Somewhere In Paradise
Family, Just Good Stuff | Posted by Jannie on 18 August 2009 @ 11:38 AM 50 Comments
Hey all! Here’s where Jannie’s been hanging out – the Bay Of Chaleur at Mom & Dad’s cottage.
Last year they added on a little porch with 5 windows. Put in solar panels too.
We likes it a LOT.
Love hearing the waves splish and splash.
Great place for young kids…
and bigger kids, like my sister and me.
Mom has it fixed up real cute inside.
Sunsets are not bad here.
Neither are the bon fires at night.
We’ll be back home one week from today! I hope to post again in the meantime. If not, ’cause I’m enjoying my coffee and favorite beach chair and such, I’ll see you back in Austin.! xoxoxoxo
On 18 August 2009 at 12:12 pm Lynn said,
Miss you, friend! But glad you are having such a lovely time. It is beautiful there!
On 18 August 2009 at 3:09 pm Dot said,
Oooo, jealous jealous jealous. Jealous! I love the old bottles in the window. I’m a sucker for anything made of glass. Haven’t been to a beach in years. Oo.
On 18 August 2009 at 3:49 pm Thomma Lyn said,
Oh wow, Jannie! What a beautiful place. I’m glad you’re having a lovely time, and your mom and dad’s cottage is adorable, inside and out!
And oh, a sunset to drool over.
On 18 August 2009 at 4:34 pm Aimee said,
Wow..what a beautiful spot. Your parents must live such inspired lives…amazing!
On 18 August 2009 at 5:12 pm Vered - Blogger for Hire said,
You’re having so much fun – I’m happy for you!
On 18 August 2009 at 8:05 pm Renee said,
Oh my gosh, Jannie… That VIEW!!!! I would never leave… I imagine I would be so inspired I’d be overrun with creativity and instantly famous….
Have a GREAT time!
Renee
On 18 August 2009 at 8:25 pm Liara Covert said,
Paradise is never lost, only found. Some people conclude home is a state of mind: paradise is where the heart is. Love is a synonym for paradise. Check this article out;
http://blog.dreambuilders.com.au/journal/2009/8/13/what-to-do-when-you-find-paradise.html#entry4885957
On 18 August 2009 at 8:27 pm Caity said,
Oh my gosh Jannie it looks awesome! I am so jealous. My best friend and maid of honor just got home from Canada and she had such amazing photos from up there too. What a gorgeous time you are having! Have a lovely visit with your family and a safe trip back!
On 18 August 2009 at 8:47 pm Betsy Wuebker said,
Oh Jannie – How perfectly lovely! It is the epitome of cottage chic! Good times!
On 18 August 2009 at 9:47 pm Talon said,
Now that is a little slice of heaven! Enjoy every scrumptious moment, Jannie! xx
On 18 August 2009 at 10:02 pm J.D. Meier said,
Oh man that looks fun. I love escapes. It looks like you got a nice slice of paradise. I really like the country kitchen look and feel, with the beach side view … and nothing feels quite like the beach.
On 19 August 2009 at 12:32 am Davina said,
What a cozy little house. And of course, I couldn’t help but notice THAT sunset. Great shot!
On 19 August 2009 at 1:32 am SnaggleTooth said,
Such gorgeous colors in your wonderful photo essay!
I could use some lounging myself… I can’t pick out a fav, they’re all beautiful-
I really like the suncatcher boat on the water out the window. Looks like you’re enjoying all that family time, n the kids are keeping busy. Looks like going home will be tough after such a place as paradise…
Safe Home
On 19 August 2009 at 2:01 am Barbara Swafford said,
Hi Jannie,
It looks like you’re having a fabulous time. I love the cottage on the water. How peaceful.
I’m guessing you’ll come back all refreshed.
Have a safe trip!
On 19 August 2009 at 2:54 am cinderkeys said,
Pretty! So, we’re all invited next time, right?
On 19 August 2009 at 4:29 am Lance said,
Jannie!
Hey there my Canadian friend. What a great place for kids of all ages! Did someone say peaceful – it sure does look that way. The sunsets, the quiet beaches, a campfire on a cool evening…does life get much better than that? I don’t think so… Enjoy the rest of your time in this special place…
On 19 August 2009 at 5:21 am sheila said,
Oh Jannie, that’s beautifullllllll! I see even the little whales are friendly, lol!
Love the shot of all the little bottles on the window sill.
On 19 August 2009 at 7:46 am Glenn Buttkus said,
Jannie, you share with the zest of a samaritan. Thanks for the peek at your week. Where is the Bay of Chaleur? This is not the same spot where you Dad and Mom have the horses, is it? How wonderful to be there for the 50th, and have the neices and nephews frolicking. Nothing like the beach to recenter one’s spirit. That beach fire looks yummy. Kelly is enjoying herself, per usual. The grandparents must be delighted for the visit and family time. Austin is still burning up. What are the temps like in Canada? After seeing the pic of your parents, one sees why you and your sister are so pretty. Nothing succeeds like good genetics, enit? You need some pics of the parents on the next photo junket.
Glenn
On 19 August 2009 at 7:59 am Mama Zen said,
Jannie, I am SO jealous!
On 19 August 2009 at 8:32 am Jim Gaudet said,
Wow, that looks great. Cool that you have solar panels too. The beach all to yourselves!
On 19 August 2009 at 11:26 am Nadia - Happy Lotus said,
Hi Jannie,
It looks so beautiful and I love the sunsets. Actually, I love every aspect of it. It look so peaceful. Have a wonderful time and enjoy every second of it. Safe travels back too!
On 19 August 2009 at 1:06 pm Avani Mehta said,
Absolutely beautiful. Makes me want to go take a vacation right away
On 19 August 2009 at 4:02 pm K said,
Looks fantastic! Hope you’re having a blast.
On 19 August 2009 at 10:27 pm TheWeyrd1 said,
Bonfires on the beach at sunset and nowhere to be…nice.
On 19 August 2009 at 10:30 pm VeRonda said,
OMG! I can’t believe how calm it is… I love the summer and traveling… Two of my favorite things.
On 19 August 2009 at 11:05 pm Christa Bledsoe said,
WOW! I want to visit there
It looks gorgeous and the house so quaint. I hope you have a great time.
On 20 August 2009 at 12:58 am Zeenat{Positive Provocations} said,
What a lovely vacation youre having!
I loved the pictures. Such a great calm feel to it.
When you get back..i want permission to use that sunset picture for my blog…please..it looks so so so good;)
On 20 August 2009 at 1:45 am John Hoff - WpBlogHost said,
Sweet! That looks like an awesome place and your family looks like a good people.
Hope you’re having fun and see ya back here soon.
On 20 August 2009 at 8:54 am Ching Ya said,
I just love the clear blue sky and the green green grass.. not to be mention sunset at the beach. Those are some insanely cool and relaxing pictures that I would kill to have one now! =P Great that you have a wonderful time. Looking forward to more pics! ^^ Enjoy!
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On 20 August 2009 at 7:17 pm G said,
I’m jealous.
On 21 August 2009 at 10:16 am wade said,
a few more pictures of your sister please.
On 21 August 2009 at 3:59 pm Tess The Bold Life said,
Looks like your busy making happy memories! Enjoy!
On 21 August 2009 at 4:35 pm Patricia said,
Ahhhhhhhhh
Thank you for sharing paradise – just beautiful
On 22 August 2009 at 4:55 am robbi said,
Blue bunnie, your jannie picked great parents !!
On 22 August 2009 at 11:49 pm MiaHysteria said,
SOOOOOO JEALOUS!
On 23 August 2009 at 5:17 am Adrenalynn said,
Oh wow – how amazing! I’m so glad you’ve had such a nice time. It looks so beautiful!
I’m totally living through everyone else’s vacations right now…
On 23 August 2009 at 3:16 pm debbie said,
What a beautiful place. No wonder you like to hang out there!
On 24 August 2009 at 1:35 am SnaggleTooth said,
Dear Jannie, I hope that nasty Hurricane Bill storm isin’t causing you any problems up there, raining alot!
On 24 August 2009 at 3:30 am Surender Sharma said,
Hey Jannie,
Nature is nature and it teaches us to live within it’s lap.
On 24 August 2009 at 6:15 am Kathy | Virtual Impax said,
WOW! What an AMAZING sunset! Followed by a bonfire- wow!! What a PERFECT getaway… the perfect location which also happens to be “home” as well. AWESOME!!!
On 24 August 2009 at 11:31 am Carol | Stress Eating said,
This is awesome, Jannie! Hope you are having a great time. I love the simple pleasures of summer with family!
On 24 August 2009 at 5:42 pm joaquin said,
wow! what a storybook little place on a storybook spot – i would be deeply embittered if it wasn’t for all the smiling faces – how could i be anything but happy for you, looking at those?
On 25 August 2009 at 2:24 pm Katie West/The Levity Coach said,
Jannie, Damn that looks like a crappy place to hang out. So So sorry for you. Well at least the consolation is that you’ll be home soon!
BTW I think I may come up there with you next year. He He.
Anyway…I made up a new word while you were gone. FLOGGERS…for Fun+Blogger=Flogger and that’s you! I even put the new word in Wikipedia-Lance kinda dared me to.
Happy Flogging, we’ve missed you!
On 26 August 2009 at 2:51 pm Jannie said,
Wow, me again so soon! Who knew??
Lynn: It was not too bad there. At all. Wish you could’ve been there too. You’d be he one looking like Susan Sarandon, right??
Dot: Mom has been collecting stuff from yard sales since I can remember, and I did not fully realize until this year just how much cool old stuff she has.
Thomma Lynn: Thank you. It was a very “rustic” place they bought in ‘82 and fixed up a lot. Will you please be our guest there sometime?
Aimee: My folks are good old-fashioned peeps. And the older I’ve gotten the better they’ve become. How’s that?!
Vered: I am quite happy for me too! We are very lucky to have had such a wonderful trip.
Renee: When it started hitting minus 20 in November you might be inclined to seek a warmer spot.
Liara: That ROCKS! I do believe you will give me some lyrics for what eludes me thus far for some melodies. Thanks.
Caity: My soul was happier there on that bank overlooking the Bay than it has ever been. Join us there sometime!
EVERYBODY: You all have a standing invitation at Mom & Dad’s cottage. Okay??
Betsy: Would love to have you visit there sometime. Something tells me you would fit in just perfectly with the ageless souls up there.
Talon: Dear Talon, you were with me there in spirit. And dang, those Mr. Bigs were frigging EXCELLENT!!
J.D. Heaven, yes. And Mom has such a nice decorating touch. Yep, nothing quite like the beach indeed.
Davina: I must post the entire 4 or 5 pics in that sunset series as it went down.
Snag: Thank you. You know I thought of you often as I took those pix, you in your own ocean world. And it’s funny how you mention “home.” I love it there. And I like it very much here too, but I do think my native land holds a bit of an edge over Texas. But if you gotta live in Texas, Austin’s THE place to be.
Barbara: I am refreshed. A little philosophical, as to time passing and aging. But that too shall pass as I do a few grand jetes in the frozen pizza aisle.
Cinderkeys: Yes, you ALL have a standing invitation there. Maybe we can have One Grande Blogging Convention near Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada!!
Lance: That area would benefit from your sunshine. Next year? You and your family come visit us there? I hope so!
Sheila: Yes, the killer whales are very tame! Sweet little bottles too. Why did I not really notice them until this year? Um. maybe cause I’m looking through the eyes of potential blog pix now?
Glenn: The zest of a samaritan! lol. I used to use Zest soap (manly yes, but I liked it too.) The Bay of Chaleur is between the provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec in Atlantic Canada. Our cottage is about 7 miles from Mom and Dad’s main house. And how sweet of you to compliment, we look more like our dad, but some like Mom too.
Mama Z: And I was jealous of your vacation spot! lol I still remember that tanned pic of you-poolside.
Jim: We are down the coast a few cottages from a campground which does see quite a few visitors, but by and large it’s not a well-travelled beach. Much privacy indeed. The solar energy is great, yes. They plan on putting in more panels too. Eventually!
Hey, Nadia! Great to see you. It was perfect, except Jim could not be there with us this year. Oh well… somebody had to go and have fun.
Avani: I was more peaceful there than I’ve ever been. Will you join us sometime?
K: Thank you. It was pretty special. Even when the kids squabbled, as kids are wont to do.
Weyrd1: It was surprisingly not cool in the evenings, we had excellent weather, generally about 85-90 daytime highs and 70 at night. Roasted wienies and marshmallows. God, I love them roasted marshmallows. Do you?
VeRonda: I hope you have had happy travels too this summer? And just 5 days until Kelly is back to school. Been such a wonderful summer!
Christa: Hey, didn’t you used to be Christina?
Thanks for visiting again. I am so refreshed and renewed. Join us sometime?? Your little boy would love the beach.
Zeenat: Sure use that or any pic on your blog. I only ask you give me a link of acknowledgment, if you don’t mind? I’ll be posting the whole series of that sunset at a future date. It was amazing!!
Hey John, my Youtube lifesaving buddy, you! So sweet of you to pop in again. I am very much looking forward to getting over to your blog again. My plan is to answer all these comments, as I am doing. Then go a-visiting all blogs in order of how the comments came in. Ah, ha! A madness to my blogging method.
Ching Ya: That palace seems to pack in as much color as possible, I think due to the fact it’s nothing but grey and white for about 6 months of the year. That green is almost obscenely green. Heaven it was!
G: Seeing as you said you haven’t been to a beach in YEARS, could that one entice you to a shore again?
Wade: Stay tuned!!
Tess: Sweet and solid these memories of hearts entwined. xo
Patricia: Thank YOU for being my dear friend to share it with!
Deere Robbi: Yes, my jannie is a goode chooser of peeps and of love and lites in her harts.
Mia: Sorry. Can you see it in your heart to forgive me??
Adrenalynn: We all have our days in the sun. Sometimes we can create a vacation in our minds. Wine helps.
Margaritas good too.
Debbie: It’s a place I would never leave if I had enough donuts, steak and broadband wireless 24 / 7.
Snag: We sure kept our eyes out but Bill stayed away from us. A bit of grey skies for a while, but the sun burst through quickly. Nova Scotia got it too. Bet you loved MORE rain.
Little rain toad get a work-out??
Surrender: I LIVE for nature. I guess we all do, right? We ARE nature.
Kathy: Nice work if you can get it, indeed. You know that old jazz standard?
Hey Dear Sweet Carol: So sweet of you to pop in again, thanks. No stress eating up there for me! Just pure unadulterated gluttony! I drank 3 beers one night. And so did my sis.
Joaquin: Thanks for your non-jealous big attitude.
That is a place where your poems would write themselves. Oh wait — your poems already write themselves — at least it seems they do.
Katie: Get out! You put me in Wikipedia? You’re kidding, right? Okay,I’ll have to verify that, but it sounds like a hoot. And yes, it was a tough place to be for almost 2 weeks but I gave it the olde stiff upper lip and soldiered on.
xoxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxox
On 27 August 2009 at 7:24 am Lynn said,
That place is so gorgeous – I’d like to visit sometime. Passport is ready!
On 28 August 2009 at 11:02 am Jannie said,
Lynn: Yay, a passport-ready girl! Next year?
On 29 August 2009 at 10:10 pm tammy said,
What a fabulous place!!
On 30 August 2009 at 12:00 pm Jannie said,
Tammy: It’s pretty magical. My husband wants to buy a piece of land there, I bet it goes for pretty cheap. Hopefully!
On 1 September 2009 at 12:35 pm Valerie said,
Boy, I could use a dose of that cabin. That looks great.
On 2 September 2009 at 1:35 pm Jannie said,
Valerie: It is ready and waiting for YOU!! xo