This morning, I was rushing around trying to get Pip and I ready to leave the house when she came to me in my bedroom. “Mom, come on. There’s a pieda in the living room.” I didn’t understand, but she … Read More
A painting from my book “A Pug Named Pru.” May long weekend. We spent it tiding our yard and hiking around Knox Mountain. Tabs was ill Sat and Sun–she caught a gastro bug at the pool. Mist spent last night … Read More
httpv://youtu.be/aXWFvKMzsrM Fernando and Pip playing in the back yard today. As soon as the big girls get home from school, we will be off to the new water sport centre to try out the surf and wave pools and water … Read More
Oh Fernando… Breed: cross between a mountain goat/Tasmanian devil/Albert Einstein and cheetah. Favourite game: piggy in the middle. You are the piggy–Fernando the black streak that encircles you. You can NEVER catch him, NEVER. Favourite hobby: running straight up the … Read More
Peter in his UBC gowns, holding his darling Pip and his recent teaching award.Pip, kissing her Prince, testing to see if he’ll turn into a frog… Peter tried on his robes to make sure everything was ok before his convocation … Read More
My little Pip. She is so clever. She made a sculpture with her Lego blocks of “Saraus Rock”–an unusual rock formation from the “Land Before Time” movies. And while playing with play dough, she rolled a small piece of black … Read More
Happy Mother’s Day all Moms! The pic is Pippi age 1 on Pender Island BC the summer of 2007. I am in bed with a 39 o C fever. I went to class yesterday because I felt well enough to … Read More
A picnic in a mountain Park. it has been a long week. Mistaya has been home all week with the flu. However, she seems nearly cured except for a cough today. And now I have the bug in my lungs–no … Read More
A view of the lake from in front of our house. And Peter pushing Pip in the stroller after our evening picnic in the forest. We are high on a mountain but I can run down to the water in … Read More
A walk through the ponderosa wood behind our house. It was a warm weekend. Mistaya’s portrayal of a fairy in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” was beautiful. She was exhausted by the last performance on Saturday night. When I picked her up … Read More
ZEN…what’s it good for? I wish life were as simple as being a Buddhist Monk. But as a woman alive today it is not. The demands are great: -shop for and cook healthy, organic, and local meals for one’s family. … Read More
httpv://youtu.be/3r5qMxZ8abg Silver and Fernando, a typical interaction. Silver doesn’t need legs–the cat never seems to use them! He’s the evolutionary step towards a cat like animal that sits in trees all day and never sets a toe on land–a sloth … Read More
Opening night. Mistaya as a fairy. The cast and crew did a great job and delivered a very entertaining Shakespearean play. Opening night jitters definitely affected my fairy. She lost the family tickets, we were late applying her make-up and … Read More
My Pip. She has a little cold. Her big sis Tabs is home again with a sore throat and cough. However, it is very mild and I hope she will return to school tomorrow. Needless to say, our swim night … Read More
Two of my little girls–Pip and Tabs. Tabs is home today with a bad cough, although she will head back to school tomorrow. I took these two little darling organic food shopping. I was ever so pleased to find natural … Read More