News from The Villa

The eastern Waters have been with us this week, Jason, Celine, Rachel, Ted, Beth and Bella. The eight of us in this house are tight, but we’ve been doing well. Meals, travel, and family visits have lined up great. Thursday we drove to Jasper, the first time we’ve been there since the fires. The scope…

Things are growing

I continue to be amazed at the miracles of planting seeds and watching what becomes of them. Some seeds are quite large, like peas, but some are like grains of pepper. So tiny and yet look what becomes of them. Leaves that are unique to the type of plant, flowers that are alike to each…

T’is the season

OH, how long we’ve waited!! Waited for those warm nights where we could sit on the back deck and enjoy the setting sun and the quietness of evening. There have been too many evenings where looking through the sliding glass door, unable or unwilling to open it because it was just too cold out. But…