Winter has hit Calgary in full force. I generally don’t mind the cold but when it gets to temperatures that freeze your eyes shut and restrict your breathing I have problems. There’s nothing worse than being outside and feeling like you are having an asthma attack because the air is cold enough to freeze your [...]
Archive > January 2008
Rolled Cookies
I shed a little tear today when out of the blue I received a mysterious package in the mail. It was a box full of my grandmother’s cook books — with her handwritten notes throughout. I’ve always thought she could have published her own cookbook. What she could whip together in a pinch with limited [...]
Makenna’s Airplane Adventure
This is one adventure that I seemed to manage to block from my mind until Makenna said something about it yesterday; it’s really her adventure. Makenna is very spirited. She wants to explore and test everything and is currently right smack in the middle of the testing threes. If you so much as utter the [...]
Goose Spit Regional Park, Comox
Rumour has it that Oprah bought the big glass house overlooking the Spit; and, I can understand why. To the west there is a fantastic view of Mount Washington and its snow covered peaks. If you look to the east you might be able to catch a whale or two, or one of the cruise [...]
Rainforest
Above is one of the reasons why I like Comox Valley so much: you can leave Calgary in January (amidst gale winds, snow and killing temperatures) and go to a place where everything is alive and green — and will be for the whole year. I especially love the many rainforests and nature reserves on [...]
