Travel

African Safari — Best Distractions From Writing

August 6, 2025

Sometimes I need a distraction. What about you? Do you find yourself immersed in your work and then stop to think maybe a distraction would be nice? That’s what I did. We went on a safari to Kenya and Tanzania with our family– for a distraction. (ha ha) Here we are at the Giraffe Rescue…

Sorry, I’ve Been Away

July 6, 2025

So we spent the month of May travelling. Our first stop was Paris, France. I’ve been there before and it is a fabulous city– so much to see, so many old classical buildings. We went to the Louvre, reputedly the largest museum in the world, and were astounded by the huge treasure trove of works.…

More Disney pictures

November 26, 2024

Cruising down the river in the Adventureland Park. Some of the scenarios made me wonder if this really was a park designed for children. 🙂 More than a little scary, also funny, like the people who have climbed the tree to escape the rhinoceros. But don’t those snakes look real?

More Photos from Eastern Canada

December 10, 2023

We visited this ancient beautiful church, Notre Dame Cathedral, in Montreal, Quebec. Look at the stonework of the structure and the woodwork of the interior. Wonderful.

A Trip to Montreal, Quebec City, Eastern Townships

November 16, 2023

We took a trip east to visit old family sites in Montreal, North Hatley, and Ottawa. While there we stopped in Quebec City as well. The colours were gorgeous. We drove town to town, taking in the scenery. Here’s a cow staring at us as we passed. I stared back. Usually there would be one…

Maui shores

February 24, 2023

Nothing like returning home from a visit to Hawaii and finding a snow storm in your front yard. Bit of a shock.

Hawaii

February 19, 2023

Just returned from a trip to Maui. It is so beautiful there. We stayed for three weeks, the first two weeks with our daughter and two grandsons with us, ages 8 and 5. Unfortunately, most of the dumping rain happened while they were there. But once it eased up we began to see clouds and…

Covid cancelled our trip!

October 21, 2022

Hubby and I were booked for a trip to Eastern Ontario and Quebec for a friend’s milestone birthday and a chance to visit two grandsons at university in Ottawa, our capital city. Two days before leaving, we both came down with Covid 19. With two vaccines and two boosters, we caught the latest version. I…

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!

July 1, 2022

We just returned from a road trip, got to see a bit of Canada out west. Lots of mountains No, this is not smoke, that was last year (sigh). It’s fog, so dense you can barely see the mountain behind. It was a great trip. We saw friends, family and met new ones. Aren’t we…

Ducks gather at Rithet’s Bog

March 26, 2020

Went for a nice walk yesterday, around Rithet’s Bog (named after Robert Patterson Rithet, a prominent businessman in Victoria, late 19th C, early 20th C). The ducks had abandoned the bog for some reason and gathered on the other side of the walking path that circles the marshy water. Here are two beautiful males, the…