpgIMG_3891My clothesline. It squeaks and doesn't move up and down very well, but it's mine!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_3888.jpgIMG_3888Dandelions in a farmer's field by our house. I know I'm supposed to hate them, but I like them.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_3898.pngIMG_3898This popped up on my phone on May 31, 2014. Thanks WordPress!2015-05-24T15:01:26+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/05/23/suddenly-the-world-seems-such-a-perfect-place/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-4.jpgphoto 4Plus this cool teepee thing I built, that I hope honeysucke will climb!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-3.jpgphoto 3And a mostly weed-free garden bed! (ignore the tarp full of dead leaves in the background)https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-2.jpgphoto 2And an herb garden!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-11.jpgphoto 1Look! Some herby things! And I planted them from seed!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/384330_10151304121716177_1437280785_n.jpg384330_10151304121716177_1437280785_nThe lovebirds, on a less glamorous day.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-1.jpgphoto 1Two adopted Lefaives, my old roomie Steph and dear friend Jillianhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/me-with-my-makeup-did.jpgMe with my makeup didI think steampunk suits me, kinda!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/father-daughter-dance.jpgFather daughter danceFather daughter dancehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1510611_326464140834124_6309507597775084760_n.jpg1510611_326464140834124_6309507597775084760_nGeneviève and I, singinghttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1509153_10100861850812087_65364545333401052_n.jpg1509153_10100861850812087_65364545333401052_nMarried!2014-05-25T20:46:12+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/05/08/mothers-day/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/216235_10151687315771177_1133161004_n.jpg216235_10151687315771177_1133161004_nMom and I, sometime last yearhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1621931_10152318971286177_1184598809_n.jpg1621931_10152318971286177_1184598809_nMom and me, circa 1985https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p1060899.jpgP1060899This is my mom, cooking as usual.2014-07-09T23:39:26+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/04/24/turning-50/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/253255_10151687273096177_1554032631_n.jpg253255_10151687273096177_1554032631_nI feel strange publishing a post without a photo, so here's one of my feet dangling on the edge of the Grand Canyon.2014-04-24T03:13:02+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/04/17/black-thumb/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p1080134.jpgP1080134JF and I at Tiny Marshhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/what-the-heck-are-these-do-i-want-them.jpgWhat the heck are these - do I want them?What the heck are these? Do I want them?https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/poor-squashed-bushes.jpgPoor squashed bushesThese bushes are splayed from the weight of the snow. How do I fix them? They're also too big. When do I trim them?https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/photo-3.jpgphoto 3https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/front-yard.jpgFront yardFront yard, 80% snowplough sand!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/donut.jpgDonutNo caption needed.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dead-plant.jpgDead plantI'm sorry, Cynthia. I tried!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/crosuses.jpgCrosuseshttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/brown-bushes.jpgBrown bushesThis bush is a really attractive orange in the middle. Also, it's too big. Help!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/backyard.jpgBackyardOur backyard, 85% snow free!2014-04-17T20:15:52+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/03/20/house-update/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_34611.jpgIMG_3461Front of our househttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3457.jpgIMG_3457Yard, winter editionhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3450.jpgIMG_3450Powder room - JF boxed in the pipes!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3447.jpgIMG_3447Attic bathroomhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3446.jpgIMG_3446JF's man attic - desperately needs a coat of painthttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3444.jpgIMG_3444Attic - we need furniture!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3439.jpgIMG_3439Bathroom - samehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3435.jpgIMG_3435Our room - also samehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3430.jpgIMG_3430Guest room - same (I think?)https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3418.jpgIMG_3418My offfice - now with desk2014-04-17T16:30:35+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/04/07/the-season-of-the-flood/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_3630.jpgIMG_3630Coat-free moment!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_3629.jpgIMG_3629https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_3622.jpgIMG_3622A lot of water in this riverhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_3619.jpgIMG_3619https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_3615.jpgIMG_3615Green, living things out of the ground!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_3609.jpgIMG_3609https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_3607.jpgIMG_3607You can't even see the other sidehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_3603.jpgIMG_3603Bird nerdhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_3601.jpgIMG_3601Flooded roadhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_3599.jpgIMG_35992014-04-07T20:36:39+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/03/31/its-a-small-county-after-all/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-5.jpgphoto 5One of my journal's inside pages https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-4.jpgphoto 4These prompts came in a sweet little recycled pouchhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-21.jpgphoto 2Here's Heather's bio, with our attic mentioned right in the first paragraphhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-11.jpgphoto 1Here's the front cover2015-02-13T02:45:26+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/03/15/flexitarian/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/steelers-elmvale.jpgsteelers-elmvalehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p1060046.jpgP1060046It's okay guys, you're safe.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/imgres.jpgimgresClassic fish and chips. So hard to resist.2014-04-01T02:19:06+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/03/07/finding-humphrey/2014-04-01T02:18:20+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/03/05/blast-from-the-past/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3336.jpgMe, age fourMe, age four.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_3350.jpgIMG_3350Complete with theft-preventing inventoryhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-2.jpgphoto 2My Curious George alarm clockhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/photo-1.jpgphoto 1Some of my favourite childhood puzzles.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/penny-collection-and-high-school-pass.jpgPenny collection and high school passMy high school student card and penny collectionhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/granny-square-sweater-porcelain-doll.jpgGranny square sweater, porcelain dollMy granny square crochet sweater, porcelain doll, and sigur ros mixed cd.2014-04-01T02:16:05+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/02/28/the-province-of-toronto/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/screen-shot-2014-02-27-at-22-49-53.pngScreen shot 2014-02-27 at 22.49.532014-04-01T02:15:30+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/02/24/you-get-what-you-give/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_3242.jpgIMG_3242I snapped this photo at the last 2014 Festival du Loup Committee meeting.2014-04-01T02:15:09+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/02/14/my-funny-valentine/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p1070046.jpgP1070046JF and I at Fort Henry2014-04-01T02:14:23+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/02/11/embracing-winter/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_3269.jpgIMG_3269Mireille, my skating buddy.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/winter-in-the-early-90s-e1392093396140.jpgwinter in the early 90sMe and Alicia, in the early 90s. Yes, that is a one-piece neon snowsuit.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/img_3249.jpgIMG_3249The crappy side of winter. Driving in this.2014-04-01T02:13:27+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/02/06/pros-and-cons-of-owning-an-ancient-house/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/20140205-231601.jpg20140205-231601.jpg2014-04-01T02:12:58+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/01/28/familia/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cimg3405.jpgCIMG3405I think we look alike, don't you?https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p1050458.jpgP1050458Avò, my sister Alicia, and my cousins Priscilla and Nathanael. Oh, and a baby bathtub full of dough.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_1976.jpgIMG_1976My grandma. Her name is Micaela and I was named after her.2014-04-01T02:12:28+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/01/16/could-this-be-routine/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/photo-2.jpgphoto 2Our keys always go in this bowl. It's the mail and key bowl.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/photo-1.jpgphoto 1This is my fruit bowl. It's where the fruit lives. Always.2014-04-01T02:12:01+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2014/01/06/29-gifts/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/photo.jpgphotoMy new, squeaky clean runners. Talk about incentive!2014-04-01T02:11:32+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/12/31/finishing-the-christmas-marathon/2021-02-03T04:22:42+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/12/23/the-elmvale-15/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/holiday-cookies-from-work.jpgholiday cookies from workEvil Christmas cookies.2014-04-01T02:10:24+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/12/19/shovelling-shovelling/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_3113.jpgIMG_3113JF, hard at work this evening2014-04-01T02:09:36+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/12/13/a-compendium-of-odd-christmas-music/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/p1070563.jpgP1070563As we decorated our tree this year, we listened to some classic carols.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/p1070566.jpgP1070566My mémère made these singing Christmas mice2014-04-01T02:08:53+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/12/02/the-paint-fairy/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mudroom-before-and-after.pngMudroom before and afterLeft: Yellow doors, white walls. Right: white doors, white walls.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/hall-before-and-after.pngHall before and afterLeft: purple city. Right: dignified black2014-04-01T02:08:02+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/11/25/decking-the-halls/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/photo-21.jpgphoto 2I couldn't help myself. I had to hang our stockings.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/photo-11.jpgphoto 1I took this photo of our house at 9 a.m. this morning. It had been snowing big fat snowflakes all night. 2014-04-01T02:07:22+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/11/19/home-sick/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/photo-2.jpgphoto 2My mom's immune-boosting souphttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/photo-1.jpgphoto 1Sitting comfortably at my mom's2014-04-01T02:06:54+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/11/15/unlearning-what-i-have-learned/2014-11-11T10:20:46+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/11/05/these-streets-will-make-me-feel-brand-new/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_2972.jpgIMG_2972Me at the Staten Island Ferryhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_2948.jpgIMG_2948Skyline with lady libertyhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_2913.jpgIMG_2913Rockefellerhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_2903.jpgIMG_2903Halloween in NYC means meeting Ghost Busters!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_2875.jpgIMG_2875Mireille and Cynthis in Times Square2014-04-01T02:04:29+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/10/25/heather-and-jerry/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/photo-21.jpgphoto 2Admittedly this photo is slightly creepy. David is far lovelier in the daytime.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/photo-11.jpgphoto 1I kept a piece of the note and pinned it to my kitchen bulletin board2014-04-01T02:03:46+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/10/17/kansas/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/p1070463.jpgP1070463https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/p1070425.jpgP1070425https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/p1070422.jpgP1070422https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/p1070419.jpgP1070419https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/p1070403.jpgP1070403https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/p1070399.jpgP1070399https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2766.jpgIMG_2766https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2761.jpgIMG_27612014-04-01T02:03:04+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/10/08/electric-baby-blues/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/0416elmvale11.jpg0416Elmvale11Mmmmmmmhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2724.jpgIMG_2724https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2692.jpgIMG_2692This field is just off the trail by our househttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2681.jpgIMG_2681JF, puttying the cracked bathroom wallshttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/photo-2.jpgphoto 2living room and kitchenhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/photo-1.jpgphoto 1living room and hallhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2758.jpgIMG_2758powder roomhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2756.jpgIMG_2756mud roomhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2754.jpgIMG_2754kitchenhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_2753.jpgIMG_2753downstairs hallway2015-12-08T19:11:57+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/09/26/the-chronicles-of-hardware/2014-04-01T02:01:58+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/09/19/i-believe-in-little-things/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/photo.jpgphotoThings haven't changed much. I picked these around Elise and Roger's house a few weeks ago.2014-04-01T02:01:11+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/09/12/the-last-piece/2014-04-01T01:59:55+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/09/04/settling-in/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/screen-shot-2013-09-03-at-23-57-40.pngScreen shot 2013-09-03 at 23.57.40Kitchen before and after.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/screen-shot-2013-09-03-at-23-56-21.pngScreen shot 2013-09-03 at 23.56.21Dining area before and after.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/screen-shot-2013-09-03-at-23-55-10.pngScreen shot 2013-09-03 at 23.55.10Living room before and after.2014-04-01T01:58:59+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/08/28/love-army/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/photo-1.jpgphoto (1)My cousin Duncan, sister Genevieve and mother Helena lighting my birthday cakehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p1070070.jpgP1070070My friend Cynthia was the first to strip wallpaper with mehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p1070081.jpgP1070081Me, in the chaos of our kitchen2014-04-01T01:56:58+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/08/14/the-end-of-funemployment/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2339.jpgIMG_2339While funemployed, I went to Wonderland on a Thursday with friends.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2099.jpgIMG_2099Me a few weeks ago, carefree and funemployed2014-04-01T01:56:24+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/08/08/moving-sht/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2251.jpgIMG_2251The entrance hall of our new house. I'm thinking different tiles and a fresh coat of paint.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_0126.jpgIMG_0126Our Toronto apartment a few months ago. Looks innocuous, but I can assure you there were several truckloads of useless trinkets hidden in it.2014-04-01T01:55:21+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/08/01/adventures-in-antiquing/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/photo.jpgphotoMy mom scored two of these lamps (sans shades) at a Midland garage sale for $5https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2379.jpgIMG_2379These benches were $40 and $60 at Dead People's Stuff in Bloomfield, PEChttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2420.jpgIMG_2420This chandelier was on for $50 at the north Toronto Re-Storehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2460.jpgIMG_2460This chair is on for $55 at Country Connection in Elmvale2014-04-01T01:52:29+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/07/24/missing-the-big-smog/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_1077.jpgIMG_1077I think I took this at Nuit Blanche 2012.2014-04-01T01:51:09+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/07/18/we-bought-a-house-on-queen-west/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/screen-shot-2013-07-18-at-19-01-51.pngScreen shot 2013-07-18 at 19.01.51Happyhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/screen-shot-2013-07-18-at-18-56-20.pngScreen shot 2013-07-18 at 18.56.20Queen Street West, Elmvalehttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/screen-shot-2013-07-18-at-18-04-161.pngScreen shot 2013-07-18 at 18.04.16https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/screen-shot-2013-07-18-at-18-04-16.pngScreen shot 2013-07-18 at 18.04.16Oooooooo, aaaaaaaah2014-04-01T01:50:32+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/07/17/francophonie/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/photo-2.jpgphoto (2)Mes cousines, Jill et Nicole Lefaive, en pleine performance.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/vintique_image.pngvintique_imageSylvie, showing off the Festival du Loup volunteer smock.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/014.jpg014Mémère et Pépère, sur les plages de la Baie Georgienne.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/index.jpgindexThe school at Lefaive's corner. That's right, we have a whole corner.2014-04-01T01:49:44+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/07/12/small-town-living/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/193450300_d483702562.jpg193450300_d483702562Little Lake Park, one of Midland's hubs.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/photo-3.jpgphoto (3)I just had lunch on my mom's front porch. Lovely.2014-04-01T01:49:11+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/07/07/exercising-judgment/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/cimg3444.jpgCIMG3444JF and I like to go to Tiny Marsh, just north of Elmvale2014-04-01T01:48:37+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/07/01/my-poverty-but-not-my-will-consents/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/photo1.jpgHigh teaMy university roommate Steph took me out for High Tea at MoRoCo last week. Delightful!https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/photo.jpgphotoThis is my old romm2014-04-01T01:47:39+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/06/25/my-new-friend-nytol/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/cimg2485.jpgCIMG2485This is my mom's house. Beautiful, but can it hold three grown women?https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/x264442511.jpgColdwater houseHouse in Coldwater that we both love. If only it was in Elmvale.2016-05-16T07:21:20+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/06/20/ode-to-cantores/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/cantorescelestes.jpgCantoresCelestesThe women of Cantores Celestes, in all their splendour2014-04-01T01:45:40+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/06/15/silver-linings/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/cimg3890.jpgCIMG38902014-04-01T01:44:55+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/06/11/house-hunting-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/20131227_1.jpgMansion in MidlandThis house has six bedrooms, four floors, and a butler's staircase. Crazytown.2014-04-01T01:44:08+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/06/06/day-four-of-unemployment/2014-04-01T01:43:36+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/06/04/a-nu-start/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/8615_10151720327989574_1267039590_n.jpgTobiasTobias and I, circa 20132014-04-01T01:43:11+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/06/02/a-tale-of-two-houses/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/my-house.jpgMy houseMy house. Even cuter.https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/jfs-house.jpgJFs houseJF's house2014-04-01T01:42:23+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/2013/05/31/the-deal/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_9590.jpgOur apartment buildingOur place is on the top right cornerhttps://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/129836379_7e2dc9c53a_z.jpgGiant hot dogFound a photo of the old Perkinsfield hot dog stand.2023-01-18T00:03:38+00:00monthlyhttps://hellofield.com/about/https://hellofield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_2357.jpgIMG_2357Here's my dream field. Say hello to it for me if you're driving north on Hwy 400.2020-12-18T18:34:44+00:00weekly0.6https://hellofield.comdaily1.02023-01-18T00:03:38+00:00