trisha harrison:here at no.30

Anniversary at the Cabin.

When I looked at the calender in late July I noticed that we had an unusual long Anniversary weekend coming up in August, With our actual anniversary on the saturday it was obvious that we would celebrate it no other way than at the cabin in the country. How perfect that I had four days off to celebrate that! 

Packing up everything (including the kitchen sink) as this family cabin that my Dad built with his own hands is "off grid". That means no electrical and no water!! we haul our own water and to be honest I love it! The best part of coming out to this cabin is that I GREW UP coming out here! This cabin sit's on our familes land & I have tons of memories coming out here and now I watch my children here enjoying the things that I did as a kid. So so cool!

Something about putting the busy parts of life behind you for a few days to get back to peace and quiet. To get to a place that my heart loves and misses during winter months, The older I get the more I crave this simple life & to be very honest I would give up everything today ... the house ... the van ... the life here in the city and trade it in for a life of LESS. 

Best photo of the three of them!

Best blurry sunflower photo!

Pit stop and checking the kayak ... making sure it's not going to fall off.

Arriving at the cabin, They just run like wild in the free open space. 

loving the colours in the fields this time of year. 

Cooking our breakfast on the wood stove.

Ava helps with me nearby.

Game of cards.

Ethan checking out the sunset in the field.

My wild Anniversary flowers picked from the field.

Last bonfire of the trip and then packing things in the next day ... we loved our little getaway to our cabin and the memories made here. 

 

 

 

In the Garden | Right now.

August aleady ... seriously? SO this is where we are with the garden ... it's August, it's hot, it's overgrown, it's beautiful, and I still love it! This year we planted : Carrots, peas, cucumber, pumkin, and three different types of tomatoes. Here is a little progress of what it all looks like now.

carrots.

Peas.

Tomatoes.

It has been another great growing year here and with all the rain this year that has helped with the watering and money I saved not watering (yay)! I love that we can pull out what ever vegetable needed and eat or cook with it, I have to be a little more careful due to allergies but still I do it because it provides for our family and because it's GOOD and clean! 

Hope you are having a great summer! Thanks for checking in!!

 

Hecla Island 2014.

Let's be adventurer's ... We kicked off Summer with a Traditional trip up to Hecla Island & found a lot of bugs & amazing family time together. Yes to outdoors & to celebrating another school year completed by the kids. I am in shock still on how fast this year went for them, I now have a fifth grader and a kindergarten starter in the fall I am celebrating the journey and enjoying it but can't help feel like we are living in the fast forward position ... that's why the cabin trips are so dear to me. 

This year our first destination of the summer is to Hecla Island and it's a beautiful piece of earth that calls us back each year. This trip was not short on anything including bugs! We simply had a blast! 

There is something about waking up in the woods and hearing nothing but birds and water and the wind in the trees. I was in pure bliss.

Roasting marshmallows was high on the list of must do's for Ethan he was so upset the first night we didn't do it due to rain, but night number two was clear out by Gull Harbour and made it just before the downpour when we got back to camp. 

We love this little Harbour and watching the fishermen(women) going out and coming back in with their catch, I spoke to one local fisherman and he said that they go out and net the fish and bring back the catch to Riverton then to Winnipeg. This is where some of you (local) get your fish from so neat! 

I wanted to sail away on one of those boats and also talked with a local couple that were getting ready to set sail they do this every summer and the go all the way to Norway House which they said takes them four weeks there and back to port. What a life! 

They were nice enough to let us come aboard Ava loved it! She kept asking to go sailing after they left. 

We grabbed our fishing gear and tried our luck ....

Tyler caught one but she wasn't sure she wanted to touch it, lol. 

They loved the campground park! 

Thank you Hecla for the memories once again! 

A stop at the beach was needed in Gimli.

This is what it's all about ... for me any ways.

Yes! This makes me so happy to see. 

Celebrating her first Sandcastle all on her own! 

Pit stop in Winnipeg Beach to the arcades at playland.

Rain, just in time on our way home all tired and snoozing including the dog. Journey and enjoying the best of this trip ... many card games and spooky stories told at night and campfire laughs it was a perfect first camp trip of this season & look forward to many many more Adventures!

Go Adventure! Hello Summer 2014! 

 

Harrison Garden Progress.

Let's talk Garden talk for a bit here. Updates are looking great so far and that's thanks to all the rain we have been recently having, The down fall to that is the mosquitoes that then populate - not so great! But so far in this years journey of urban gardening I am in love again with this planting + caring for + observing process! 

There is something about dirt + a plant waiting to become something more than a plant, it's food. Belle Peppers in and looking strong!

 

On those Crazy, hectic & stupid things happening kinda days (because there are days like those) I can be in the garden and piss that all away just playing in my garden. Of course it's not only used as a zen place for me I love to be in there when days are "normal" too. it just helps. I love our little garden escape. 

Inspired by Summer.

It's not yet officially "Summer" not until the 21st of this month but come on as of June 1st we consider that swimsuit & garden sprinkler season. I am so inspired by summer already and know what lies ahead waiting for us and after a long freezing winter I am so ready! 

Above photo is a Project Life divider (found here) that I wanted to experiment with and if you have been following me then you know I love to hand paint mine in some pattern, This time I went with the Alpha stickers (found here) and then painted over them. I did this to some of my journal cards & fell in love with that so here I attempted to do so on the clear acetate. It was cool timing that my husband was in the garden during this shot to symbolize "summer".

Turned out pretty darn good I think, might try to peel them off to open the letters to show through the background ... not sure yet.

On my desk right now... Right hand side of week 21 using the size F page pockets & sewn up the top left pocket to make into 3x4. Tons of journaling this week. Midnight edition and studio calico kit used.

You can tell by that hair do & no shoes she is supporting that it's "summer" around here & I couldn't be happier to see her wanting to help out with the plants and garden. Don't let that serious business face fool you she is all giggles once she is charge of the watering hose. Also side note I am loving the light and this light was about 8:30 pm ... another wonderful thing about summer!

So fun and it's only started, three weeks of school left then a BIG kick off to summer will happen at the end of this month. Right now we enjoy watering and sunsets EVERY NIGHT so so love that. 

The view from my kitchen window on my iphone and no filter, nature is beyond magical!

The view from my chair on the back deck, iphone and no filter. Yes to summer skies and sunset magic.

Cheers to being inspired by Summer.