The potholes on Renovation Road

Our driveway was never a thing of beauty but, as spring thaw hit, it became obvious we had to add one more big item to the renovation list.

Finding the urban forest

It took a time of isolation for us to discover the urban miracles that are the Toronto ravines.

Our travel menagerie

On our recent travel to London, England, we met a woman was walking her white Scottie dog, whose scarf was a riff on the British flag.

New views on London

The skyline along the curving shores of the Thames is dotted with buildings reaching high into the sky.

A palace that works

A few weeks each late summer and early fall, Buckingham Palace’s west doors open for the State Room tours.

Majestic Mayfair

We stayed in a furnished apartment in Mayfair, dubbed one of the “most expensive districts in London, and the world.”

From royal grounds to city parks

English royal families’ penchant for living on estates surrounded by forested hunting grounds has made modern London a greener place.