The Caterpillar Apocalypse - and Lots of Birds!

We spent a full week on Galiano with big plans to tackle lots of projects around the property. That came to a crashing halt as we discovered how bad the tent caterpillar apocalypse had become. I’ll share some of the details, an update on how the gardens are doing and because it’s migration and nesting season, lots of birds!

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Whiskey and Words, Spring on Galiano and Vancouver Sunsets

On Friday night I had bought us tickets to Whiskey and Words, a fundraising event for the Vancouver Writers Fest, before heading to Galiano on Saturday morning for a long overdue trip. We stayed through Tuesday night getting lots of projects done around the cottage, before heading home to spring finally arriving. Wednesday night we went for a nice walk and had an amazing sunset.

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Sun Run 2023 and Some Vancouver Spring Flowers

The Sun Run is the unofficial start to spring in Vancouver, a 10 km race that regularly has between 30-50k participants. Justine had registered with her company team and for whatever crazy reason, on Thursday I signed up too. I haven’t run in over a year and neither of us trained for the run. Despite those factors and the pouring rain, there we were at the start line on Sunday morning…

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