For the seventh or eighth or ninth time – I’ve lost count – Steve and I returned to “adult camp” at The Haliburton School of Art & Design (as it is now known). Those who are reading this might be Read More …
I want to start by declaring that I’m grateful and that I was happy to be on vacation (most of which I didn’t pay for)! I know it’s unusual to make this kind of statement but you need to know Read More …
We’re good Canadians. Snow and cold doesn’t keep us indoors, but rain in January just doesn’t cut it, so we found an indoor diversion today – the Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory. A few years ago, we visited the Butterfly Museum in Read More …
This past weekend was a mixed bag of weather and activities, starting with a visit to Humber Nurseries Saturday morning with my friend, Rosanne, where we attended a seminar on how to prepare our gardens for winter. Armed with enthusiasm, Read More …
In 1972 when I was 18, my sister, Brenda, left our family city of Montreal with her husband and baby daughter and moved down the road to Toronto. And that was the last time it was easy for all of Read More …
We left Trevou-Treguignec just before noon on Saturday after a nice chat with Danielle. We found out (a little too late) that we could have visited with them while we were here, perhaps even experienced a pig farm, which they Read More …
The Pink Granite Coast extends much further than the section we explored both times before. Today we tackled a new portion, starting in Tregastel. We parked our car in the same location we parked in for the Aquarium and headed Read More …
The plan was to fit in one more hike before we left but, as it was raining again this morning, we postponed the hike until tomorrow. We’ve been in Trevou-Treguignec for almost a month and, with only 2 days left, Read More …
Today was a red letter day as we were actually up early enough to get to the market by 10:30 (although it is only about a 30 minute drive). The Treguier market is really nice – the best so far Read More …
Today, we headed off in a different direction – southwest of Lannion – and ended up leaving the Cote d’Armour region (where we are living) and touring around a small portion of the Finistere coast which is also rugged, yet Read More …