One month today...

I am counting down the days.

We head back to Thailand for the 3rd time,

one month today.

This year we will have a car for those 4 months.

It will give us much more freedom to explore the villages 

and beaches around where we are staying in Hua Hin.

We plan to take longer road trips as well.

This year we are planning to take a side trip to Vietnam.

Who knows where else the winds 

of travel will take us while we are there.

Happy birthday my wonderful son...

Happy birthday to you Jeremy.

It’s hard to believe you were born 44 years ago today.

Where has that time gone?

You have grown up to become such a great guy, 

a really kind and caring husband, a fun and loving dad.

I am very proud to be your Mom.

There are many photos I cherish of our time together,

but this one taken in 1987 still remains one of my favourite ones.

I hope this year is filled with love, joy, health, happiness, wonder and personal fulfillment.

I will see you soon.

My love for reading has always been a constant part of my life.

How I read has changed drastically as I have embraced new technologies.

I still read paperbacks and hardcover books.

I belong to a library here in The Okanagan. 

I read and take out books in their app “Libby.”

I read on my iPad, IPhone and Kindle.

When we travel, it’s much easier to download books on several of my devices, as well as Magazines and Newspapers. 

Wherever I am, I am always able to enrich my life by reading. 

Weekend free of smoke.....

It has been such an unusual spring and now

summer here in the

Okanagan.

First we had the wettest spring on record with some of

the most serious flooding this area has seen.

Right after that, the fire season started with high tempetures and strong winds.

The summer months where filled with hot smokey days.

77 days without rain.

To celebrate one of the clear days we had over the weekend,

we drove the WestSide Road, up to Vernon and

had a lovely picnic along the way.

You definitely can feel that fall is in the air.

I celebrated my 68th birthday on the 13.

How blessed I feel to be so healthy and happy.

Always a bittersweet day for me as I was born 2 days after my

Mom's 25th birthday.

I miss her each day.

 

 

Grade 2

In order to be a dolphin trainer,

you need at least as BSc.

It looks at this point she is

following in her Dad's footsteps.

Who knows what she will want to do by the time she is in Grade 12.

I hope you have a really good

Grade 2 Claire!

 

 

A busy little girl...

She's busy being a kid.

Doing what little girls do, she's growing up.

I was there for her first day back to school.

She only had 1 hour of classtime, back in her grade one room.

Next week she will be full time in her grade 2/3 split.

I will see her again in October before we leave for

our time away in Thailand.