Welcome to Gastown, Part One
Blue Jays weekend games start early out here on the left coast. 10 am! This is seriously cramping my habitual Sunday morning blogging routine! I’m only part way kidding. But I cannot miss an inning of our revamped “all-in” edition of the Jays so...
Roses in December
Author James M. Barrie’s full quote goes as follows: “God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.” I am thinking about the gift that is memory this Sunday morning, my first back in beautiful British Columbia, and one of my first...
Thank You
When you drive down the back roads of Lambton County in the summer, you will come across many places where you will see brilliant, orange Tiger Lilies, or “Ditch Lilies” like the ones in this photo taken at the site of the old S.S. #7 Bosanquet School on...
The Storyteller’s Creed
On a recent work trip, I had the good fortune to drive along one of the most picturesque and rugged highways I’ve ever had the pleasure to travel: The Crowsnest Trail. I traveled the famous #3 from Hope in the west of BC all the way to Cranbrook nearing the...
“Stuff Your Eyes With Wonder” – Ray Bradbury
Growing up, science fiction author Ray Bradbury was one of my favourite reads. He had a special way of taking you places while your hands were wrapped tightly around one of his books. His full quote goes as follows “Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if...
The Little White House on Church Street
This week I was reminded of a recent story by National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson called As The World Turns. This spring Jim crowdsourced photos that depicted transitions. Not just the transitions from winter to spring but also photos that captured that...
“When the materials are all prepared and ready, the architects shall appear” – Walt Whitman
I am in the midst of reading artist and author Emily Carr’s journals and I was surprised to learn that Carr, who painted and described her lush and wondrous British Columbia surroundings so vividly, often struggled to feel satisfied with the results of her work....
Beachcombing
How many of you had your experience of British Columbia’s rugged and wild coast shaped by Canada’s longest running TV Show The Beachcombers? If you were like me, Sunday nights WERE The Beachcombers. Nick, Molly and Relic were like family who visited just...
When Great Trees Fall
Yesterday I had the good fortune to hike the stunning trails of Lighthouse Park with my good friend Kelly. In town for a work trip, we found a free day at the end of a hectic week to do some adventuring up the Sea to Sky Gondola. We then made our winding way down the...About Me
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. Find me on Instagram
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