I’m back on the mainland staying at my daughters and my first annual sunshine coast tour is finished. I’m pooped and ready for a holiday. The reviews are mixed but generally I’d have to consider the party a success. I took lots of photos with both my iPhone and camera and have yet to download, …
Our time in Kelowna, this time around, is done. We hung out with the kids, I took a couple walks, we bonded with our grandson, and certainly the highlight (for my wife anyway) was the Cirque Quidam show on Saturday night. It was a great show but my back rebelled part of the way through …
I visited the house with “the gate” yesterday, you know….the “gate” house. A few weeks ago I wrote about the gate, an inviting front entrance to a home near my daughters, framed by vines and greenery and beckoning visitors with it’s intrigue. I first noticed it on an earlier walk with Madden. Seeing as I …
The days are still warm, the nights pleasantly cool by comparison. The sun, while beautiful in the dappled shadows it casts, is relentless in it’s mid-day attention. My plants and lawn are suffering. The heat, without any accompanying moisture, is causing not only my gardens to stress but their owner (me) as well. I do …
I skipped out today, I just couldn’t bring myself to go in to work. I wasn’t feeling especially chipper but the biggest motivation was the need for a “mental” day, an opportunity to regroup. I have to tell you the guilt is going to take some to deal with but I’m sure I’m up to …