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 …
Just before leaving for Barbados, I learned that a museum in upstate New York was hosting an exhibition of Alphonse Mucha’s works, until March 18. So I knew I had to work in a trip shortly after returning home. I asked my intrepid beach travel buddy, Mizz CJ, if she was interested in accompanying me, …
Continue reading The Trip after THE TRIP: To the Hyde Collection
One of the thrills for me on my recent trip to Barbados was meeting and being greeted by a dog during my morning beach/boardwalk strolls. I didn’t meet a lot of dogs on the island but there were 2 (accompanied by their owners) that I saw a few times in the early hours of the …
I flew back to Canada on Friday evening, my 2 weeks in Barbados having come to an end. I have to say that 2 weeks was the perfect amount of time to be away. Last year I felt that 1 week was just too short but I wondered if 2 weeks on the beach would …
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