Birthday trip of a lifetime

London: Part one I have been writing this blog for 10 years!! And my very awesome birthday is fast approaching February 20. I am not changing the name, Suddenly70.ca, despite the change in my age to 80. Yikes! This is both exciting and scary. I do not think of myself as elderly, not even close. […]

End of summer and a trip to Iceland

It seems I should forget Christmas. For the last two years I have set my table, invited guests who are not with their families, bought lots of food, decorated the living room, and then disappointment. Last year it was Covid. This year, friends had to cancel because of a medical treatment, and I had a […]

Globe and Mail trip continues

Our stay in Venice passed quickly enough and we were excited to join the rest of the group onboard the Emerald Azzura that was docked in the Giudecca canal, at San Basilio, a port for smaller ships. The folks onboard called the Azzura a luxury yacht, in fact for us it was just a small […]

Venice revisited

We decided to go on another Globe and Mail cruise because we enjoyed the last one so very much. It was slated to start in Venice, a city that we have visited two other times. We booked a tour guide to show us parts we hadn’t seen before, and planned to stay in an old […]

And along comes summer 2023

I love summer. Everything is in bloom. Even on a chilly day you can still feel the warmth of the sun hovering in the air. I love my little garden, which is very private surrounded by cedars and a canopy of large trees. The burbling of our fountain, the music we like played by Alexa […]

Coming soon: So along comes Summer

My finger slipped and hit the ‘publish now’ button and my half finished blog/ no pictures and much more to say went out. I am working on it and it will come out soon. Sorry if I inconvenienced you. Riki

Spring 2023

Have you noticed that every year spring comes faster? Well there is spring and there is spring. Quite profound I know, but some years spring in Toronto just doesn’t happen. We go from cold and chilly usually when we return from Florida, to steamy hot. This year spring is really slow to develop. Lots of […]

Quality of life

I often muse about what makes life good. I am now a senior, some would say old, however, I feel like a young woman, well maybe not young especially when I am exhausted after a round of 18 hole golf, or start to feel little aches and pains. I have had a partial knee replacement, […]

Summer in and out of the city 2022

I am sitting in my den in Florida on a very cold for here day. It is Christmas Eve, and the temperature is 30 degrees F or -1 C. It is sunny and should be a beautiful day, albeit chilly. I will soon find my ski jacket and don my woolies and take Oscar for […]

Barge Trip in Champagne

We had booked a barge trip before Covid and finally decided to take it this past summer of ’22 after our Globe and Mail trip to Bordeaux. A little crazy it seemed, but we were already in France and just needed to fly from Bordeaux to Paris to meet up with the Barge people at […]