This was our destination for the maiden voyage of our new (old) Trillium fiberglass trailer. French Beach, about an hour’s drive west.

Our little green house on wheels parked snugly under the mossy green trees.

French Beach is relaxing. The waves crash all day and night on the rocks, making them clatter. Pebbles pool in the [...]

. . . and one to go! Last weekend while we were in Vancouver I knitted and frogged a heel (aka nosewarmer) on scrap yarn until I finally thought I had it figured out. Why didn’t I think of doing that earlier? I looked at a couple of online tutorials and some other patterns and [...]

Happy Thanksgiving, all you Canadians out there. I’m adjusting a bit to the seasons here, on my second time through them, but I’m still not into the swing of Thanksgiving in October. For one thing, it doesn’t seem to be a big thing with the Canadian side of the family, so there’s no impetus to [...]

Sometimes its good to make things without a set goal. Just go by instinct and your emotional response. I was pretty stressed out during September. I think its the long days of running around trying to meet deadlines. By the time I get out of there I’m way more wound up than I should be. [...]