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    Totem at Butchart Gardens

    Sooke Harbour looking toward Olympics

    Japanese Garden

    Butchart Garden

    Chef Conference at Sooke Harbour House

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Adventures on Vancouver Island.

At 4:55 am, a few minutes before the alarm is set to blare, I wake up, check the time, and get out of bed.  Today we’re going on a float plane to Victoria Harbour.  And I remember, I’m cancer free.  Wow.  I can hardly stand it.
50 minutes on the recumbent bike and it’s time to [...]

Val’s Portland Chin-Up Tour

Mike calls my trip to Portland this weekend my “chin-up tour.”  We came down for a few appointments on Friday and intended to leave on Saturday morning after fitting in a trip to Powell’s, a walk on the river front, a good meal in the Pearl District and a quiet night in the hotel reading together.
Didn’t [...]

Centraal Station Antwerpen gaat uit zijn dak!

This made me smile and sent chills up my spine. Life is so wonderful if we only remember to stop, smile, and engage.

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Back from Baja

I’m back from Baja with a busted knee and a slight sunburn on my shoulders.  But life is grand and the future is bright.
Being away lets me think about possibilities and potentialities.  Sitting in the sun with a warm breeze off the sea, salt  in the air, and around the rim of my glass, helps, [...]

Snorkeling in the Sea of Cortez

I love to snorkel.  This morning I slept in, drank two cups of coffee — slowly, then learned to drive an ATV.  Off down the dusty road to Shark Shack about 80 km north of San Jose del Cabo.   It was really, really fun.   The whole thing made me smile as the sun [...]