Christmas mood

Wendy was wrapping Christmas gifts last night. Lots of different kinds of paper and lovely gift bags. We love to give gifts – don’t you? There really is something great about the feeling of giving. As she was wrapping, and yes I did help a bit at one point, I noticed our tree in the…

Christmas is coming

Winter has arrived in full force upon the land. The snow is down, and in true Edmonton fashion, it seems like we just get another few centimetres each night – light, dry, and fluffy, but regular deposits upon the ground. This is not Nugget’s favourite time of the year – that’s for sure! He is…

Update from The Villa

July has been wet and cool and yesterday was a repeat. One day it is 29 C and hot and sunny while today it struggled to get to 18 and it was cloudy, rainy and windy (YECK). But that’s this year’s weather. So to my first note on The Villa, it is a hard summer…