Today’s nature walk was close to home. We’re so fortunate to live just down the street from that treasure known as Colonel Sam Smith Park. I walked in early and just past the water filtration plant, I saw a coyote coming up from the lake.… Read More
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We recently finished this scarlet tanager mosaic and now we’re working on a giant goldfinch. This was made with smalti glass tiles on a plywood ground. Beak to tail this mosaic is about 40 inches long. We tackle all sorts and sizes of mosaic projects.… Read More
It’s been 5 days since her surgery and Ruby continues to recover well. Her incision looks good, and she’s starting to put some weight on her hind left – that’s the knee which has been surgically fixed up. Her appetite is getting better too. She’s… Read More
Our 17 month old Landseer Newf Ruby, or Rubiska as we often call her (the black and white dog in the picture) has been having a problem with her back leg(s) for about a month. We had some x-rays taken and our vet suggested we… Read More
Halong Bay is one beautiful place. I’ll write about it at some length when I get back to Canada. Meanwhile, here’s a taste.
Bye bye wifi for a couple days….we’ll be on a junk in Halong Bay
It was great to get to our hotel after so long traveling. After a shower and a long nap, we headed toward the Opera House on foot. There was a symphony performance about to start so we checked it out. It was an East meets… Read More
It runs along a busy roadway parallel to the Red River in Hanoi for 4 miles and it is spectacular. Nobody at the hotel knew what we were talking about, although I’d bet the people we asked had driven along it on their scooters many… Read More
27th Street 