Product Management, Productivity and Personal musings
{Dusk in Fairmont Springs.} Nick and I were in the Motherland this weekend (we made it a long one) for my cousin's wedding in Fairmont Springs. I was a wonderful trip full of laughter, great debates, and lots of food and drink. I got to meet two little babies that I've never met (Trevor and …
{One of my favourite photos of my dad from 1993.} Today is my dad's birthday. He's taught me to drive, shoot a gun and also, how to be a good listener. One of my favourite times with my dad was when I moved back in with my parents for three months between Halifax and Vancouver. …
{My mom on a recent trip to San Diego, looking gorgeous. Via my aunt's Facebook page.} Happy Mother's Day to my beautiful mom! I'm lucky to have a warm and lovely mom who has always encouraged and loved me. My mom just decided to retire so this will be a new and exciting chapter in …
{Helen during a visit to Vancouver in 2009.} My nana is 89 today. 89!! And doesn't she look amazing?! She's pretty incredible. She was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and immigrated to Edmonton when she met my Gramps during World War II. She was in the war herself, and met my grandpa driving trucks. (How rad …
{Photo ripped off of my aunt's Facebook page, because it's rad.} Today is the birthday of one of my favourite people. My Auntie Terri! Terri is a painter who lives in Blandford, Nova Scotia. She's a kindred-spirit, even if she'll always be waaaaaay cooler than me! She taught me to sing 'Born to Be Wild' at …
{My parents dancing the night away at our friends' wedding in August 2008.} My mom and dad have been married for 27 years today. Go parents! Congratulations!
It's good to remember the little pleasures in life, when the world seems all nutty. It's also good to remember my Grandma Joy, who would have been 88 the day I got inspired to start photographing small joys. Joy with my grandpa Harry in 1989, in their harvest gold kitchen.
Kate Moore Hermes 