What a year. A year of blessings, change, and sadness. We were blessed with a precious grandson, our daughter moved very close to us and the family gets together often now. We also had a heinous massacre that hit close to home and a war to follow. It's hard to welcome the new year with … Continue reading For the New Year
It's crazy how time gets away from us. Yes, we were busy producing a grandchild, driving to Denver to help Denver Daughter relocate to Michigan, and return to Sarnia to make up for some lost time with said grandchild. Still, I could have written many posts and I didn't because I fell into a rabbit … Continue reading Spring in Fall
I am sure you all heard of the Red Baron so I will not spend any time introducing him. But did you know that his uncle, Baron Walter Von Richthofen, built a castle in Denver, Colorado during the 1800s? The home, built by architects Jules Jacques Benedict and Maurice Bixco for the Baron in 1886-7 … Continue reading The Red Baron’s Uncle And His Castle
My Denver Daughter (soon to be Michigan Daughter) called me out to come see something in the backyard. At the corner, in the centre of the photo, there was a bird. It didn't move. We inched closer and it just blinked. It was a northern flicker frozen in place. It just stayed there with its … Continue reading Frozen Flicker
We arrived in Denver and got to work right away. Packing, booking shipping pods, strategising logical sequence of operations, were the priorities. We were greeted by a constant buzz. Cicadas. These are not your common cicadas that emerge every 17 years to serenade us. These are the really common cicadas that emerge every year and … Continue reading Snippets From The Road – Packing Up
We are not done telling you about our last trip. We also have many Sarnia updates about babies and rock snakes, but we are on the road again, so both will have to wait a bit. This time, we are on our way to fetch Denver daughter and make her into a Michigan daughter. It … Continue reading Snippets from the Road – What do you do with a hard boiled egg?
Sarnia has a special garden. It is a residential garden designated as a Monarch Waystation. It offers resources that help native butterflies by providing host plants for eggs and larva for a variety of butterflies. The waystation had an open house hosted by Karen Durance, the homeowner. It is just a few streets over from … Continue reading The Chronicles of Sarnia: Waystation #10548
Temperatures around Las Vegas went up a bit so we headed north again. The monumental infrastructure around Hoover Dam unraveled in front of our eyes as we left the highway and made our way down towards the Black Canyon. We went through the extensive security plaza and drove over the dam to the other side … Continue reading Hoover Dam
We wanted to share the news with you all. The hostages are now the proud parents of a little boy, yet to be named, but is already super cute! We are all so very happy and here is a photo for you to go "aww." Oh, and Dad won the baby pool by predicting the … Continue reading The Little Bundle Has Arrived!
This episode of the Chronicles of Sarnia will feature Rocky the Snake. But before we get to Rocky, here is an update on the baby front. Baby is not here yet, but getting very close. We started a baby pool. Not the one you swim in, but rather the one you bet on. Bets are … Continue reading The Chronicles of Sarnia – Rocky the Snake