Stars Digital Release!

Hi everyone,

Just a quick note letting you know that the physical retail release of my CD, Stars, has been bumped back a few weeks. We've decided to release the CD digitally in advance. It will soon be available through Fontana North/MapleMusic.com.

More details TBA in the coming days.
http://www.maplemusic.com/artist_listing.asp

New website in the works as well!
http://www.teresaennis.ca

Thanks,
Teresa

Changing Colours

Here are a few photos I took of a 200 year old maple tree in my yard. It's about 50% changed over from summer to fall already. It's the only tree with leaves that have started to change but it looks really stunning surrounded by all the other green leaves.

I've got a pot of homemade pea soup on the stove (my mother's recipe - the best!) and my friend is coming over to work on some new songs for my next record. I've got 4 songs written for it so far.

Come back soon,

T

Friends, Food, Beach, Outdoors, Farms, Farm Animals, Dogs, Drinks...

I had a great weekend spending time doing some of my favourite things. Hangin' with good friends, dogs, outdoors, beach, farms, food, drinks and fire.

Saturday strangely felt like a Sunday to me and Sunday felt like a Saturday. I guess Saturday was a mellower day than Sunday.

I went to Crystal Crescent Beach on Saturday with my Nova Scotia family: my man, puppy, Otis and two good friends, Joel and Eleanor who brought their large Saint Bernard, Lucille. It was Otis' first day at the beach and the waves were fairly big and loud. It was fun watching him maneuver around the big round rocks and check out the seaweed, sand and waves.

The rock in that part of Nova Scotia reminds me of the rock in Newfoundland - where my actual family lives and where my heart is. If you've never visited the province of Newfoundland by now, you should put it on your list-of-amazing-places-to-visit-in-life. A word of advice, though. Check it out between the months of June-October. You'll see many varieties of whales as well as icebergs. The people are among the nicest in the world.

Saturday night we watched the classic film Serpico starring Al Pacino and ate some yummy leftover homemade Indian food. It was my first time seeing that movie. Al's outfits in the film were really awesome. It has inspired me to try to make myself a 60's style leather or suede vest some day soon. Cool.

Sunday was Open Farm Day in Nova Scotia. There were over 50 farms that participated in this year's OFD. It's a chance for the public to connect with the local farm community and hopefully gain an appreciation for the hard work farmers do to provide the food that ends up on our tables. We all piled into one vehicle and drove through the country roads towards the Annapolis Valley, making stops at the farms along the way. We made friends with a variety of pigs, horses, sheep, turkeys, chickens, goats, cows, ducks etc. Loved it!

Yesterday was Otis' weigh in day. He is a healthy 5 lbs heavier: 28 lbs. :)

T

Looking Forward

Wow, the middle of September. 5 days until autumn begins. Arg, I'm really not ready to say good-bye to summer, but then again, I don't really have a choice! However, there are many positive, exciting things to look forward to in the coming months.

I love autumn; the bright reds, yellows and oranges in the changing leaves, the smell of the crisp air. I love hiking through the woods, next to the great Atlantic Ocean on the East Coast Trail. If you've never hiked the ECT, you ought to put it on your list-of-MUST-things-to-do-in-life.

I have a new puppy, a Shiloh Shepherd named Otis, who is now 10.5 weeks old and 25 lbs. I look forward to watching him grow (he should reach between 130-140lbs), training him to be a good, smart companion and taking him along with me on the beautiful hikes.

I have a brand new CD coming out at the end of September (check out my website and myspace below!). I look forward to doing press to promote it and playing the new material to old, and new, audiences.

I love to craft and sew. I look forward to learning new sewing techniques over the coming months when it's too cold or messy to go outside.

I'm glad I wrote this blog. Now I'm not feeling so bad about it being the middle of September. I will post photos of my hikes, travels, gigs, growing puppy and crafts as I go along.

T

htttp://www.teresaennis.ca (new website coming soon!)

http://www.myspace.com/teresaennis