Do you choose a word to guide you for the year? Last year I chose the word Play. You can read about it here (and there are also some great family photos on that post, too!) It was the perfect word for my first year of retirement. But now it’s time to switch things up.… Continue reading Four things to build Momentum in 2015
Category: Salmon Arm
The Friendship Garden Quilt
Warning: this post is photo intensive! Let me introduce you to The Friendship Garden Quilt! It comes by its name honestly, because it started out life as a bee block! I am part of a Flickr group quilting bee with 5 other ladies. We call ourselves We Bee Canadian. We each make 2 blocks for… Continue reading The Friendship Garden Quilt
Garden Tour
It’s too hot to sew. It’s too hot to dig in the garden. It’s too hot to go for a walk. How about a garden tour? That will cool us off! I know some of my Whitehorse friends have been dying to see what I’m growing down here. My new yard here in the Shuswap… Continue reading Garden Tour
Thrifty Retirement Living: how we saved $1,800!
One of the challenges of early retirement is learning to live within a (smaller than we were used to) fixed income. There isn’t a lot of wiggle room, and making a big purchase means the money has to come out of our investment savings. That’s okay… we’ve built in a buffer to cover the occasional… Continue reading Thrifty Retirement Living: how we saved $1,800!
Moved to tears by the Ural University Choir
Here is something about me that I bet you didn’t know: I love choral music. LOVE it. Did you know about Kathaumixw? Kathaumixw is an International Choral Festival in Powell River, British Columbia. Choirs come from all over the world to participate! And here is something wonderful: every second year, the First United Church in… Continue reading Moved to tears by the Ural University Choir
Going for a Walk
Would you like to take a walk around the neighbourhood with us? I’ll take my camera and snap a few pics along the way. 🙂 Samson is in charge. Which way shall we go today? Right or left? Samson chooses to turn right. Here we go! The water is high this year…there’s no more beach… Continue reading Going for a Walk