Warning: my beautiful pictures have posted upside down again. I do not understand. sorry for the discombobulation…I hope you will enjoy the post anyway. The early morning air is cool when I step outside and stand for a moment on the front porch. I’m savouring the start of the day, before heat drives me inside… Continue reading Gardening in a Sundress: Retired in the Shuswap
Category: Summer
Watching the laundry dry
My favourite room in the house is my covered porch. It’s a living room, dining room, library and laundry room and solarium all rolled up into one special space. Today it’s the laundry room. I don’t have a clothes line yet. For now, I use a laundry rack. And I dry the sheets and towels… Continue reading Watching the laundry dry
We Arrived!
When we left the Yukon to pursue a new life as early retirees 17 months ago, our plan was that we would return for at least one month every year. Except for that first year. Mr. C travelled back and forth quite a bit doing contract work, but I wanted to experience an entire uninterrupted… Continue reading We Arrived!
Garden Tour
It’s too hot to sew. It’s too hot to dig in the garden. It’s too hot to go for a walk. How about a garden tour? That will cool us off! I know some of my Whitehorse friends have been dying to see what I’m growing down here. My new yard here in the Shuswap… Continue reading Garden Tour
Thrifty Retirement Living: how we saved $1,800!
One of the challenges of early retirement is learning to live within a (smaller than we were used to) fixed income. There isn’t a lot of wiggle room, and making a big purchase means the money has to come out of our investment savings. That’s okay… we’ve built in a buffer to cover the occasional… Continue reading Thrifty Retirement Living: how we saved $1,800!
Summer Thunderstorm
We sit on the porch swing under a crochet afghan thunder grumbles around us lightening sends the rain driving down chill wind brings shivers of delight