Voila! Lady Eleanor in natural light, the colours looking more accurate than past photos. We had a fair chunk of the weekend sans rain but ten minutes after the picture was taken it started dripping again. Now we’re in full blown storm mode again and still boiling our water. The specs: 1. Noro Silk Garden…

As a person without TV, I don’t know how far news travels. For those outside of Vancouver, you might have heard Friday, that the entire area is on a "boil water advisory." Our recent storms have caused slides to falll in to our reservoirs. There is a measure of water turbidity (cloudiness) that is reported…

…and washed Vancouver out. This is our sky earlier this week and the same sky a minute later. And that’s how it’s looked since, day and night: This weather system is known as the Pineapple express, a storm system out of Hawaii. What’s worse than experiencing the Pineapple Express in Vancouver? Experiencing it in Hawaii…

Can you take it? Another teenage boy story. Warning: this is high in the ewwww content (Dorothy, maybe you don’t want to read this, I remember your reaction to other too much information posts in the past). Bear with me, guys, this is my therapy. Sitting in the car 8:14 in the morning, waiting for…

My recent trip allowed me to eat my way across the Midwest. I love to eat and mostly I do so in a healthy manner. It’s usually easy for me as I don’t have much of a sweet tooth. This trip was an exception. I thought as you grow older, your taste buds die off;…

After the wedding I spent a few days in Southeastern MN with my SIL and BIL, parents of the bride. It felt like coming home as there are only three family members I can think of from my younger years who still live in the same house. And what a house it is, over 150…

Meet Amalie, my niece, and her new husband, Luke. You know what, Luke? You’ve married a pretty sensible woman. I know because she planned a knitting project just for the honeymoon. You might think it strange, but taking along your knitting assures that flights will be on time and you won’t be stuck in traffic…

We made it to Wisconsin despite our flight being cancelled due to snow in Denver. The closest they could get us was Chicago! We rented a car and drove the rest of the way through sheets of rain. Better rain than snow. More on the wedding in another post – it was a wonderful mixture…

What made this workday so different? It started out with a commute on the seaplane. I admit I was nervous about it, but the pilot said not to worry, we were travelling above one long strip of runway. I found that quite reassuring. Vancouver to Victoria, harbour to harbour in 35 minutes, can’t beat it.…

Do I miss my houseful of girls! I’ve been used to two daughters and one or two girl language students to keep me company. Now it’s Chuck, Bryant and me. They do boy things and make boy sounds. Last night they captured a gigundous moth, put it in the freezer for three minutes, just enough…