We’re going to take a short break from the Maritimes updates (yes, they are going to take a while longer…) as I have some exciting news to share! I have changed jobs, leaving Semtech (Sierra Wireless) after almost 10 years (!) to join my new team at Netgear! I’ll share some more later in the post, along with an update the the week we spent on Galiano at the end of June and beginning of July. It’s exciting times!
Read MoreA Quick Post Before Vacation - More Owls!
We’ve had a busy few weeks and we’re off to Halifax later this evening for a long-overdue vacation. It should be fun. In the meantime, my birthday has come and gone, the owls have had their owlets, the gardens on Galiano are coming along well, and there are lots of bird photos. The usual.
Read MoreA Few Spring Updates
It’s been a few weeks since I posted an update, and while nothing specifically has been going on, it’s been a beautiful start to spring. So I have garden updates, lots of flower pics and some great shots of a pair of mating owls that are here in the city, not too far away!
Read MoreMore Than a Week on Galiano
I had a rare treat this week - I was spending more than a week on Galiano! We came over on a Thursday evening, I and was staying through the following Sunday to manage the Panorama Lane road rebuild. Justine was taking the ferry back on Sunday night, and coming back over on the following Friday night. While I had a busy week of work ahead of me, it also meant I could focus on a number of projects in the evenings.
Read MoreSigns of Spring in Vancouver and on Galiano
I thought I would share the evidence that we’re definitely heading into spring - mostly because Ontario is still in the grip of winter and still getting snow. Not very nice of me, I know…
Read MoreSpring Starts on Galiano
Another short post to catch up on. We were on Galiano the weekend after our visit with Risa in order to get the gardens started and generally keep an eye on things. Lots of pics in this post and very little commentary!
Read MoreA Start to Spring?
After a full three weeks away, we made our first post-snow trip back to Galiano. There had been some storms and other weather, and we were interested to see the state of the place and to start the process of moving from winter to spring. We had lots of projects to do, and it looked like we might have some nice weather to do them in.
Read MoreA Visit from Mackenzie - Part I
For her 18th birthday (last July), we had offered to organize a trip for our niece Mackenzie to come to Vancouver for a week or so. We finally got the trip organized around Christmas time, and she decided she wanted to come out in February - much to our surprise. As it turned out, she picked a good week! We had snow just before she arrived and a high pressure system settled in that gave us cold temperatures and sunny skies.
Read MoreAnother Galiano Trip - Lots of Work to Do!
After getting back from North Carolina late Friday night, we were on the ferry first thing Saturday morning to head over to Galiano. We had been away for almost a month, so we needed to check on the place and get some work done. Plus, our new water tank had been delivered and we needed to get it hooked up.
Read MoreA New Year on Galiano
We arrrived home from Ontario in the evening on New Year’s Eve. we had a relaxing night at home, spent most of New Year’s Day relaxing, and then headed to Galiano on the late ferry to spend a few days on the island before life gets crazy.
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