Like nomads, but with more stuff

I am trying the 1000 hours outside challenge this year. Given the way the first part of the year has gone, I think I will be happy to reach ...

 Planning my new year goals and one is to get out of my rut. Try new things again. Lockdown has really gotten me out of the habit, even thou...

Last night the aurora was so strong and so high we caught a shot of it from our back yard.  We live relatively close to the downtown area, s...

We got to the campsite around 6pm and top priority was simultaneously setting up the tents and getting the cooking started. Oh, and we had ...

We were lucky enough to get a spot in one of the two community gardens we applied to. Then, after we got that notification Terry found a fe...

A couple of weeks ago we had a very "eh" kind of weekend. We had a lot of chores to do after having neglected the house for sever...

Our date night plans were pretty sedate, then a friend called who also had a babysitter that night and we changed our plans to meet up with...

Early in the week we booked the babysitter. 7:00 pm on Friday evening we're still bantering back and forth "where do you want to g...

This is what we were doing last night This is what Alex was doing last night.  

20. Today I am grateful for the neighbor's teenage daughter who came by last night to offer her babysitting services at a totally reaso...

[Editor's note: this event took place 2, maybe 3 years ago. I edited the post to add labels. Somehow it re-posted as of today. Love tec...

This year we have a membership to the Russian Museum. Between its physical convenience (30 minutes walking, or 25 minutes by metro/walking)...

I can't believe I never wrote about this! On the corner of the street where we live is a beautiful, special occasion type restaurant c...

We're Friends of the State Hermitage Museum. That means that in addition to getting in for "free"* and being able to go past ...

Tonight certainly didn't start off on the right foot. I came home to the news that Alex wasn't sleeping and hadn't wanted to si...

Through a fantastic fortuitous set of circumstances, I finally got to see my second ballet in Petersburg this weekend - and my first at the...