Bah spook bug

Every year Halloween rolls around and people spend oodles of time and a smidgen of money “doing it up”. Costumes and house decorating and parties. Last year’s Halloween post even talked about how much money it pumps into the economy.

Every year Halloween rolls  around and we scramble to find something

Something from Nothing

There is a wonderful children’s book called Something from Nothing. It’s by one of my favourite Canadian authors of that genre, Phoebe Gilman. I was reminded of this book recently when I decided to create something from nothing. Once the

#fencepostfriday

Yes I post to Intragram too often and yes I spend a lot of time connecting in social media. While doing just those things today I discovered a new hashtag that I love!

It’s a time sensitive one though as like a

I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff

I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll try to blow your house down said the big bad wind. And try he did. I felt it shaking in the

Kodachrome

As promised this post will be all about colour. The word itself lends itself to a blast from the long distant past brought to by

Black and White

Once upon a time in a land near here there was only one option. That was kind of like when dinosaurs roamed the prairies and I was just born or at least that is how old they all think I am at work. But I digress because really I am here comparing what was and what is. 

The Real List

I always have at least one list on the go, sometimes two. Often when I review them I can get discouraged. Perhaps the 90% positive way to is “look what I did do”. That’s the thought that occurred to me today when I

NHS Twin Falls Tea House

The beauty of the hike to the twin falls area was enough enticement to do the 20 km round trip hike. The icing on the cake was this amazing Historic Chalet that was at the base of the falls.

Points South

It’s awesome when the free National Parks pass inspires a couple to explore their own province and all that it has to offer. Today’s blog is part 2 of the traveler whose Instragram name is

We are all Somebody

It’s hard to make sense of the world at times. The events of the weekend hammer that home. But really it’s the events of any weekend because the trauma comes in many shapes and forms and is rampant around the world.

I read a blog post this evening called Somebody’s Somebody. It was written by