News from The Villa

Wendy and I went for a walk around our little neighbourhood today. It is, by the way, a beautiful sunny day at 10 degrees. As we walked I noted that we’ve had 7 new owners in our Villa since we took possession just 3 years ago. Even as the walked one of the units was…

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…

Sunshine on my shoulder

Winter on the prairies is quite different than the ones I have experienced east of here. I’ve spent winters in Newfoundland – the Avalon Peninsula – and in St. John New Brunswick as well as Southern Ontario, and those winters are dull, cloudy and have a not-so-lovely tone of cloud and darkness. But out here…