On Canadian Thanksgiving

Today, since the cruise ship we would have been on is docked in Canada, we decided to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving. I love October, and I love Thanksgiving, and getting to celebrate on a glorious autumn day such as this is truly divine! It's so lovely it might just have to become a new tradition (I'm thinking roast turkey on Canadian Thanksgiving and fried turkey on American Thanksgiving! Then I'll finally get my roast turkey back)!

Happiest of Thanksgivings to our Canadian friends! We hope your day was full of many blessings and much gratitude! xo

Fun Mail

 Yesterday as the girls and I were heading to the Post Office to mail some mail (and buy some of the fabulous farmers market stamps) we got to talking about how it had been awhile since we last sent mail to our friends in Canada. We chatted about what to send them next, mailed what we needed to mail and headed back home. With this discussion still fresh in our minds we were very surprised to see Grace come running down from our mailbox with a package in her hands and bursting with excitement. "Mama! Mama! Look! A package from our friends!" We quickly found a spot to sit and opened the mail. Inside we found a note for each girl (and one for me!) and two little parcels wrapped up. We read the girls' notes, then each one selected something to open. Grace opened the package that contained the sweet felted acorns ("she makes the best things, mama!") and Emma opened the healing salve ("It smells so good, mama! Can I use some on my boo-boo right now?"). It should be noted that as of this posting her boo-boo (which was very prominent) is now healed! Thanks, Kim! So, now we have two girls who want to learn all about how to use plants to make healing items, and we surely have our work cut out for us when it comes to what to send to our very talented and generous friends! xo

Happy Canada Day!

We wish all our Canadian friends the happiest of Canada Days today! We hope your day was full of wonderful celebrations, good food and time spent with those you hold most dear! xo

To Canada With Love

At the end of last we wrapped up some rocks to send to our friends in Canada. Kim had asked us if we'd be up for a rock exchange and of course we immediately answered with a resounding "yes!" After a good stretch of time searching for the best rocks we felt we finally had some worthy of sending to her sweet little man Reece. The rocks, along with some postcards, were packed in a very festive mailing envelope and shipped out yesterday! We hope you enjoy this little bit of New England, dear friends! The rocks that you sent us are just gorgeous (and very loved!) and we hope you feel the same way about these! Enjoy, and let's surely do another nature exchange this spring! xoxo