Home + Garden maoVee Garden Plan map and planting guide showing three raised beds, greenhouse, and fabric grow bags Plattsville, Ontario

maoVee Garden

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A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. – May Sarton At this time last year we were setting up the garden for the very first time – raised beds purchased and assembled, a greenhouse, loads of compost…

Life Journal Empty stage during intermission at Guys & Dolls, Stratford Festival

Guys & Dolls

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We don’t remember days, we remember moments. – Cesare Pavese Back in March we spent an evening remembering being 17. One of the things I remembered was being part of the high school production of Guys & Dolls. I was the music director and played piano in a four-piece band, I…

Life Journal Sunset over a hayfield with tall grasses in the foreground and a farmhouse in the distance

Return to the hayfield

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And into the field I go, to lose my mind and find my soul. – John Muir The plan had been to book two weeks in the city for when our niece, Juha, would be going to summer camp at Young People’s Theatre downtown. We found a Yorkville condo that…

Travel + Place Downtown Toronto

Vacation Rentals: Never Again

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When things go wrong, don’t go with them. – Elvis Presley I was excited to have a townhouse booked downtown through AirBnB from May to October. The combination of downtown life, time at maoVee, and days at Idlewild felt appealing. While we did not really know exactly how it would…

People + Community Looking out the window

Good to be Back

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The ache for home lives in all of us. – Maya Angelou It was an easy flight from Chicago to Detroit. Our departure was delayed, but the extra time was well spend in the Delta lounge with a Chicago dog and a glass of wine, while I worked on blog…