but the colors inside are delightful - and I've really no place to train, so let it rain, let it rain, let it rain. I don't honestly mean that, but I cannot imagine I have any control over the weather, so I am turning on the lights and feeling thankful for being dry and warm. And the colors inside ARE [...]
A long time ago, I was lucky to get some very good advice (to paraphrase), "being busy is a good way to avoid looking hard at yourself and your relationships, to avoid peeling the onion." It has been a tough month and a half but we are climbing out the other side and I have some time to peel my fiber [...]
I can now add antelope to my fauna sightings! (The antelope were on the rangeland grazing near cattle.) Our return journey was epic. We drove for 5 days and crossed the continent, checking off time zones and provinces (3)/states (10) along the way. At times it felt a bit grueling but really we had a lovely time. The temperatures were [...]
We saw a moose!!! Moose are the big driving danger here and the subject of many cautionary tales. I did some research and they are a) hard to see especially at dusk, b) less reflective than most nocturnal animals, and c) so tall, they tend to wipe out the driver in an accident. We listened to the warnings and were [...]
This week just flew by! For those of you who are interested in our progress framing, Erik really cranked it out this week. Since I have no framing skills, I spent the week drawing our plans and spinning. Yep, the wheel is together and functioning. And we ate home-cooked dinners. What a relief to be done with road food. Even [...]
