Travel

Ailsa’s travel theme this week was ‘Breathe‘.  It’s something we all forget to do.   April was a particularly challenging month as I threw my back out right before [...]

May is one of my favourite months of the year. Trees are starting to green up, wildflowers and blossom trees bloom (if we’re lucky), and the weather is usually conducive to playing outdoors [...]

I include a free engagement session with all my full day wedding packages.  It helps the bride and groom get to know me, and vice versa.  After all, if we’re going to be spending a full day [...]

When I saw Ailsa’s travel theme of ‘Grey’, I knew I’d have endless sources of contribution from our recent vacation. Twelve days in Ireland (and 4 in London), and only two [...]

My friend Diane and I had planned a back roads drive to see if we could spot any wild horses.  Unfortunately the former Alberta government, and their infinite lack of wisdom, had authorized a [...]

Calgary has been blessed with a very early, and mild spring. Unlike last May’s blog post, this one brings us brilliant blooms. Reader Rock Gardens is a local legacy park, lovingly restored [...]

Although a year old, the Huffington Post’s Alberta Road Trips: 12 Places To See in 2014 popped into my Facebook feed yesterday.   I was quite delighted to see I’d visited 9 of the 12 [...]

Every year I promise myself I’ll get this out earlier, and every year it seems to get later!  Business has boomed these last few months, so I’m quite delighted to say delays are due [...]

I’d had ‘one of those weeks’ – filled with a bit of self doubt, a bit of procrastination, and a distinct lack of motivation to accomplish much.  I also knew I needed to [...]

Referenced in movies, and heard via the legend of the swallows returning to Mission San Juan Capistrano, I knew it was going to be on our list of ‘must sees’ when in the area. [...]