There is nothing that marks the end of summer like closing down the cottage for the year. Depending on the weather this task is usually done during the month of October. We like to pick a nice sunny day in order to make it as pleasant as it can be. One day last week we [...]

Yesterday I went shopping for a new LCD monitor. I have been having difficulty reading my non-LCD five year old monitor for some time now, but I kept putting off getting a new one. The prices for anything electronic are getting cheaper and better but if I kept waiting for a better deal, I would [...]

I love to read and my favourite books are British crime novels. Recently I read Ian Rankin’s first novel about detective John Rebus, which was written many years ago and has been developed into a series of novels by Mr. Rankin. I must have read at least one of his novels over the years [...]

I have downloaded 40 pictures of my trip to Las Vegas and Red Rock Canyon out of the 310 pictures I took during the trip. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to take any pictures of the casinos because cameras aren’t allowed. Anne

My daughter and I are back from our trip to Las Vegas the first of week of June, and I can see why it is one of the top vacation destinations. The pictures I saw of it before I left didn’t do it justice, it was amazing, excessive and flashy. We stayed at the Flamingo [...]

Yesterday was the first day of spring and although it doesn’t feel like spring yet, the weather can only get better in the next few weeks and months. I am looking forward to doing some gardening and going to the cottage in April and May. We had rain yesterday, so there is very little snow [...]

I love that today is the last day of winter and spring will start tomorrow. I don’t like winter and could live without snow, even though I know it is necessary. By comparison to most of eastern Canada, the Halifax area didn’t have such a bad winter. The snow started earlier than normal, but we [...]

It is another sunny and seasonally mild day here on the east coast of Canada in Nova Scotia, and all the snow has melted. I would be naive to assume that we won’t be getting any more snow or cold weather this winter, as we are only at the half way mark, but we can [...]

It appears that the 2008 television season will be a wash out of most of my favourite programs until the writers strike is settled. There may not be any new episodes of my favourites until next year. It is unfortunate timing because the winter is the best time to watch television. I will miss [...]

My son recently sent me about a hundred pictures of himself and his girlfriend, Babe, in Thailand, where they both live. Most of the pictures were taken while they were on vacation around Bangkok on the Chopraya River, at the Lop Buri sunflower fields, at Hua Hin and Kho Phi Phi beaches, and at the [...]