Growing with gratitude for life's challenges
The shores of Lake Huron hold many memories for both Ric and I. He grew up in a small community just outside of Sarnia, Ontario, where the Bluewater Bridge crosses over to Port Huron, Michigan. My family spent many summers cottaging in the area, and my parents retired to the lake. Lake Huron is said […]
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One fountain to keep the fish happy, and one to charm the tourists: (Photos submitted for Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Fountains)
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A year ago, as we sold off the rest of the contents of our house, I was both excited and wary about the path we had chosen. Two-and-a-half years confined to a bed had stripped me of the ability to dream, but my husband was not about to give up. “I will put wheels on […]
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It is the first official week of summer, although steamy weather set in last month. Today there is a break in the humidity, so Ric and I decide to explore local nature. We’ve come to the Strathroy Conservation Area, along the Sydenham River. Recent rains have flooded much of the grounds, so we stick to […]
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A mountainside offers a diagonal view: (Olympic National Park, Washington State, U.S.) A coastal view the same: (Washington State Coast) This sea lion hopes this slope is slippery enough to procure him lunch: (Oregon, US) The delicate lines of a spider’s web intertwined with lacy fingers: (Ontario, Canada) (Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is […]
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It is the combination of trees and rocks and water that holds such allure for me. Here in Muskoka, it is easy to understand how artists such as the Group of Seven were inspired to capture such beauty. The weather has been perfect for our visit on Sparrow Lake, and my body has graciously […]
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North of Toronto, Canada, there is an area of lakes known as Muskoka. Having traveled extensively over the winter, and marvelled at many new and exotic landscapes, we return to the places of our youth with a new appreciation and respect for what we have here at home. Muskoka and the Haliburtons are vacation destinations, […]
Read MoreArizona State University aiming skyward: Totem pole in Sydney, BC: San Antonio – look out below! (Photos in response to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Columns and Vertical Lines.)
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Four-hundred and fifty square feet has defined our living quarters for the past year. Less space when we are on the road with the slides pulled in. Front to back, the motor home is forty-one feet. It is less than half of the size of our former home, which was a considerable downsize from the […]
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It is easy to engage in surroundings when vacationing: all travellers belong, having escaped (even if momentarily) their scripted lives. We project friendliness onto strangers – mothers meeting outside our day-to-day – have new things to discuss. Dare to confess concerns, or approach the personal, and the shunning is immediate. Only peripheral conversations are expected […]
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One Woman's Quest II 