Why I am I talking about critters in the middle of a renovation series? Because things such as our favourite creatures are what make a house a home.
Tag: B.C.
My Canada, 111/150: Our bevy of gardens
The following gardens are my favourites of those I’ve visited in the country. What others would you add?
My Canada, 82/150: Friend of my youth
To grow up as a girl with ambitions in a Canadian small town meant facing the sneer, “Who do you think you are?”
My Canada, 79/150: Blessed be the B.C. wines
In the B.C. winery beginning, there were monks. And God’s monks, said, “let the earth produce grapes, and our monastery produce wine.” History does not record if God saw that it was good, but that was indeed the beginning of wine-making in British Columbia when Oblate monks first planted grapevines at their Kelowna mission in…
My Canada, 47/150: Totems of art
My particular favourite is The Raven and the First Men, a central installation at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC.
My Canada, 31/150: Guitar in the key of Canuck
Being a poor guitar player has made me appreciate all the more the true masters of the instrument.
My Canada, 5/150: The Pacific Ocean
The sunsets gobsmack me. Each one is different, caressing the ocean, playing in clouds, illuminating island and coastal mountains.
