Spring is in the air

Okay, so it’s the minus numbers and the garden is hidden under snow! I admit that’s true but Saturday we bugged over to Salisbury Greenhouse and just walking in gave the greatest feeling of being in June! Oh, my. What a wonderful sensation. Bright, warm, humid… and flowers! There’s a lushness to these places that…

Back to Kananaskis

It’s been a few years – probably 11 since we were here last. It’s been renovated and a bit of a name change, but it is still one of the prettiest places to spend time. It is not the snowiest part of the mountains, that’s for sure but the snow-topped mountains remind you of your…

It will get cold next week

Listening to the radio on our way to church this morning and they were talking about how the pine beetle infestation was being dealt with by Alberta’s cold weather… 97% of bugs are killed by the cold. Now mind you we’re driving in minus 20 with snow falling and the roads covered in ice and…