Attila had two consecutive days off work! Monday was a statutory holiday in Canada, leaving us with Sunday and Monday to spend in any way we chose. We visited the little house in the city, leaving the country house mid-afternoon on Saturday, after Attila arrived home from eight hours at work, and arriving at the… Continue reading Retirement Blues
Category: Journal
personal journal
Finland
Here is it Friday, and I have just posted my entry for last weekend! The week has been largely spent on my genealogy project. Attila’s family history hales partially from Finland. Researching his family history has been interesting, I do not speak Finnish! But I have found some lovely people in Finland who are guiding… Continue reading Finland
Innate Desire
On Sunday Attila and I spent a strenuous and happy day at the camp. Attila dug up some of the Periwinkle at the country house, which he transplanted to the edge of the drainage ditch beside the new driveway. With rain predicted all week, we are hoping the Periwinkle will take root and thrive. As… Continue reading Innate Desire
Depth Perception
Yesterday I looked up from my computer screen, and out the window into the trees. I was shocked to find that I felt gratitude, gratitude for visual depth. Yesterday I noticed for the first time, on a conscious level, that I miss depth, I long for it. And not just visual depth. I also hanker… Continue reading Depth Perception
Vacation Plans
For months now I have been checking kijiji for used travel trailers. If the travel trailers are relatively new, people want a lot of money for them; after all they paid a lot of money for them. If the travel trailers are relatively old, people still want thousands of dollars for them. Many of the… Continue reading Vacation Plans