by pattihenderson | Feb 5, 2017 | Weekend Adventures
One of my all-time favourite books is Ann Morrow Lindbergh’s Gift From the Sea. It is an exquisite read! On a two-week vacation by the sea, Lindbergh, a keen adventurer like her husband Charles, writes thoughtfully about the importance of taking time to listen,...
by pattihenderson | Jan 29, 2017 | Weekend Adventures
I’m in the midst of reading poet and author Mary Oliver’s recently published book called Upstream. Oliver is known for her gorgeous poetry that exalts the beauty of the natural world. This equally gorgeous book uncovers the roots of her early love of the...
by pattihenderson | Jan 15, 2017 | Weekend Adventures
The New Year always presents us with a natural point in the busy year to take stock, reflect and perhaps plan for improvements for the coming year. This year is no different. At New Years I went for a lovely, cold, but sun-filled walk downtown Vancouver. I had...
by pattihenderson | Jan 1, 2017 | Weekend Adventures
Happy New Year! I thought I would share with you one of my favourite photos from this year, taken not that long ago in glorious Whytecliff Park. As the sun sets on 2016, I am left wondering, just like many of you, how we survived 2016. It was quite a year! A year...
by pattihenderson | Dec 18, 2016 | Weekend Adventures
Yesterday I had a magical Christmas-y adventure up in Squamish at the Sea to Sky Gondola and lodge. This is perhaps one of my favourite places to visit now that I live out on the west coast. In fact, I have invested in a membership, which is a big commitment for this...
by pattihenderson | Nov 13, 2016 | Weekend Adventures
On a recent ferry ride to Vancouver Island I sat outside on the deck looking out over an angry, dark sky. The usually beautiful Gulf Islands looked particularly lonely on this dreary “wet coast” day. It had been raining all week and I felt more than...
by pattihenderson | Nov 6, 2016 | Weekend Adventures
Twice in my life I have had the great fortune to travel across Canada’s vast prairies, once by train, and again this summer by pick up truck. Both times I was struck by how the often flat landscape could be punctuated by “Prairie Sentinels,” the...
by pattihenderson | Oct 9, 2016 | Weekend Adventures
On this Thanksgiving weekend I am reminded just how much I have to be thankful for. The list is long! And overwhelming. And wonderful. I am thankful for enduring and new friendships, both equally cherished and appreciated. Just this weekend I am thrilled to have dear...
by pattihenderson | Sep 25, 2016 | Weekend Adventures
The day’s presenters came from a variety of fields from education, to sports, healthcare, and technology. The topics of the short talks were as diverse and compelling as the presenters, yet, each year, I find myself seeking a common thread that I can pull at...
by pattihenderson | Sep 11, 2016 | Weekend Adventures
15 years. It seems like yesterday doesn’t it? So much has changed in the world since that day. September 11, 2001. I took the photo above from the top of the Rockefeller Centre in 2009 looking out over Lower Manhattan. The Twin Towers once stood tall behind the...
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.