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  • lost balloon

    If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older -Tom Stoppard I don’t interpret this quote as we never grow up, it’s that we are lucky if we can carry within us those memories of childhood that were innocent, carefree, and full of wonder. I think it’s important to carry that with you…

  • “what we do see depends mainly on what we look for”

    “What we do see depends mainly on what we look for…In the same field the farmer will notice the crop, the geologists the fossils, botanists the flowers, artists the colouring, sportmen the cover for the game. Though we may all look at the same things, it does not all follow that we should see them.”…

  • roasted vegetable salad

    When I first started my blog, I thought I would post a lot of food pictures because I love food and I also enjoy cooking and making up recipes as I go.  My thought was it would be fun to document some of my experiments that turn out well…and today is the first time in…

  • Finlayson Island

    October’s weather has been nothing short of spectacular throughout Saskatchewan. The petunias are still blooming on my balcony and my cherry tomato plant is still producing – and the number of days I’ve had to wear socks this month is in the single digits! I was in Battleford on the weekend and went to Finlayson…

  • sunrise on the prairies

    In the last year, I’ve been lucky enough to experience some of the best scenery Western Canada has to offer.  From the Great Bear Rainforest off the west coast of Northern British Columbia, to the beaches of southern Vancouver Island, and Banff National Park (those are probably my top three favourite places right there, although…

  • oh Fall, I hate you because that means Winter is coming soon, but your colours are beautiful

    This morning’s walk was to Wascana Park to see if my favourite maple tree is starting to turn colour (it’s just beginning to), and along the way these are the colours I saw….

  • Saturday Morning Walk

    I want to get a lot accomplished today, so an early morning walk (well, stroll is more accurate) seemed like a good idea to start the day.  This early bird thing is not so bad in the summer and there were a lot of friendly “good morning” wishes exchanged on the path in Wascana Park. …

  • featured daisy

    Since daisies are my favourite flowers, I was thrilled to see so many wild daisies at Orveas Bay Resort.  One morning I spent about an hour with my camera just trying to capture them in different ways.  Here’s one… ….and to continue from yesterday’s post, after I thought about what I wrote, I realized a…

  • travel musings

    I always think of going on vacation and coming home kind of like a new start.  It’s a chance to take a deep breath, see new sights, maybe experience new things, and maybe even come home with a new perspective on something that’s been on your mind.  My suitcase is neatly packed the night before…

  • Lunch Spot

    This was a scenic, unique place to eat lunch today! It’s at Botany Bay/Botanical Beach near Port Renfrew. There are two ways to reach it – you can take the rainforest trail until you reached the beach and then scamper up a few boulders or you could take the shoreline route which is shorter but…

  • the lowly petunia

    I used to think petunias were boring.  When I first started planting flowers on my balcony,  I would choose plants at the greenhouse that were more interesting and prettier – gerbera daisies, garden mums, fuchsias and a host of flowers that bloomed once and never again. I was attracted to the flash of colour and…

  • reflection

    At this time last year, I was anticipating my trip to the Great Bear Rainforest in northern BC.  I had lots of conflicting thoughts – did I make the right decision in choosing this trip to celebrate a momentous birthday?  I wanted to do something outside my comfort zone, but at the same time, why…