Where have I been for the last six months????

Well, right now I am in Clearwater Florida visiting a good friend whom I went to high school with and we have remained good friends since.  Now, how many years ago was that??  Too many to mention.

The flight was a long journey but it was fabulous.  I stopped in Calgary for about 7 hours and rented a car and had brunch with my son, Tony.  It was just so wonderful to see him.  He does come home every other weekend but he is there to see the kids and his wife.  Great brunch at a little place along 12th Avenue called Lumiere (I think) - absolutely delicious.

Next leg was to get to Toronto and I stayed the night in Delta Airport Hotel - NOT!!! This is the only hotel in the whole airport row that does not send a regular bus to pick up customers.  We found out after standing at C22 pole for over 30 minutes that we had to phone to get a ride back to the hotel.  Not impressed.  There were 6 people waiting and none of us knew this.  Hmm.....Guess the hotel will not get my vote.

Next stop Tampa Florida and then over to Clearwater, where my girl friend lives.  After getting refreshed, my girlfriend, her boyfriend and I went to a great little place on the water for appies and a drink (2 for 1).  Margaritas!!!!  Ya! Ya!

Today Terry and I went to the Chilhuly Collection and then to the Chilhuly Hot Shop.  Beautiful work and learned at the Hot Shop.  More tomorrow.

In the meantime, I am off to bed - it is 12:30 am here and tomorrow we are off to hike around a little Island not too far from here.  I will have my trusty camera along for the ride and send some pics in the next blog....

April, I miss you

On our way to another ADVENTURE!!!

Mexico, here we come!  Looking forward to the sun and fun and beach and the pool and just relaxing.   I will be taking lots of pictures and not thinking of you!!!

Happy December everyone.  I know I will be enjoying it...

Our furkid is two years old

We took a walk through Green Timbers Park (Surrey BC), saw bunnies, ducks, people.  He was so good, no barking and just kept his nose to the ground, sniffing new smells.  I think GypsyBlu is finally becoming an adult!

What is so interesting??

On a recent walk around Crescent Beach (White Rock) BC I came upon this group of five trying to see through the cracks in the fence.

I wonder what was so interesting???

Just Munching on Dandelions

We were driving along the TransCanada Highway and we spotted this little critter just munching away on dandelions at the side of the road.  He was about 15 feet away from us down a hill so it was somewhat safe to snap a few picks.

He really is a big guy and I am glad he was not up close and personal!!!

We are on a road trip just wandering around British Columbia, Southern Alberta, Montana, Idaho and Washington..  It has been a spectacular trip so far.  Only one day left to dawdle along before heading north to home.

Serenity

Cruising through my son-in-law's garden the other day, I snapped this picture of serenity.  One of my favourite places to just sit and meditate.

Pot-filler spiggit

We toured some very large homes in Punta Mita while in Bucerias and in one of the kitchens, I noticed this funny tap. It is a pot filler. You put your pot on the stove and then just fill from this faucet rather than lugging your full pot across the kitchen. My question: How does one empty the pot after use????????????? You would still have to cart a large pot across the floor to the sink to empty it! Unless of course, you have staff!

It is sort of in the middle of the photo.