{"id":7417,"date":"2023-05-15T00:56:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T00:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=7417"},"modified":"2026-01-15T19:42:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:42:28","slug":"the-joy-of-adventure-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=7417","title":{"rendered":"The Joy of Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"

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 land just south of Cochrane ON. Yes, it’s quite far north – 6.5hrs from Toronto. However, three nearby towns have hospitals; they may actually be on a train line and it is close to a dream come true!<\/p>\n

They plan to take possession in the Spring of 2024 and live “off the grid” there, all year round. It takes my breath away to think of the -50\u00baC temperatures in mid-winter with nothing but a wood fire. I worry about the truck breaking down, the snow becoming impassable, or someone taking ill.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/div>\n

 
Still, my great-great grandmother arrived in Canada from Ireland in 1853. She homesteaded north of Mount Forest, ON with a 13-year-old son and two young daughters. Her husband joined her ten years later. He remained in Ireland to work their passage over. I come from a long line of survivors.<\/p>\n

I wired my son the money on the day that would have been his father’s 74th birthday. I was told that the transfer would take about four days. It took four hours. I have to believe that the powers that be are supporting this adventure.<\/p>\n

In fact this entire week has been a portal of pure Joy….<\/p>\n

1. My youngest has relaid the patio….it looks amazing!!<\/p>\n

2. Jelena finished painting the dining room table. The last piece in my 35-year-old Ikea furniture collection – sofa, large chair, dining room table and 6 smaller chairs. I love it.<\/p>\n

3. I may have found a “doable” route to add 4 basement windows, 1 new front door and 2(maybe) eco-heating systems with rebates and interest-free financing to the house.<\/p>\n

4. My daughter has proposed a holiday to NYC in July to see a baseball game or two, plus a show – The Lion King. We just have to work out the details – another adventure.<\/p>\n

5. I have been able to do a ton of work in the garden!! This is an ongoing garden adventure.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/div>\n

6. My son and my daughter took me out to dinner for Mother’s Day Eve – It was wonderful.<\/p>\n

7. I went for cocktails at my next door neighbours…..initially to discuss eco-heating solutions…..and, well, life in general!!<\/p>\n

8. We prepared a pork roast tonight to be cooked on the smoker tomorrow. This food adventure is coming closer to perfection!! <\/p>\n

The picture – so sorry there is just one (OK, now there’s two) and not at its best. It’s the front garden with the re-position dwarf Iris in bloom. I have to remember to photograph & post the garden more often.<\/p>\n

My slip for the Joy Jar this week has to be the purchase of a piece of Canada!!! – My home and native land!! – Gotta love her and the people who inhabit her – we are all a special breed!! <\/p>\n

Have an adventurous day!! <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-joy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7420,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7417\/revisions\/7420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}