Happy birthday!

Today, we celebrate Philip, our second child, who was born on the morning of February 27 when we were living in Listowel, Ontario. Both of our children were born in this little town of 5000 people. He’s a skilled individual, a wonderful father, husband and son. He has a wonderful impact on our lives and…

News from The Villa

How do you decide what colour to paint a wall? When we were buying our lovely home, Philip asked us to pick one colour—our base colour—and he would paint all the walls the same. We landed on Repose Grey, a rather lovely shade, which we have used as our base for matching other things. But…

Family day

Here in Alberta, we celebrate Family Day—in fact, we were the first province to offer this. Now, several provinces hold this holiday. It was designed to give those of us in the cold winters of Alberta to have a bit of a break between New Years and Easter. And is there something better than family?…