We’re home. We’re unpacked. We’re settling in. And as much as I love coming home (after loving being away), there is a time of adjustment coming back. We have plenty of things to be getting done. Projects to start. Projects to finish. Lots of fruit in boxes. And, not least of all, a school year […]
25
Sep
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24
Sep
A day of preparation: laundry loads, baking for the road, packing bags; one last trip out for the perfect souvenir (despite the fact we’ll be back next year); 11 and a half pounds of organic blueberries, picked just “this morning”; an early morning ferry, grandpa and grandma walking on with us for parent’s sanity and children’s […]
20
Sep
We seem to have a new tradition – or at least a slightly enhanced version of an old one. Each year when we come out this way, trading mountain backdrop for ocean, we take a day to drop down to Victoria to visit one of Dan’s oldest friends and his family (now firmly among my […]
19
Sep
Last fall when we took this trip west I overpacked. Needles, wool, patterns….I brought high hopes along with heavy bags. I even brought my ball winder in case a skein emergency struck. I never unearthed super vacation knitting powers and brought a lot of wool home (aided my a generous donation from my mother-in-law’s stash). […]
18
Sep
vacation days and late summer sun
Posted by Rachel Published in beautiful things, family, out of doors, travelling, vacationIt’s been busy days here for us. There was that bout of sickness…Then it spread. But not across the board. Thank God. We said goodbye to Dan for the week. Him to Vancouver for a weeklong course. Parting was hard on us all. The first bedtime was touch and go. We filled our days with […]
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