by Brian Crawford | Feb 5, 2006 | family, travel
I haven’t posted a lot of pictures lately, so I figured that today I’d write a bit of a photo-journal and include a few photos here so that people might see what we’ve been up to and what the region around Clermont-Ferrand looks like. a few weekends...
by Brian Crawford | Jan 7, 2006 | family
this is exciting – today our new (well, new to us) car arrived – it is a 2004 Renault Mégane (here is another picture). It had 23,000 kilometres on it, which isn’t much, really, and we got it at a great price due to having imported it from another...
by Brian Crawford | Nov 25, 2005 | family
winter has officially come to Clermont-Ferrand; that is to say that this morning during my walk to school I saw a good many cars driving around covered with snow. Not just a light dusting of the stuff, mind you, but a good inch and a half of hardcore, in your face...
by Brian Crawford | Oct 3, 2005 | family, nature
I’m back in Canada until next Sunday – had some work I had to do, which has almost been completed. Classes officially start on October 12th (I managed to transfer into a better program, after which I’ll receive 2 Masters degrees – an MBA from...
by Brian Crawford | Aug 27, 2005 | family, nature
yesterday our offer was accepted on a cottage on Paudash Lake (the same lake that my parents’ cottage is on, but in a different bay – it’s about a 15 minute drive by car or by boat). For those not familiar with the area, Paudash Lake is in the...
by Brian Crawford | Aug 27, 2005 | family
here is a picture of Callum and Amelia taken this afternoon at my parents’ place. Callum (who needs a haircut, I know) is saying “cheeeeese!” which he does now whenever he sees a camera (regardless of whether or not his picture is currently being...
by Brian Crawford | Aug 12, 2005 | family
we’re back in Ontario, at my family’s cottage on Paudash Lake – we will be here until the end of this month, at which point I’ll be heading off to France for school. The rest of the family will follow soon afterward. it has been very hot here...
by Brian Crawford | Jun 26, 2005 | family
when in Texas…
by Brian Crawford | Apr 27, 2005 | family, travel
last week we made the 28-hour drive to Austin, Texas, where we are currently staying. One of Yvonne’s brothers and his wife lives here, and her older sister and her family lives in San Antonio, so we have been largely hanging out with them. Austin seems to be a...
by Brian Crawford | Apr 13, 2005 | family
happy birthday little guy!! here is how a quick primer on how to properly eat your birthday cake… step 1: blow out your two candles. step 2: eat your cake without using your hands. step 3: start your afternoon with “cake...
