An excuse to draw

In this scholarship, students make cards for wildlife rangers who are involved with protecting endangered species.

If your home is full of strangers, go to the zoo

My landlady wants us out of the house so she can sell it. We actually had this conversation a year ago, but I begged her to let us stay another year so Tara could graduate from high school first. Graduation is in one month and that means no more stalling: we have to go. The […]

What to like about The Butchart Gardens in March

The Butchart Gardens in March offer a mood of dark quiet, wisps of foggy intrigue, and solitude.

Larch Mountain Hike

I managed to get out with my hiking group again on Sunday. Saturdays are sooo busy (this one was my Mt. Hood Cherokees meeting), and the option for Sunday hikes is appreciated. My hike the previous weekend to Poo Poo Point gave me a chance to prepare my body a little, because this hike was 6.8 miles to […]

Sakuracon & Poo Poo Point

Don’t you just LOVE being the right place at the right time?

Friends of the Heart

Originally posted on The Contented Crafter:
If you read this soon after publication, I am on my journey somewhere between the far South of New Zealand and the East Coast of the USA to spend ten days with four other WordPress Bloggers. During this time there will be opportunities to meet up with other bloggers…

Coast Roadtrip: Seattle and home!

“All of the participants run haphazardly around in no particular direction, and everyone wins.”

Coast Roadtrip: Vancouver, BC

Right away M and I could see that people want to live in Vancouver.

Coast Roadtrip: Gardens and Victoria

Two good things about touring the garden today: the grey skies prevented the sunshine washout in our photos, and there were very few people around.

Coast Roadtrip: First look at Vancouver Island

Since we were an hour’s drive away, that meant we had to get crack-a-lackin’!