Monthly Archives: March 2015

Dang – today has been even busier than yesterday. Busy – interesting word. Ask almost anyone how they are these days and they will say, “Busy” – declaring it like it’s a badge of honour. I’m aiming for saying, “idle … Continue reading →

The whole idea today, was to start this post off by saying how proud I was to get more weeding done in the blueberry patch – to report that I was two-thirds of the way through. But then it started spitting rain … Continue reading →

Credit for the photo goes to Carol Doering. There we are – the three crazy ones – on the first summit: quick photo and then get the heck back down and out of the wind. But that was yesterday. Today, … Continue reading →

Today just three os us “crazy people” hiked in what started off as very “iffy” weather. First destination: Mount Horne. This was steep. We set out at about 9.20 and got to the top shortly after 11. We took the … Continue reading →

They say the Inuit have a 50 words for “snow.” I would suggest the we, on the West Coast, need at least that many for “rain.” But it’s late afternoon now and I have exhausted my limited vocabulary: drizzle, downpour, spate, … Continue reading →

If I feel just the tiniest bit melancholy today, I chalk it up to two things: first the grey, drizzly, showery day; second, poor Abby, who threw up for about 20 minutes and now seems rather listless. I’ll feed her … Continue reading →

Just as I thought my work schedule for next week was calm and organized. boom! An explosion of assignments! Quickly – very quickly – I made calls and sorted things out as best I could. Add to that one of … Continue reading →