Month: November 2014
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The little things in life
Today is still Remembrance Day in Canada, and I spent the whole day being thankful. Because of all the war heroes and veterans before us, I could wake up in Peace. As I went to a local diner today for breakfast, everyone was wearing a poppy, the kind that you lose 6 seconds after you […]
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Lest We Forget
November 11th, our national day of Remembrance. We are ever thankful. I think every child raised in Canada still remembers Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae’s poem ” In Flander’s Fields”. But in case you do not, here it is: ” In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in […]
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Scotland the Brave, Scotland….the home of Outlander
Ok, T- minus 8 sleeps now for the countdown to Scotland! I have visited the lovely United Kingdom 3 times already in my life, and that I can say is that even that, is not enough times! My Mom is a Scottish Lass so we have family all through out, and I am happy to […]
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Le Vieux Pin and La Stella tasting notes
September 10th, 2014 tasting I had a chance to try some of the new releases this year and of course I was impressed with the line up. La Stella and Le Vieux Pin have always been very well structured and serious wines for me, this year was no different, in fact more so! First up […]
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Preparing for travel, with technology in mind
As I gather my list together for what I need to pack and items still to get for the journey, I notice that there is one big difference between when I last travelled to Scotland in 2006 and now in 2014. Technology has blown up, or rather I have come to rely heavily on smartphones, […]
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Our Beautiful British Columbia
I am not a born British Columbian, but I am one in spirit. The summer years of my childhood were spent driving back and forth from a northern Alberta town to the Okanagan Valley for as far back as I can remember. For about 2-3 weeks a year we were in paradise; a clean lake […]
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My ideal job? Duh, Wonder Woman of course!
Today’s NaBloPoMo prompt post was about what brand or organization, real or otherwise would you like to work for? My first initial thought was Wonder Woman. Ever since I was little, I have had Wonder Woman as my role model. I had figurines who were almost bigger than I was, a utility belt and I would […]
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A visit to the Okanagan Crush Pad
It has been almost a year since I was last at the Okanagan Crush Pad in Summerland BC and I was pleased to see so many more changes and a few more residents of the four legged variety! Owners Christine Coletta and Steve Lorne have made a commitment to the land and to producing the best […]
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