I am really excited to have been asked back as the United Way’s Kindness Week blogger again this year. This will be my third year writing about kind acts during Kindness Week. This year, Kindness Week is between February 17 and 24 focusing on themes like “Give”, “Volunteer”,... 
It’s no secret I love the country and farms. And history. Having these combined into a local place we can visit at a family is just another wonderful reason why Ottawa is such an amazing place to live.
The Cumberland Heritage Museum is a city-run museum in Cumberland, about 10 minutes East of... 
I grew up in the country so the Fair weekend was a pretty big deal. As young kids it was fun, and typically since our school was right beside the fairgrounds we entered into exhibit contests and somehow participated as a class/school.
As we got older, it became the fun, cool place to hang out as... 
A favourite place of ours to visit with the kids is the Agriculture Museum right here in Ottawa. Since I grew up on a farm (my grandfather was a farmer and we had a barn that he used beside his large one) I feel a special connection to it.
Having a farm for my children to visit (now that my grandfather... 
Summer is in full swing! School is out, we are keeping very busy with family activities, park visits and a lot of sprinkler time.
I have been sluggish in the blog writing/work department and frankly that likely won’t change, so many of my projects are being postponed until the Fall. I think this is a... 
