I always said I would NOT be a June bride. Shunning cliches and stereotypes has kinda defined my life so when the timing and logistics of a June wedding fell into place, I was a teeny bit grumpy seven years ago. 😛 Being a June bride has meant that most years I am working on…
A few months ago, I went to my very first floral arranging class (a flower crown workshop, to be precise) and I LOVED it. Creating art using a pile of twigs was an energizing but relaxing evening and I loved it. When Sophia’s Flower Shop announced her wreath making workshop on Facebook, then, I was…
Hey, newly-engaged and newly-wed you: have you talked about how you will decide what holiday traditions to start in your new marriage? My husband and I took very seriously the advice to “communicate about everything” but in the six years since we started down the “engaged” path and into the “married” category, we have only…
Watersprite Lake is a newly blazed trail near Squamish loaded with panoramic views, turquoise water, varied terrain, and a cabin built by the British Columbia Mountaineering Club. The Lower Mainland has so many hikes, every hike is a new hike . . . but this one is so new the trail even looks fresh! The first three kilometers…
Yes, I went camping on Zoa Peak. In order for you to fully appreciate the magnitude of this backpack-hike-tent accomplishment, I need you to understand a few things about me: Three years ago I was not even halfway through a six week hospitalization due to complications from a ruptured apendix. It’s not too much of…
We drove the Forest Service Road until we found the 4×4 trail he’d been scouting. The truck made it up 6km and then we hiked in another 2.5km. Epic sunset, careful deer-watching, speedy star-gazing (brrr!), and a mountaintop sunrise crammed into 17 hours of spontaneous backpacking. Aside from the possessed, abundant, and not-so-little mosquitos, it…
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