I am a sporadic blogger at best, but the past few months have been ridiculous. I was overwhelmed by work and exhausted, so I stepped away from the job. Right in time for some travel. So I will use "I have been to interesting places, doing interesting things, with limited internet access" as my excuse for the latest blog silence.
I am home now, and settled for a bit, so it's time for some catching up.
Here's what I've been up to:
I have been married to Mr. Stephen Boyd for 30 years. It has not always been easy, but we have somehow managed to cling together through all of it. This, in our opinion, was worthy of a special celebration. A cruise, at trip to Disneyland, something "big". And what did we decide? Sentimental fools that we are, we decided to go to our honeymoon destination and do it in the style we could not afford 30 years ago. We went to Victoria, BC.
We drove through the mountains, dropping in at Vancouver to spend a couple of marvellous days catching up with our two older progeny, then off to Victoria. We stayed in the lovely Magnolia Hotel and Spa (but did not spa), we ate fabulous food, and we walked our little feeties off. We did not "do" anything. We wandered, we drank wine, we talked. We bought matching PFDs for kayaking. It was AWESOME.
After a couple of days of that, we meandered up the Island to Nanaimo, where I was going to deliver one of the last Master Spinner books that I had marked. That turned out to be a delightful side trip when the our hosts, Liz and Mark, proposed an impromptu kayak trip before a lovely salmon dinner...
We had to leave the paradise of Protection Island and mosey on, but we were going to Qualicum Bay, so it was worth the moseying. We spent the next day wandering beaches in the rain...
...and enjoying the excellent local food at The Shady Rest Pub.
Then it was time to head back to the real world. Back through the mountains and home again, home again, jiggety-jig.
Where we stayed for about 10 days. I had a birthday in that time span, so we ate cake. I weeded the garden. I warped and wove a wee scarf. I cast on a wee shawl. I designed a pair of mittens, which are still progress. I tidied the studio. Nothing very interesting at all. It was great!
Back on the road for the August long weekend, this time to Edmonton. We hung out with family, we raided not one, but two farmers' markets, we visited with friends, and we did the doctor thing for Miss Julia. (Her Juvenile Arthritis appears to be in full remission and all is well there, so it was a good visit.)
Then back home, where I have spent the last 2 days pickling and preserving and baking all the goodies we picked up at the farmers' markets.
Whew!
So, now I knit. And spin. And rest up from all of the "resting" I've been doing.
And blog.
Because now I have TWO blogs.
After much frustration in searching for recipes for sweet treats that do not call for processed sugars or, worse, artificial sweeteners, I have started adapting and inventing my own. And I want to offer them to those who are seeking, as I am, alternatives for diabetics or others who want to eliminate sugar without relying on artificial sugar substitutes. So, because I have so much free time, I have started Life After Sugar. Go check it out when you have a minute.
There is pie.
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