Round the Bay Part I – Salmon Cove & Carbonear

When asked what I wanted to do for Mother's Day by my wonderful husband, I said that I wanted an outing, with hiking, a picnic, some photographs and happy people. He said he could do most of those, but the last one might be problematic, given that The Daughter has turned into The Fiend lately…

Katherine on “The rain…”

Me: Oh hi! K: Can we go outside and play bubbles? Me: Not yet. It's still raining. When the rain stops, we can go out. K: What is the rain doing? Me: The rain is raining. K: What is it doing? Me: It's raining. On The Just.  And on the unjust fella. But mostly on…

My outer child

Often after I finish a largish project, I find myself at a loss as to where to go next. There was a time when this would upset me. Now I look upon it as an opportunity to explore new ideas or paths; a liberation from the constraints of being in the final phases of a…

Beguiled by the sun

Summer is here, as evidenced by the friend I found below. It's my finger, as Katherine won't let any sort of bug on her. We're working on this fear. Part of the treatment is me letting creepy-crawlies amble anbout my person. I have to admit, I'm not much enjoying it. The butterflies and spiders are…

Out and about

The weather has been halfways decent lately (it only rains about 40% of the time), so Katherine and I have been able to meander about Torbay and explore a bit. We walked down to a place called "The Meadows" the other day for an amble. Took Wikket along, at Katherine's insistence. She really likes walking…