Kidding Around Vancouver Island

With the sunny hot summer we’ve had on Vancouver Island this year, fruits were ripening extra early, and that meant starting blackberry picking mode not long after BC Day – it’s been going strong ever since.  When we head down to the park, we don’t bring any snacks with us; just grab a handful of [...]

There are walks for all kinds of causes, but our kids and their friends took up a new cause on this particular walk – salamander rescue.  It all began as an early evening stroll along a country road, but we hadn’t gone far when things began to turn ugly.  “Ooooh,” came the cry from up [...]