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 […]
Read more "And along comes summer 2023"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
Read more "Coming soon: So along comes Summer"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 […]
Read more "Spring 2023"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, […]
Read more "Quality of life"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 […]
Read more "Summer in and out of the city 2022"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 […]
Read more "Barge Trip in Champagne"The next morning there was a particularly interesting session with the Globe Publisher, Phillip Crawley, about a front page headline referring to the new LIV golf tour. I took part naturally because I have been following the drama of this new Saudi sponsored tour. I also spent a bit of time talking about the arts […]
Read more "Bordeaux Cruise Pt.3 with the Globe and Mail"The last picture of my previous blog, Part 1 of the Bordeaux Cruise sums up how happy we were to arrive at the ship, and how happy we are in general. I love that picture! We settled in our cabin on the Scenic Diamond. If any of you have ever been on a River Cruise […]
Read more "Bordeaux River Cruise with The Globe and Mail Part 2"Charles and I have always wanted to do a river cruise with The Globe and Mail. We read this national paper everyday, both in print or digitally. Over the years we have noted the back page ads promoting trips, but we have never had the right timing, until this year: a special year celebrating our […]
Read more "Bordeaux River cruise with The Globe and Mail"It is the beginning of May, and Charles and I have returned to Toronto after 6 months in Florida. Normally, I would write about the events and activities that we did In Florida in a chronological way, but this time I will work backwards, perhaps just highlighting the special times. Our trip home to Toronto […]
Read more "Travel, Traffic and return to Toronto"
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