Facelifts
Thanks for posting a comment, Chris! In return I shall post the long-overdue pics of the marathon reno job you and Richard pulled off over last Thanksgiving long weekend. And in case readability is...
View ArticleOne Year Ago Today
Happy anniversary, Chris & Dagny! Dag and I were comparing notes on spring, and how lucky she and Chris were that spring arrived so late in Vancouver two years ago, just in time for their wedding....
View ArticleHappy Easter
Hooray for gorgeous spring mornings! Happy Easter from Poplar Road. I hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend. Thanks to the new wagon Richard built from scratch for me, I managed to haul four...
View ArticleR and R
Happy Canada Day! I can’t believe midsummer’s eve has passed and July begins on Friday. Where does the time go? Work has consumed us this spring, and June saw two weddings, involving reunions with...
View ArticleOut Of the Weeds
Good morning, campers. Actually, they aren’t up yet – except maybe the ones in tents. Despite forecasts to the contrary, I woke up at 4am to the now familiar sound of showers, and dashed outside to...
View ArticleUNniversary Garden Party
A belated Happy BC Day, everyone! I had a two day work week this week - waiting for my next assignment now - so I have no excuse not to post the photos from our wonderful long weekend. There...
View ArticleHappy
To celebrate my birthday, I made a cheesecake, Richard made me a decadent prime rib dinner, and he agreed (with trepidation) to be my slave for the day to start a new project in the garden that I’ve...
View ArticleThanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving! Yesterday was a gorgeous autumn day, warm sunshine and blue skies. On day two of the new bed construction, after an hour or so wrestling with the “small” rocks as Richard called...
View ArticleMerry and Bright
I don’t know if we’ll get a white Christmas this year, but I know our Christmas holidays will be merry and bright in the company of family and friends. We’re very grateful to be going into this...
View ArticleSilly Me
Yesterday I was convinced spring had arrived. A couple of hyacinths are poking through muddy soil after a mild week, and with daily highs above 10 degrees, the snow in the yard had shrunk to a few...
View Article5th UNniversary Party Prep
It feels like we’ve been working up to this since May. In a way we have, since our sole motivation to get anything done outside these days is the knowledge we’ll have people to show our efforts off to...
View ArticleJust Married
October 7, 2012, in the Valley of Fire near Las Vegas, Nevada. I love you, Richard Sheridan!...
View ArticleHappy 40th to Me
Now that I've mostly recovered from the shock - LOL - of Richard's series of surprises for my birthday weekend, I thought I would share with you how our trip to Las Vegas started: with...
View ArticleSurprise!
Picking up the long weekend wedding story where I left off yesterday, we jumped in the car at 8:30 Saturday morning - a half hour behind schedule - and headed down to the border.I tried to snooze but...
View ArticleWedding Album
Many of you have seen these already on Richard's Facebook page, but for those who haven't, here are our wedding ceremony photos and an account – more for my memory than anything – of our big day.After...
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