Archive for June, 2010

A Chance Encounter with a Prairie Chicken

June 27, 2010

During the summer of 2003, we were visiting the book exchange at Lagoon Cove in the Broughton Archipegalo when we struck up a conversation with an older woman. She too was anchored in her modest sailboat while luxury yachts were tied to the marina docks anticipating the arrival of the happy hour celebrations that the marina is [...]

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Strutting my Stuff

June 23, 2010

OK – you have to promise not to laugh. Seriously, no little snickers, covering your mouth with your hand and looking sideways. I have something to confess and frankly, it’s a little embarrassing. In my weekly Feldenkrais class, we have been led through a series of movements to help us become more aware of how we [...]

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Mother Goose

June 7, 2010

One of the things that I love about living aboard is being close to nature. This morning on my way to the washroom building, I was met by these neighbours – several pairs of adult Canada geese with their offspring. How cute! Canada Geese arrive each spring and usually by May, family groups make the [...]

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Silver Lining in Victoria’s Inner Harbour

June 6, 2010

Big excitement yesterday for us as we replaced our rowing dinghy with an inflatable dinghy with motor. We now can explore areas around anchorages without fear of getting caught in tidal currents that take us in the opposite direction that we want to go in. Once we had the inflatable asembled and the engine primed it was [...]

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