Join me on a very cozy Sunday. Forest Bathing, Fall Reading and Some Serious Comfort Food.
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An Autumn Closet Overhaul, Paella Dinner and The First Storm of The Season
Join me for a cozy weekend indoors. We’ll pull out sweaters and boots for Autumn and cook up a delicious Paella dinner while the rain falls.
My Pacific Northwest Book Collection
Today I’m taking you into my library and sharing my ever growing collection of Pacific Northwest Books.
Lake to Plate – Pacific Northwest Cooking: Rainbow Trout With Creamed Spinach
Today I’ll be making Rainbow Trout with Creamed Spinach and Homemade Garlic Foaccia Bread. Pacific Northwest Cooking, Lake to Plate.
Wilderness Camping At Plateau Lake
“It is a commonplace of all religious thought, even the most primitive, that the man seeking visions and insight must go apart from his fellows and love for a time in the wilderness.” ― Loren Eiseley Deep in the pine on an unmarked, very rough backroad is Plateau Lake. At an altitude of 1215 m, this…
My British Columbia Bucket List – The Places I Want to Visit
“The combination of high winds, frequent fog and tidal surges makes this coast a particularly lethal one. When boats or planes or people go missing here, they are usually gone for good”- John Vaillant from The Golden Spruce British Columbia. Vast sprawling land. Mountains, islands and seemingly never ending forests. The northern tip of…
What I Pack for A Beach Getaway: A Week In Cabo
We landed at YVR (Vancouver International Airport) at 6:42 PM. I could see low laying fog hovering over the runway from my seat. Just 4 hours earlier we were in Cabo San Lucas; blue skies, sunshine and palm trees. It’s always good to be home though. I spend today cleaning, doing laundry and taking down…
Cabin Living – Labour Day Weekend Photo Essay.
Labour Day Weekend. That time when Summer is slowly letting go and Autumn is soon arriving. The first day of school. The end of hot afternoons at the lake and the familiar scent of campfire. The new moon has appeared tonight and the sun has set the sky ablaze, indigo and crimson as we inch closer…
My August Favourites – Free Yoga, BC Books & The Return Of Baby Phat.
It’s a very hot August day. We just did a power walk and I’m getting ready to make dinner: my version of cabbage rolls with yam mash (recipe blog to come). These are the things I’ve been loving recently. Bye Bye Sun Damage Biologique Recherche PIGM 400 Lotion has been around since the 70’s but…
Camping At Nanton Lake
Human beings are most alive when living in the unknown, for it’s in this place where anything and everything is possible. We got on the road at 5:30 pm Wednesday after work; the truck packed for 5 days of wilderness camping. We boarded the ferry at Horseshoe Bay due North toward Langdale and made…