2010 April - Platt Discovery Cottage

Cottage Moment

Taking a cue from the wonderful Soulemama, Fridays will be a single photo, no words, capturing a moment of time during our week.

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Cottage Moment

Taking a cue from the wonderful Soulemama, Fridays will be a single photo, no words, capturing a moment of time during our week.

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Cottage Moment

Taking a cue from the wonderful Soulemama, Fridays will be a single photo, no words, capturing a moment of time during our week.

(in the neighbour’s driveway)

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Add comment April 9th, 2010

Easter

I was going to post a bit here about our Easter celebration. However, no one takes photos better than my cousin Hilary and she beat me to it. Check out Bug & Fuss at Easter over on her blog:

http://thesmittenimage.blogspot.com/2010/04/tiny-cousins-and-big-ones-too.html

While there, if you have time, poke around - her nature photos are phenomenal!

Enjoying the journey, Amanda

Add comment April 8th, 2010

I don’t usually get excited about travel mugs (in fact I think they are ugly but functional) but my really good friend turned up with this for me the other day and I have to say I’m really excited about it. Kirsten works as a therapist for children with autism. Her office sells these mugs to raise money for autism.

Kirsten knows how much I love green so she chose the perfect one. The lid fits absolutely perfectly and it’s really easy to open and close. It’s big enough to fit a grande latte from Starbucks, which makes it ideal for me.

I’m sure you have seen these before, but they are new to me. If you are, in fact, seeing this for the first time and would like one the contact information is: michella@potterytravelmugs.com

Enjoying the journey, Amanda

Add comment April 7th, 2010

Book: The Poacher’s Son

poacher I received this book as an ARC from Barnes and Noble. It’s a great read. It’s in a genre I don’t usually enjoy. It’s a mystery as in the who-done-it style which isn’t my favourite sort of book.

This one was quite well written and it had the advantage of being totally presented through the main character. The reader had no more information than the main character did. I find so often in mystery novels the reader kind of knows what’s going on and we are left to watch the main character bumble around trying to figure it out for him/herself. I don’t find that fun reading.

Mike is searching for his eestranged father after his father leaves a strange message on his answering machine. Believing his father needs him, Mike lets his life crumble around him while he sets out to find his father and prove the man’s innocence in a local crime. The most interesting part for me was the loss of all Mike’s surroundings, his house, his family, his girlfriend, and how it all comes back together, supposedly. In talking with the author it turns out he’s been slated to write a series with Mike as the character. It will be the same genre and they will each be set in a season. This one was summer. I like that - anything seasonal makes me want to read it. Mike is a Maine game warden, so the seasons will greatly affect him. I think I will read the future installments.

So, if you are interested in mysteries, give this one a go!

Enjoying the journey, Amanda

Add comment April 5th, 2010