I’ve been back in Canada since mid-January, after yet another trip to Europe and my ‘hometowns’ via visiting as many friends as I could fit in. I didn’t write any blog entries as it wasn’t necessarily the smoothest of times and I was focused on ‘being there’ for the family as well as trying to…
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Au travail, Cherie.
Winter has arrived and it has been 6 weeks since I have started a new job… It’s perfect, it’s an education, it’s varied, it’s comfortable as I’m in my 9th year in this field yet it’s challenging and exciting as I’m in a completely new world of ‘Le Francais’. I have been an ESL teacher…
First Return Home
I write to you from Montreal Airport. After just under 2 years – I’m returning to my place of origin – Europe. I can’t narrow it down any further as my family and friends are quite scattered – and having the dual nationality means I’ll always be a little split. I’ll add winter photos to…
Two weeks into Horticulture
The dream has begun, the fingernails are dirty and the muscles are sore… For two weeks now I have been working full time in a landscaping role, going to different properties throughout the day and spring cleaning-up gardens. Mostly, there has been some hard-scaping as well since a new vineyard is opening nearby and we…
My confession…
I have a confession to make… I have an illness… an addiction in fact. I have had this since probably my mid-teens, although im pretty sure the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree where my father is concerned. I remember a specific moment when I was 19 years old whilst my mother and…
Au revoir la Ferme!!
These guys following me around as I do my chores ❤️Not goodbye I hope, perhaps just a “see you later” whilst I get my shit together and find a place in this country with salary and concrete walls. I’d like to stay in the industry… If I cannot be on a farm, perhaps I can…
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