Mom and Dad’s Back Yard

My mom and dad have a lovely little back yard in their Okanagan Valley home. When we visit in the summer we’re always delighted to harvest their cherry tomatoes and sorrel leaves (which we use in sour leaf soup, a recipe from my Dad’s German mom). The quail take shelter here with their adorable little […]

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Winter is here

November has been playing with us, teasing us with spring-like temperatures, and then dumping snow on us, cycling all over again. I think the cold is here to stay, though. The long dark hours and the cold take their toll, and I have a few issues to deal with at home. Sometimes I’m serene and […]

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Welcome to the Café

It’s rollout day at Starbucks today, and I couldn’t resist getting a Peppermint Mocha. Of course it put me in the mood to do some Christmas doodles. Also, I’m rewriting this blog, since my fumbles at learning a new system deleted the first one I wrote! Ah the learning curve of things.

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