travel – The Trials and Tribulations of an Urban Farmer

Timeshare Ending: Let Bygones be Begonias

2 Aug 202023 Aug 2020

A week ago, we checked out of the timeshare we had bought into two decades earlier. A few days later, we signed the forms to exit the perpetual lease that…

A Year of Unplanning

26 Jul 202027 Jul 2020

2020 has been a year of unplanning. Time away and a theatre production in March give way to a lock down. A cruise and engagement party for a loved one…

A Canadian Scenic Safari

5 Jul 20205 Jul 2020

Whenever possible garden tours are incorporated into my vacation planning. I have experienced marvelous gardens on the campus of UBC in Vancouver, British Columbia; Flower Forest and Hunte’s Garden in…

Finding Fairy Trees

15 Mar 202015 Mar 2020

During our trip to Ireland we enjoyed day trips to Wicklow, Glendalough and Kilkenny and to Connemora and Cong. Our guides, Yoann and Michael, pointed out singular trees growing in…

Barbados Revisited: Coconut Court, Flower Forest and Wildlife Reserve

23 Feb 202023 Feb 2020

Our most recent trip to Barbados was in July 2019. I was on leave in February when I spotted a great seat sale and a hotel bargain, so I convinced…

Club Barbados, Resort and Spa and Hunte’s Garden

16 Feb 202023 Mar 2020

Last week I wrote about our first trip to Barbados in 2001. After many years away from the beautiful sun and sand, we finally made a return trip to the…

Inspirations…

Barbados and The Box of Secret Stuff

9 Feb 202024 Feb 2020

I have a box marked “Secret Stuff”. It is from a time before digital images and documents floating in the cloud. It doesn’t really contain secrets but rather memories of…

Garden Crops…

Fish are Garden Friends

19 Jan 202024 Feb 2020

Goldfish arrived in our home in the mid-90s. My oldest daughter was spending some summer break time with her grandparents when she came across an old fish tank in the…

A Garden Trip to Nova Scotia

5 Jan 202024 Feb 2020

I asked my son Gavin if there was some place he would like to go on a family trip. He immediately responded “Scotland!” Although he was in his early twenties,…

A Trip to the Emerald Isle

22 Dec 201924 Feb 2020

The first time I crossed the border I was 23 and we were on our honeymoon. We had time in between hotels and my new husband thought it would be…