Last Monday we headed downtown and attended the annual Sechelt Canada Day Parade. Canada Day has traditionally been Sechelt's big event. (Pender Harbour has May Day and Gibsons used to have Sea Cavalcade.) In recent years, the celebrations have morphed and adapted to varying circumstances. We had neighbourhood parades in 2020. We had an Orange… Continue reading 2024 Highlights: Canada Day
On June 27th, the girls (finally) completed their school year. Peter finished the next day (Friday). We've come to realize that we like having some sort of getaway immediately after school lets out; it acts as a kickstart to our summer and lets us feel like we're on holiday right away. So Friday afternoon we… Continue reading 2024 Highlights: Start of Summer (Powell River)
Happy Monday! I had intended to get share this post last Friday but last week turned into a total gongshow. June is always chaotic (at best) in our house but this one has really taken the cake. The weekend before Peter took off for four days and three nights to summit Mt. Baker. This has… Continue reading Quotes of the Week (Vol. 4) and other Life Things
I've never been organized enough to participate in this monthly blog event, hosted by Bookish Beck, but this time I'm getting my act together to give it a go! As I've shared previously, our local library deserves a lot of love! In January, they had extensive flooding from some burst pipes after a heavy snow… Continue reading Love Your Library
Pearl and Rose created a carnival on our front driveway and the prize was this build-your-own-bouquet station. I love the magic they create with an empty driveway and a box of sidewalk chalk. Some other goodness recently: Beach bonfire with good friends. Took Winnie the Dog for a walk and came back to the ultimate… Continue reading 2024 Highlights: Spring’s Arrival
On my walk home from work the other day. It's hard to believe we are already halfway through April. Here on the Pacific West Coast, we've made it through the hardest part of the year, meteorologically speaking. While we'll surely still have rain in the coming weeks and months, the sun is shining more and… Continue reading Some 2024 Highlights and other Goings On
Our girl is 9! Entering her last year of single digits (as she is excited to point out), Pearl is growing like a weed and becoming more her own person every day. She is sweet, quirky, and hilarious. She loves animals (and especially Winnie) and hiking and camping. She's soft but tough and is a… Continue reading Pearl is 9!
Everything nonsense now. Those mourners came up. Hands extended. Sons intact. Wearing on their faces enforced sadness-masks to hide any sign of their happiness, which --went on. They could not hide how alive they yet were with it, with their happiness at the potential of their still-living sons. Until lately I was one of them.… Continue reading Quotes of the Week (vol. 3) and Some Snow Day Pictures
The apostles returned to Jesus, and told Him all that they had done and taught. And He said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a lonely place, and rest a while." For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they went away on the boat to a… Continue reading Quotes of the Week (vol. 2)
Here are a few passages that jumped out at me in my reading over the past week (ok, actually since January 1st): Blessed is the one who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers: but his delight is in the… Continue reading Quotes of the Week
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