Searching for a card the other day, I stopped in at the Papery on Fort Street (across from the Bay Centre, if you haven’t been there). I saw these cards that were soooo far up my alley, well, a distasteful medical analogy is called for to describe it. I am so predictable. Throw some birds [...]

Never the swiftest of knitters, I only just finished my Monkey Socks about two weeks ago when my mom was here. Interestingly, I can’t seem to photograph the color of these; it just does not seem to be in the gamut of my digital camera. I think it’s called crabapple, and its a lovely variegated [...]

While my mom was visiting, we finally made it to one of the places I’ve been wanting to see for a while: Botanical Beach, up near Port Renfrew. It’s a little jewelbox of a place, out on the tip of the world where the strait opens up to the wide Pacific. Botanical Beach is known [...]

Today was Wild ARC’s “Paws for a Cause” fundraiser. This year I was on the traffic/parking crew; smiling, waving, pointing, and confusing people as they arrived at Royal Roads. Its a really fun event where people walk or run with their dogs. The weather was fantastic, so it was great to spend most of the [...]

Just popping in with a favorite bit of ephemera that recently came to me from Gary’s parents. This is the back (or maybe the front) of a coupon. It’s about 4 cm tall and at that size, the words “peanut butter” definitely hit you a couple of seconds after “Have you tried squirrel?”

This [...]