“What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood?”Beatrix Potter Can you remember when you first learned to read? What was your favourite book? Series? I remember devouring Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit series. I had the...
“We will open the book, its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called opportunity and the first chapter is New Year’s Day.”Edith Lovejoy Pierce If ever there was a year where we would like to start a New Year...
On Christmas morning 2020 I went for a long, snowy walk through my neighbourhood, searching for signs of Christmas. There was snow…a good start! About 5 inches of the fluffy stuff fell overnight and blanketed this city in white. I live in The Distillery District...
“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”G.K. Chesterton Today is the one year anniversary of my refurbished “Adventures of the Vagabond Photographer” blog. A mere year...
Can it possibly be 40 years since Terry Fox captured our hearts in The Marathon of Hope? It feels like yesterday! I remember following his progress across Ontario. I remember the painful interview on September 1, 1980 when he announced he had to stop his run because...
Hi, I’m Patti, wonderer, wanderer and photographer. During the week I’m a marketer in the publishing industry and on weekends I take to the road to explore this beautiful planet we live on.