Holy St. Christopher, Batman, the plane only had 18 seats. Every seat an aisle seat and every seat had a window. Even the seaplane I've taken to Vancouver Island is twice the size. That's what you get when you buy cash plus miles tickets. I figure the cash went to the real jet we had…

I think I insulted the guys at my dinner table tonight when I commented that the sky was the best entertainment all evening: Those were all in the same evening. It drove me crazy once, visiting Phoenix, where there were walls around single story homes. I need my distant orientation. My mountains and my sky.…

"Did I really knit you?" I asked Marina. Was I really capable of something so complicated? Where did my brain go? Was my vision good enough to digest that chart? Was it just five years ago? Scary. I've been working on this so long it's looking worn as a well loved teddy bear. It took…

Today is Canada Day, the Canadian reasoning for a July day off, and off I'm taking. In fact, due to its proximity to the weekend, I took an extra day for a total of four days off in a row. As timing would have it, C has to work the same four days. Still looking…

Who says dogs don't smile? Really, take a closer look. Click on that picture and tell me she's not smiling. That's Gracee's new favourite game – Bocce Ball. We play by Gracee's rules, wherever she moves the ball, that's where we leave it for scoring. She's part of the family after all. Father's Day, plus…

What do these have in common? A couple of ducks in sheep's clothing. Another sheep, this time in wood. Sterling silver and genuine amber. I like. These are the spoils of nearby Geocache hunts, where you use a GPS to find hidden treasure. Don't now why it appeals to me so. Is it a genetic…

Here it is, the Pavlova recipe that goes along with my previous post: We have a local bakery that specializes in Pavlova, our favourite celebration wheat free “cake.” It is an expensive, but special treat. Although not quite as pretty as theirs, we were pleasantly surprised that this recipe resulted in an as good, if…

Rowan Kidsilk Haze, Malabrigo Lace, Pavlova. I'm mixing knitting with food, two of my favourite things. No shame in that.  Do you know Pavlova? The Aussie dessert named in honour of ballerina, Anna Pavlova, light as a feather. It looks like a giant meringue, however it's soft on the inside, not crunchy all the way…

In my dating years I used to say you could tell a lot by a guy by the books he kept at eye level on his bookshelf. What does a ring tone tell you about a person? We went around a table the other night, filled mostly with younger folk, each announcing their ring tone:…

The closer to the equator the larger the creatures. A hitchhiker from our recent Panama trip: I remember, as a kid, returning home from Puerto Rico with fabric luggage covered in ticks. I discovered it when I woke up in the middle of the night, a crawling sensation on my neck, my suitcase next to…