a peek inside the fishbowl

We came home last night into a dark house. It was late, and I was tired, but it occurred to me that I wanted to see if our baby robins were ok. I’ve never looked into the nest at night before. I was wary of shining a flashlight on the chicks at a vulnerable time […]

… especially to all those hardworking mama’s who can’t stop and take a break. :) Share the post “Wishing you a Happy Mother’s Day weekend …” FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInE-mailReddit

We have a winner! Thank you everyone for your entries, and thanks as well to Mrs. Tiggy Winkle’s for hosting this sweet spring giveaway! Surely I’m not the only person in Ottawa who can’t wait for spring to finally get here. I want sun! And green grass! And warm breezes! I do sense some impatience […]

We had The Most Excellent Ham last weekend. It was the final nail in the coffin for those spongy football-shaped packages of meat one normally finds at the grocery store. This ham was from a Richmond-area butcher shop called Christopher’s Meat Market. It didn’t require a lot of fixin’ up. Mark mixed up a quick […]

Yesterday I posted a few photos of things that are sprouting around here at Casa Fishbowl. Today I’m thinking a bit beyond that. I’m thinking ahead to the garden. It wasn’t until after I read The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin that I realized that I didn’t like gardening and that I had been fooling myself […]