I am a warm weather person. As a family, we went to Florida in August. I could live in the tropics. How I ended up in the cold of Canada is something I often ask myself. This last week, though, was a warming up week. Everyday that the temperatures nudged up – 14ºC, 15ºC, 16ºC… […]
It’s been a quiet week leading up to a long weekend. Monday is a statutory holiday in honour of Queen Victoria. I’m sorry. I’m a royalist and I celebrate our connections to Britain, if only for the traditions that give purpose and meaning (maybe) to our lives. The 24th of May, or whenever it is
This week, my eldest sent me a text to say that he and his partner had put in an offer to purchase 80 acres of land in Northern Ontario. I had promised him a small sum from his uncle’s estate, for any real estate investment. That small sum, has paid for a sizable piece of
This week, my eldest sent me a text to say that he and his partner had put in an offer to purchase 80 acres of land in Northern Ontario. I had promised him a small sum from his uncle’s estate, for any real estate investment. That small sum, has paid for a sizable piece of
I probably should have said the Joy of new windows, but the disruption of any sort of renovation takes away a lot of the Joy!! Still I have 3 new windows at the front of the house upstairs and the main window downstairs clad in the same colour as the upstairs windows, so I never
I probably should have said the Joy of new windows, but the disruption of any sort of renovation takes away a lot of the Joy!! Still I have 3 new windows at the front of the house upstairs and the main window downstairs clad in the same colour as the upstairs windows, so I never
