journal

  • Value

    I was scrolling social media the other day and saw a post shared about ‘perceived value.’ The connection that shared this has her own crafty side business going. The example was about a deck. Asking for a quote of a deck build, getting a price back and then asking if…

  • Hikes with Dad

    I grew up on a couple acres at Shawnigan Lake. We could hike from the back of the property, up to the train tracks, which run from Victoria to central island. We would walk up to the tracks when we were kids, and put a penny on the tracks and…

  • Ethel

    My grandma Ethel. If you read the blog ‘chocolate rose’ this is her, and she is the one who shared her piano with us. Recently with Remembrance day, my mom posted this foto of her. She was a nurse, and was excited to be posted ‘overseas’ during the war. But…

  • Believe

    I was wondering this week, how do people learn how to believe? I am curious and it is important to me because I think believing in yourself is probably the single most important thing you can ‘give’ to yourself or do for yourself to improve so many aspects of your…