Well, Spring officially began about 5 hours ago. The images below show what things looked like here a few minutes ago. Whoopee, I love Spring! w00t… 🙂...

…into a brave new palette. I’m up to my neck in drywall filler and dust in 3 rooms, but in my typical “instant gratification” process, just had to paint a few walls that were finished. The first photo below shows the breakfast bay this morning, after the 1980s green...

One of the resources I keep handy for my ever-growing “to-do” list is the Web site for free woodworking plans at Google. These have been created using the very cool Google Sketchup program. I haven’t actually found time to use any of them yet, but Spring is coming (I...

When I get into “renovation” mode poor Subie loses her warm, dry bedroom – doesn’t she look like she deserves a trip to the Oregon coast?… or Phoenix… or Yuma… or Albuquerque…...

In case any of you like using reservation services for trip planning, I’m passing on a warning from the Yukon Tourism Department about a company working under several Web sites targeting Alaska, the Yukon, NWT and Nunavut. A screenshot of the CBC article is below. Note that the same...

Spring is just a few weeks away and I have Travel Fever bad! I find myself spending more and more time with my nose in travel magazines or browsing through travel Web sites and the thousands of photos I’ve taken on past trips. This morning I’ve pulled 15 photos...

It feels good to be back at the unfinished renovation projects at the house we live in. That’s particularly true now with the light of Spring getting closer and closer, since the 2 main projects were begun to get more light into the house. Here are a few photos...

It’s March 9, it’s almost 10:00, and the thermometer is reading -35°C – sigh...

Well, The Weather Network long-term forecast seems to indicate that the cold is about at an end 🙂 There are moose tracks all over the property now (even in the corral), so I was out shovelling waist-deep snow today to create places for our moose to get to new...

Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while have seen many photos of Fraser, British Columbia, that I’ve taken on my drives to Skagway. I’ve now posted some information about Fraser and an album of 23 images taken throughout the year. It will hopefully give...