Aren’t these great colours? I love this combination. No groundhog required. 🙂
Tag Archives: Holidays
A New Year Start in Toronto
My M and I spent New Year’s Day in Toronto, just strolling and having dinner at a favourite downtown restaurant.
As we left the restaurant, there was a great evening view of the CN Tower, dressed in its festive colours.
I hope your year is off to a good start.
Happy 2020. 🙂
Flowers of Republica Dominicana – Part I
Orchids are a marvellous part of the Dominican landscape. 
There are many kinds, including the vanilla orchid that is native to the island. They weren’t blooming when we visited, but here’s a beautiful white one that was.
And one more.
There are many magnificent things in the world; in this 20/20 year, we need to see that.
Greetings from the lovely orchids of Dominican Republic. 🙂
Southern Greetings
I hope your last Monday of the year …
… is a terrific one.
Warm New Year’s greetings to everyone. 🙂
Holiday Scene
I am enjoying the warmth. 🙂
My M on the beach.
Wherever you are, I hope you are enjoying the warmth of family, friends, weather, or the freedom of your own space.
Cheers. 🙂
Tofino, British Columbia
We recently took a short trip to Tofino, British Columbia. It’s famous for its stunning beaches, surf, fabulous old-growth forests, and as a gateway to eco-travelling.
Many people also come to Tofino in the fall to see the storm waves crashing on the shore.
Tofino is on the Pacific Ocean, and the next stop is Japan. Those waves have plenty of time to work up a good head of steam before throwing themselves at the land.
The power of the waves pushed this giant log ashore; a surfer could be a very easy matter.
This beautiful location on the western edge of Vancouver Island is a total jewell.
Greetings from Victoria
Who says Canada is a cold country? A photo from my walk today around Victoria’s inner harbour.
And another from later this evening.
Greetings from beautifully sunny, spring-is-sprung Victoria. 🙂
Greetings from Howe Sound
I am on holidays right now and am taking a little breather to Vancouver Island.
We left this morning via ferry from West Vancouver and are heading to Nanaimo.
Here’s a photo of our crossing through Howe Sound.
We are taking a few days to relax. 🙂
Happy Easter, Happy Spring
Whether you celebrate Easter in a
religious context or just enjoy a secular bunny egg, have a great holiday weekend. 🙂
All these yellow flowers are fabulous. 🙂
Death Takes a Holiday
So I’m stuck in the hospital.
I don’t think it’s too serious but suffice it to say that my heart became a little glitchy on Tuesday morning. Officially, what happened is called supraventrical dysrythmia. Great name, huh? What this means is that electricity wasn’t passing properly through my heart and caused a weak, crazily fast rhythm. Would have outdone the “zoom zoom” kid on the Toyota ads.
It was a really nasty experience. Especially the medication they gave me that stopped my heart and restarted it. When they said that I would momentarily feel like I was dying, they were right.
But the EMTs and emergency people really were fabulous. Without them, I might not be here.
I even got to ride in an ambulance.
Don’t know how long I will be here in hospital, but I’m taking it in stride, even if it can be a little tedious. At the same time, I also realize that I need to be here, to rest and recuperate.
I also realize that I’m re- assessing, too. Stuff that seemed so important three days ago no longer seems very important at all.
I have been tested, poked and prodded and there’s more coming.
But one great thing is that I’ve spent some real quality time with WordPress, reading and reading while at the same time just being taken care of.
From that perspective, it’s been great.
The idea of having time has been great.
There’s nothing like an acute encounter with death to refocus you on the important stuff.
I’m glad he was on holiday.
