Pictures Liam took

Despite the fact that he got a beautiful camera for Christmas, he took these with mine. Vote for your favourite.

Family cottages, part 1

We are so very lucky to have two superbly beautiful summer places to retreat to. This summer, we got to both of them. In August, three of us got to spend two fantastic weeks at Frostfish cove (one of us only got to be there for one week, but hey, someone's gotta bring home the bacon). At the end of the cottage road is a small island called Micou's. I don't know if it's truly an island. It is attached to the mainland, but you can only walk there during low tide. But I digress.

This beautiful land was recently purchased from the Micou family by the province of Nova Scotia to be kept for public use. How could we not be happy about that? Liam sure seems to be. Now, the place where my brother, sister and I played as kids will be a place where our kids will play, too.

Here, Lily's toes take their very first dip into the Atlantic, with Nana's help and under Liam's watchful eye. She doesn't think it's that cold!