Monthly Archives: September 2010

What a day

I have discovered that it is less tiring to go away to work in an office where you work for 8 or 9 hours at a stretch than to be semi-retired.  For one thing, you have a neat(more or less) … Continue reading

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It is funny

or not.  How loneliness just kind of creeps in making one wish for a good long talk.  Not sure just what about. I do know that no one around here is awake enough to talk about anything after midnight. Maybe … Continue reading

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Wrapping it up – mostly

Today I spent my down time at the office labelling and arranging the photos of the last city we visited in Europe.  Barcelona, Spain.  This is a place I wanted to visit specifically to experience some of Gaudi’s architecture.  It … Continue reading

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For those who love fabulous buildings

You really should visit Cordoba.  But maybe visit it in the fall or winter. Unless you enjoy extremely hot temperatures. You can visit it by pictures here – mostly we saw The Great Mosque since we only had one day … Continue reading

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Visiting Gibraltar

Over at Flikr I’ve loaded up a set of photos taken on Gibraltar.  This is a place we visited because of old family ties that drew us back.  I was curious to see this place where my great grandfather and … Continue reading

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More photos

I have finally made it to our visit to our friends Maria and Cipriano Almeida’s home, farm and vineyard in a little town near Seia in Portugal.  The set can be found here on Flikr.  There will be more photos … Continue reading

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Enough

It is 7 am and I sit here listening to the steady rain falling, that has been falling since yesterday morning.  After only two weeks back in rainy Saskatchewan after six weeks of steady sun and heat in dry Europe, … Continue reading

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I used to write

But lately it just seems hard.  It would do me a world of good to write and sort of let out some of the tension that comes from dealing with difficult situations that life has brought my way.  But, I … Continue reading

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Still working on the photos.

I’ve uploaded a bunch more to Flikr so enjoy if you feel so inclined.  Here’s one I like from Carn Brea in Cornwall.

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We really did make it home

…but it has been a busy couple of days.  We spent Sunday in Toronto with Rachelle and Asen celebrating Ronin’s third birthday.  It was a party!  We crossed over to the island on the ferry and had a picnic in … Continue reading

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