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Serendipitous!
Don’t you just love it when you serendipitously, or by chance discover something you were not expecting? We love finding things that way...
Ruth Mcbride
Jan 14, 20217 min read


A picnic in January?!!
Before we went out today Richard spent the morning making phone calls. He usually rules on the phone, but he was having no luck today. ...
Ruth Mcbride
Jan 13, 20216 min read


Vesper....
Usually the word Vesper in most people would invoke a religious connotation,either an evening song, or an evening prayer. The actual...
Ruth Mcbride
Jan 12, 20216 min read


You’re killing me!
My goals for this year were to; 1) walk without a limp 2) get a lot stronger so that I could hit the golf ball further and 3) be able...
Ruth Mcbride
Jan 11, 20215 min read


“Can we just have a day without a crisis?!!!”
The events of this morning had Richard uttering these words. He was frustrated. Newman is challenging him yet again with another...
Ruth Mcbride
Jan 10, 20215 min read


“A big, strong tribe” OR “great people” which is it????
Nanaimo was on our agenda today. We had only driven through Nanaimo on our way up to Fanny Bay on December 1st, and we wanted to spend...
Ruth Mcbride
Jan 9, 20216 min read


Remarkable!
We were amazed that the sun was out all day today and it certainly was “striking and worthy of our attention!” Yesterday the washer/dryer...
Ruth Mcbride
Jan 8, 20217 min read


Nymph...a mythical spirit!
It hard to imagine that for 37.5 years I was up and at my desk, or in my office for the past year, at 8:30am every day! Now I don’t even...
Ruth Mcbride
Jan 7, 20216 min read


Ambivalent!
We were all set to leave Newman this morning for a hike and then the sun disappeared and it started pouring again! It wasn’t supposed to...
Ruth Mcbride
Jan 6, 20216 min read


A One-Two storm punch!
We woke up this morning to yet another huge storm! A high wind warning, with winds gusting to 90km/hr and 50mm of rain....or a one, two...
Ruth Mcbride
Jan 5, 20216 min read


Shampoo, and rinse...!!!
And that was Newman’s day...not mine just mine! I left Richard this morning with the plan for the day to make sure Newman got a shampoo...
Ruth Mcbride
Jan 4, 20216 min read


Xwee Xwhya Luq
Pronounced “zway-why-luck” Meaning “a place that has beauty, beauty, that is not only seen but also felt.” Or in English, Seal Bay Nature...
Ruth Mcbride
Jan 3, 20215 min read


Gargantuous!
The rain calmed down a bit so we decided to the Heritage Forest in Qualicum Beach. The Forest is across the street from the 5th green...
Ruth Mcbride
Jan 2, 20213 min read


Copious, violent, teeming, rapid, relentless, severe, heavy......
......AND TORRENTIAL!!! Don’t you love how many synonyms there are for lots and lots and lots of rain?!! This morning we woke up to...
Ruth Mcbride
Jan 2, 20214 min read


&#%&#%#$%!!!!
Oh ya! Happy New Year from rainy Fanny Bay! Today is a LONG blog post so grab a glass of your favourite beverage in quarantine and...
Ruth Mcbride
Jan 1, 20217 min read


Your not the boss of me!
Well the day has finally dawned! I never thought it would come. At times it felt like time was going in reverse, but here were are...my...
Ruth Mcbride
Dec 31, 20206 min read


Do you think Newman can float?
Noah’s ark was a lot bigger than Newman, and it floated, so why not? Newman has had many adventures, so what’s one more? Have you ever...
Ruth Mcbride
Dec 30, 20204 min read


Waiting for the other shoe to drop....
Nothing surprises us about what will happen next with Newman. Nothing! After all we have been through in the last 56 days of RV living,...
Ruth Mcbride
Dec 29, 20204 min read


A boring day....NO WAY...not us!
I thought today was going to be a bit boring. Working on some retirement stuff this morning, going up to Courtenay for my strength...
Ruth Mcbride
Dec 28, 20204 min read


We stole a day!
That’s the expression Richard uses when we get to do something we didn’t think we would be able to do! Last night after dinner I was...
Ruth Mcbride
Dec 27, 20205 min read
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