Category: Italy

  • …some of the places I’ve been…

    …some of the places I’ve been…

    Healthy Mindset – Days 20-23 It will be quite awhile before we are able to travel widely again, and while I have lots of thoughts about what it could be like, for now, I thought it could be a nice challenge to pick one picture from each of the places I’ve been lucky enough to…

  • A Year Ago Today

    A Year Ago Today

    Healthy Mindset – Day 18 Last year, at this time, I was on a two week trip to Italy with a week in Florence and a week in Palermo, Sicily. It seems like such a long time ago now, but a year ago today, we took a day trip to Segesta where the Temple is…

  • Healthy mindset – Day 3

    Healthy mindset – Day 3

    I’ve seen a few different ways that individuals and families are trying to keep a sense of community while homebound like turning their Christmas lights back, sidewalk art with chalk or displaying hearts in windows. I like the the last one. When I went for a walk on Sunday, I saw one house with a…

  • Healthy Mindset – Day 2

    Healthy Mindset – Day 2

    Sunday was a beautiful day. When I was out for a walk, it felt like winter is finally behind us here in Saskatchewan. My boots got muddy, I saw geese returning to Wascana Lake, and I heard lots of different birds singing. All the normal signs of Spring. Being outside felt normal. Keeping some things…

  • Palermo Street Art

    With all that is going on in the world, I’ve been looking at my pictures from a trip to Italy last April and realized I haven’t shared any of them on my blog. Having spent a week in Florence and a week in Palermo, Sicily the lockdown there seems so surreal because the streets are…