2023 was a challenging year.  But it was also a year of rebuilding, refocusing and realigning.  By year’s end, significant steps were made and hefty obstacles were

Another Christmas season in qathet has come and gone. The biggest change from last year is that we are actually living on the Bluff. This

Even bears get bored with digging for grubs or stripping blackberries off bushes.  This September we learned an important lesson.  Do NOT leave inflatables out where the

Spring has officially sprung on the West Coast, and I’m starting to feel a sense of renewal and rejuvenation. The days are getting longer, the

One of my favourite things to do in the morning is sit at the breakfast table with a big cup of steaming coffee, plan out

Patience is my middle name. After twenty long months, we were able to move into the Art Studio part of our new house on Twin

The inexorable march of a king tide this past Boxing Day is worth a blog entry. On normal tides there will always be at least

Nothing works quite like hosting an enchanted Christmas forest walk for the neighbourhood to fast track into the festive season. Mitch with some help from

Full Moons from the Bluff From the second floor deck or just in front of the house, we have a perfect view line for rising

The start of a new year is often a time of action, preparing, planning. A fresh start, full of energy. For some reason, this year

It was a true Christmas miracle. As the hour neared midnight, the snow began to fall, and by the time we got up on Christmas

It’s been Mitch’s dream to have a Christmas Enchanted Forest walk through the woods in the back part of our acreage. As soon as we