…is pretty bleak, or should I say pretty YET bleak today. If I was still working, I’d be very unhappy with January in Southern Ontario, thus far in 2020. For the past 3 weekends, every Saturday has been some kind of weather event – ice storm, snow storm, rain/freezing rain, more snow – it’s like …
Today I got onto my favourite local trail for the first time since coming back from my winter travels to Vancouver Island and Barbados. This is what I saw as I approached the entrance to the trail. Well, it didn’t take me long to figure out why the City was trying to discourage people from …
This post could also have been called: Beware of Falling Into Ruts. Last weekend my pal Mizz K took me out for lunch and to play with makeup at Sephora and MAC – a highly enjoyable pastime, that we have enjoyed before. I picked up some eyeshadow and lipstick that I didn’t need, but that …
Continue reading What Else Am I Missing in Life: a lesson from makeup samples
February was an incredible month for me – and one of extremes. In temperature and geography! You can read about my travels here, here, here, here and here. I started off the month on Vancouver Island, which is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean. After a few short days back at Chez Badass (and work), it was …
Continue reading One Month, Two Oceans: The Changing Seasons February 2019
I’m on Vancouver Island at the moment, visiting with Mizz J and her man, who moved here last September. So, instead of just more of December (colder and with more snow and ice), I thought it would be nice to show what a west coast January looks like. Well, it’s kinda GREEN. Here’s some shots …
Continue reading 50 Shades of Green: The Changing Seasons January 2019
A week from now I’ll be celebrating my 59th birthday. I plan on spending the actual day of at a luxurious spa with some fellow bloggers – 2 kindred spirits I have come to know and befriend. I can’t think of a better way to kick off another year. A week from now I will …
More and more lately I find I am aligning myself towards the natural world, and the changing seasons. I take great pleasure in and greet with wonder this marvelous planet I reside on, daily. And at regularly occurring natural events like solstices and equinoxes, I like to pause for a moment and take stock of where …
In the summer, I do a lot of living on the Badass Rooftop Patio. I love patio life – anywhere, anytime in the good weather. Do you enjoy spending time on the patio? Where is your favourite patio? Rock on, The WB Can you guess my theme for this year’s A-Z Challenge? All of my …
It should be no surprise to anyone that reads this blog or knows me IRL, that I love being by the water. So much so, that I have assembled what I call my Beach Day Kit. Here it is, set up on the sand at Bayfield: Most of my Beach Day Kit lives in the …
Yesterday being the first day of Spring, I took stock of where I was at with respect to the intentions I set at the Winter Solstice. Seemed like an appropriate date, after all. This is where I initially put them, on Ye Olde Blogge: here So here is where I am at, as of this …
