It's been a long standing tradition with me and my children to make gifts for friends' birthdays. I think it's a much lovelier thing than buying something mass market at some store, (unless of course the gift you buy is
Last night was the first of our Friday night market evenings at the Shipyards and I heard a rumour about a tall ship, so I decided to walk the 9 blocks to the docks and see for myself. Yes, there
Last Sunday I had the best fun. Opus Art Supplies invited me back to the store to teach my journal making techniques in two back to back courses. I had two sets of ten students and we had the best fun. The
Sunday morning at the cabin and maybe one half of a degree above zero. I could see my cabin cleansing fire of yesterday still smouldering, so I decided to keep cleaning up some of the dead wood over our five acres
Oh hello sun! I remember you. One of the very few times I saw you lately was St Patrick's day. Yup, March 17th. That's the day I start my annual sweet peas and garden peas. Actually, I usually soak the pea seeds
These days are my favourite. Loads of work, but so very satisfying. I love teaching the therapy journal at Inspire Health, my wellness centre. I bring in old books, my own journals (plus my own therapy journal which I kept during
Well, that was an unexpected treat! After last night's gut wrenching return to the city in blizzard conditions, Kerstin decided to stay in town a full day and night and let everyone relax and recover. I got my daughter and our little
It's Friday night, and so what are three city girls free for an evening going to do? So we found ourselves without the wee ones as their other grandmother took them for Friday night. Well, as it turns out, we walked
Our last day up at Big White and we reluctantly packed the car and checked out of our condo, but we were not leaving the mountain. Not when the day dawned sunny and bright. The best of spring skiing. Since
Sunday morning promised a bit of fresh snow and we couldn't wait to get outside, so after breakfast, Kerstie put a pork roast into the oven for a slow cooked pulled pork for supper. And, since we were all excited, after