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
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
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
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
A hot chocolate face.My darling Pippi was the perfect Starbucks date. She is a Fashionista. She picks out clothes and brings them to me, to help her get dressed. This is her Princess outfit. I met with my supervisor yesterday. … Read More