This past winter was an especially hard and long one. For so many reasons. It was painful and stressful and stretched me into all sorts of uncomfortable positions that I did not like a...
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I used to come here to this space almost daily. In those early days of motherhood, I remember feeling a sense of accomplishment and pride, when I would write a blog post, "sharing" what we did ...
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This is the summer of COVID 19. We have been given the go ahead to soc...
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Today the sun is shining, we've been out for a bike ride, we had a social distanced visit with Jess and kids. This is our new norm...
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It has snowed twice. We've also had days of warmth, sun and heat. I've been home, so have the kids- except for one grocery shop that went horribly wro...
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It's March 30, 2020 and we are curently in the midst of a world epidemic, and have been ordered to stay home. Life has changed drastically for the entire world...
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A New Year is upon us, and it presents us with an opportunity to look back on the past 365 days that we just had. Perhaps the last year brought you hardships and difficult waters to navigate...
http://johanna-birdsonawire.blogspot.com/2020/01/everyday-magic.html
The holidays are nearing the end, and after a rich month, full of parties and celebrations, I am ready to clear out the clutter, simplify after all the excess, and find focus once again. I...
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It's just over two weeks till Christmas, and here I am, taking a moment to catch up on where our lives have been taking us. Fall was beautiful and busy for us. I ticked some big goals off my...
http://johanna-birdsonawire.blogspot.com/2019/12/a-little-bit-of-everything.html
Dear Fall, you know I love you. I love your colours, your smells, your cooler temperatures, your permission to slow down. I love your pumpk...
http://johanna-birdsonawire.blogspot.com/2019/10/dear-fall.html
We just returned from a week in PEI with our family from Ottawa, and from the island. It was everything I always knew PEI to be. PEI holds all kinds of mem...
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Tea with friends. Fires on the beach. Many kms clocked. Jumping in the ocean. Cold prickles all over my arms. Sand everywhere. People who know you best. Changes are hard. Accepting changes ca...
http://johanna-birdsonawire.blogspot.com/2019/08/summer-train-of-thought.html
It's mid July. Summer had a cool and wet start to it, but we are now starting to kick it up a notch, with hot days and all sorts of ...
http://johanna-birdsonawire.blogspot.com/2019/07/summer-thoughts.html
Oh hi there! It's been a while hasn't it? Life is busy in our household, and while I try to pick up my camera almost everyday, it's seldom that I come here to write. That makes me somewhat sa...
http://johanna-birdsonawire.blogspot.com/2019/04/hi-there.html
We're at the end of January, and I am just squeezing this in, before the month is over. Every year, for at least the last 4 or 5 years, I come up with one word, that is meant to help guide...
We spent a lovely Christmas in Ottawa, surrounded by family and friends. It was busy and loud and we ate a lot. We enjoyed parties and food and visits. As per usual, we packed a lot into our...
http://johanna-birdsonawire.blogspot.com/2018/12/christmas-magic.html
I feel like I have spent the better half of my adult years, searching for a sense of belonging. Part of it is that we are and RCMP family, and for the last 12 years we have been transient, bu...
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Phew! I feel like I am JUST catching my breath, after this very involved and detailed party that we had for our girl. Katia dec...
http://johanna-birdsonawire.blogspot.com/2018/11/katias-harry-potter-birthday-party.html
Nov. 21st, and it feels like forever since I last came here to jot down my thoughts, ideas, notions. It occurred to me this mo...
http://johanna-birdsonawire.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-magazine-cover-fall-and-family-first.html
So much time has passed since I last came here to write. Life has picked back up again, since September came along. School, activities, and a big one - I returned to teaching after...
http://johanna-birdsonawire.blogspot.com/2018/10/happy-fall.html
I used to worry so much about mixing my personal photography work and my heavily stylized client work in the same medi...
http://johanna-birdsonawire.blogspot.com/2018/08/simple-meditations.html
It's the thick of the summer. I've been at home with all three kids, non stop, with very little in the ways of help/breaks, and while this might sound like the perfect recipe for a mama going ma...
http://johanna-birdsonawire.blogspot.com/2018/08/one-year-later.html
How do I adequately put into words, what going to Land and See means to me? It's really hard to explain it all, but I'll try. For 3 days (5 fo...
http://johanna-birdsonawire.blogspot.com/2018/07/land-and-see-2018.html
Summer snippets... Tents with twinkle lights, painting sea shells, camp fires, Mi' kmaq drummers and dancers, watching as many sunsets as we could dip into the ocean, seafood, making memories w...
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It's taken me a few weeks to gather my thoughts on what happened, when we received the...
http://johanna-birdsonawire.blogspot.com/2018/06/for-sarah.html