A double entendre, what could this post be about? Flavours or colours? The picture gave it away, it's about the colour, blending red and yellow. When we're together, daughter Mari, cousin Lene and I take time to do online painting tutorials. In Calgary we did a fall scene, mixing a variety of proportions of red…

Last fall I wrote about the animals we encountered while walking the Camino de Santiago Portuguese route. Our current lifestyle, hopping here and there, leaves no room for pets of our own. Although we loved our animals dearly, there is a freedom that comes with not thinking about getting home for the dog, or who's…

Vancouver is known as Hollywood North, as the Canadian dollar and landscape variety lend itself to reasonable film production. Within the Vancouver area production companies can shoot city scenes to rural settings within a half hour drive at a 25% discount as compared to the US dollar.  When I retired I was asked what I…

This house building stuff comes with its own learning curve. So many items, so many explanations needed. Slow closing telescopic toilet seats are a selling feature. Who knew? All it means is that the lid fits around the bottom so the seat isn't exposed in any way when closed. Couldn't they have come up with…

Off to see the world, there's such a lot of world to see We're after that same rainbow's end, waiting 'round the bend, my Huckleberry friend, Moon river and me. A very romanticized view of our current situation, those lyrics. Two drifters, not exactly seeing the world, but lots of the Northwest, while our house…

A sudden thought startled me awake at 3:00 a.m. Oh no, where is my garden angel? The one at the house in the rain forest, who for 18 years, protected our periwinkle, iris and bamboo. The guardian angel that watched over a sweet sixteen party, our games of bocce and the white tented wedding rehearsal…

It was a good thing that I scheduled the Chinese brush painting for earlier in the month (my posts have been a week or two late), because the latter half was moving mayhem. How did we open so many boxes while at the house for such a short period of time?  And if we acquired nothing while…

A little over a year ago we were living in our house in the rain forest, dreaming of finding our forever home. We zoned in on White Rock, a seaside community, a place we thought we could never afford. I researched what it had to offer as a community and something caught my eye –…

Times have changed in the 40+ (!) years since I finished my undergraduate degree. Googling crazy college stories you get a top ten list, a wide variety of tales from Tinder to other types of hook ups. We probably had our share of similar arrangements in my day, think the Summer of Love, but out of…

Taken out of context that could have dire implications. In child bearing years anyway. Or for certain situations such as a job interview. For me, it's sticking to a weekly blogging schedule. In retirement. Can you imagine I've given up my career and still lack time? I was warned by very wise people that this…