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from just outside Victoria BC . . . and from sundry other locationsJoannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15808494945671110526noreply@blogger.comBlogger1221125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424004817560458114.post-13907750162218938642020-10-05T13:47:00.003-07:002023-10-30T12:31:22.122-07:00What Emerges--my solo show at the Gage Gallery<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_jxRXaWq8LYdSjGvQWjuZEm2IwYzuiZ0HyrFOoYHZCXM9d1Ly7p7_7P6o-l4W-NTPS4WT7s2Iq-kUCEKVwjiXEhKV5qqoaHIvdyHIVXRRpieXSkgiWfMNkHi3jALeicqKTeaYmziCRg/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_jxRXaWq8LYdSjGvQWjuZEm2IwYzuiZ0HyrFOoYHZCXM9d1Ly7p7_7P6o-l4W-NTPS4WT7s2Iq-kUCEKVwjiXEhKV5qqoaHIvdyHIVXRRpieXSkgiWfMNkHi3jALeicqKTeaYmziCRg/w266-h400/What-Emerges-2020-web.jpg" width="266" /></a></div>Members of the Gage Artist's Collective are scheduled in rotation for a three-week solo show. and finally this week my exhibit opened. It took longer than expected because of Covid. Originally my show was to be in May but it was postponed while the gallery was closed. We reopened in June and now it's my turn.<p></p><p>I decided to call the show <i>What Emerges </i>because the paintings aren't preplanned at all. I start with a feeling and a few colours and begin to paint, not knowing where the painting will end up. Here's what emerged over the past year from the time I was recovering from my knee replacement in September to now. </p><p><br /></p><p> The outside view of the gallery.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqQ_nD1NfEKQ4nK7VY16ueGTKyFmcjr8XZuKNQzzwpyCiXfwxbbjabPQokyiNhPefWB68-pc_Fi98jo6a4NPyiZZmhRPaA17KF1UmS26uiTliVFnLvtLFqzqZnGfZI-cyriL8QaZ6eXk/s640/IMG_2339.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqQ_nD1NfEKQ4nK7VY16ueGTKyFmcjr8XZuKNQzzwpyCiXfwxbbjabPQokyiNhPefWB68-pc_Fi98jo6a4NPyiZZmhRPaA17KF1UmS26uiTliVFnLvtLFqzqZnGfZI-cyriL8QaZ6eXk/s320/IMG_2339.jpg" /></a></p><div><br /></div><div>Some of the walls showing the paintings hung.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0FGqfbNZU9QrI9V1PIQrrF3vQ1lnP2j5SFfGUuVty-NHSG2d19U06znbnd5JDuz__7YclNQHYknrDxiWSP03uV6GpWO7TUD3Y1cZfYK6HXCW0g5sC8zNN5BRCrDnp2bI7YH_3O3jRnE/s640/IMG_2317.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0FGqfbNZU9QrI9V1PIQrrF3vQ1lnP2j5SFfGUuVty-NHSG2d19U06znbnd5JDuz__7YclNQHYknrDxiWSP03uV6GpWO7TUD3Y1cZfYK6HXCW0g5sC8zNN5BRCrDnp2bI7YH_3O3jRnE/s320/IMG_2317.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHa4ppf5u7Gh22T4n7bJdgi37LZY9VXRiXuh7jSqhNk6l2fe6aOhtsVdtpBM3HnmC_WnV_U-x7AHB83ZrD2UdrPg9eyy4n5uSI8eRH5sdnFStCcv_BHRSNlAZTTYrTCChyphenhyphent5J6VA8L4Q/s640/IMG_2311.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHa4ppf5u7Gh22T4n7bJdgi37LZY9VXRiXuh7jSqhNk6l2fe6aOhtsVdtpBM3HnmC_WnV_U-x7AHB83ZrD2UdrPg9eyy4n5uSI8eRH5sdnFStCcv_BHRSNlAZTTYrTCChyphenhyphent5J6VA8L4Q/s320/IMG_2311.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjehSqEz8GlqDreH5nfVORJeDQGWOU0mTvHOdRTrfoGazpopxnbkZwgvV_ecXMA84pmQ7QcJb0tcqjr2LKJnWzK4dpPe8a8j3hPTIdGUln7zgvH1GTQo9A9XAHl0eXovOKlDsA6UqziCAs/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjehSqEz8GlqDreH5nfVORJeDQGWOU0mTvHOdRTrfoGazpopxnbkZwgvV_ecXMA84pmQ7QcJb0tcqjr2LKJnWzK4dpPe8a8j3hPTIdGUln7zgvH1GTQo9A9XAHl0eXovOKlDsA6UqziCAs/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here are a few close-ups of the paintings. They vary in size from 6"x6" to 36"x36" and it was a challenge to hang them so they related to each other. For this show I scaled up my paintings from the smaller sized (12x12 to 24x24) to 24x36 and even 36x36 inches. That's the largest size painting I am able to produce on my easel and painting table in the bay window of our living room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Summer Morning (36x36)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsz8mmpkufnKU6LAfaQ8FE7KS7v2C90YjOFYYVFkuNbT70tcpuE12Khzm4qGkB329i1YtiZFsAkwx-wmjY8Uk6gIDIG_H20rT0WFUhOW30pdYZRmIVkPHHRSdpRksGYrvMG_XMk0xMIOc/s640/IMG_2326.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsz8mmpkufnKU6LAfaQ8FE7KS7v2C90YjOFYYVFkuNbT70tcpuE12Khzm4qGkB329i1YtiZFsAkwx-wmjY8Uk6gIDIG_H20rT0WFUhOW30pdYZRmIVkPHHRSdpRksGYrvMG_XMk0xMIOc/w640-h480/IMG_2326.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Emergence (24x36)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was the first painting I did after my knee surgery.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZS39D7wPQgE1u_BkKFH3Z5kyirzQIV0RYCAKcxqyfVG0x2kJ8DgVkL_1tnlxWIqDFtUQggEr6ec4k0Mt6BUFsny80wGS8WJBZ5PlPbKgLA8Naktu4fNqPYfSzazcXv4HaarhGKEBMlFo/s640/IMG_2328.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZS39D7wPQgE1u_BkKFH3Z5kyirzQIV0RYCAKcxqyfVG0x2kJ8DgVkL_1tnlxWIqDFtUQggEr6ec4k0Mt6BUFsny80wGS8WJBZ5PlPbKgLA8Naktu4fNqPYfSzazcXv4HaarhGKEBMlFo/w480-h640/IMG_2328.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Together and Apart (24x24) </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ECllN3Nlxuq1Rg6mzlmaVGBngrsyFfC8WLIP8MjuR2GeesFp2WgDOizfMJ5SsOAZhrTII_vGDC2Q62X3cMlmom2Lgycl1EtzaXcvOby1Cwh_o1_HKdxYP98xrIKBEaFWdVVqMYcdeCY/s640/IMG_2330.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ECllN3Nlxuq1Rg6mzlmaVGBngrsyFfC8WLIP8MjuR2GeesFp2WgDOizfMJ5SsOAZhrTII_vGDC2Q62X3cMlmom2Lgycl1EtzaXcvOby1Cwh_o1_HKdxYP98xrIKBEaFWdVVqMYcdeCY/w640-h480/IMG_2330.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Incoming Tide (36x36)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCW-Md1qI7wXJK4w0CectnCfYaxC7WlnPSwx5i-BupDh_IBxgaFEnJViW246ccqQFbqCMrsJ9rAtMJ_7YGNs1iIIo6ToDBdNNAqwniWYmU8STKkYOgaUcnsdLSYpN-4Ao_VNZ_JWgRLUw/s640/IMG_2332.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCW-Md1qI7wXJK4w0CectnCfYaxC7WlnPSwx5i-BupDh_IBxgaFEnJViW246ccqQFbqCMrsJ9rAtMJ_7YGNs1iIIo6ToDBdNNAqwniWYmU8STKkYOgaUcnsdLSYpN-4Ao_VNZ_JWgRLUw/w640-h480/IMG_2332.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Blue Rondo (36x18)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRC5ip5vnTy0ibhbWtVRg9r6jrT_EVHt_8qlNgD0_ThpKiAxmKY0Bl8wJ1JRu7KekvzU-JLrnAc3kL2G0RJT2xgh8yCtPgvNv7bqzG46OwXpi32nwDcmuxe_0gB7yYb78YSZ8cNQazVNg/s640/IMG_2333.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRC5ip5vnTy0ibhbWtVRg9r6jrT_EVHt_8qlNgD0_ThpKiAxmKY0Bl8wJ1JRu7KekvzU-JLrnAc3kL2G0RJT2xgh8yCtPgvNv7bqzG46OwXpi32nwDcmuxe_0gB7yYb78YSZ8cNQazVNg/w640-h480/IMG_2333.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Upward Flow (24x30) SOLD</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZeXLlB9fK7j-nJ82rNoue0EDBFBRqUJdbRL4CGD1sqWHvtmJ2VJI7j-jl5NY9g9qpzgpJqn8RHCpGJKY5B_kdzmWIKKu_tLVy0abt_T-x9_iqFrBwghgKKgYrYzGhTNsFvAhBsdI8iJ4/s640/IMG_2335.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZeXLlB9fK7j-nJ82rNoue0EDBFBRqUJdbRL4CGD1sqWHvtmJ2VJI7j-jl5NY9g9qpzgpJqn8RHCpGJKY5B_kdzmWIKKu_tLVy0abt_T-x9_iqFrBwghgKKgYrYzGhTNsFvAhBsdI8iJ4/w480-h640/IMG_2335.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />I found painting these canvasses during the first months of Covid was a very calming and energizing experience. I'm so glad that I had this time to focus on my art and come up with a result that pleases me.<div><br /></div><div><br /><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibrqlNpiZsiLFKy0QYZU2j6rYy8bUVCaKzat_NPmwjviJZLJKuucUcL1BeZsXRVdkWm5r1qenEKhwrkSJ-Ncg2Iuyk-q16UUws9WPRs0SvFRdpNffV1_O58TYl04x70Wh1hOQAo29HrOs/s640/IMG_2336.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibrqlNpiZsiLFKy0QYZU2j6rYy8bUVCaKzat_NPmwjviJZLJKuucUcL1BeZsXRVdkWm5r1qenEKhwrkSJ-Ncg2Iuyk-q16UUws9WPRs0SvFRdpNffV1_O58TYl04x70Wh1hOQAo29HrOs/w480-h640/IMG_2336.jpg" width="480" /></a></p>Here's a final look through the window. Paintings of all sizes and priced from $250 to $600. There are other paintings in the show as well. And it's up until October 18th at the Gage Gallery, 2031 Oak Bay Avenue. They're open Tuesday through Saturday 11-5 and Sundays 12-4 if you want to drop by.<p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424004817560458114.post-48276524012738401012020-09-09T20:02:00.003-07:002020-09-09T20:02:45.344-07:00Evening wanderings<p> It's been beautifully warm the past few days, and that's rare for Victoria. We've enjoyed heading out for walks in the neighbourhood after dinner. Here are a few photos of what we've seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>A view of one of the plots in the community gardens.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtduW_mQ1uqqZP_RP9Bmbf6QTGLoIRIWVs2GoT2FAv1iczfurPvaj5qkSIqWMi1dDYRIl9-nvfOVdE8vyWpyJE4Rhfje39mKJCq6fVD0B3-mUcpqcI1Z6pY8AmSqwU26NyfRyTjo33R4/w300-h400/IMG_2156.jpg" width="300" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A heritage house lit by the setting sun.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg0ox_tjpXKCur9OldzW_AcMy3c4LbNE8T1oR5QPv6-OuYN_0lCDP2Gnpt51TLigcWAEuHElNZY0NvwBqQHkIfxkAw7vKtCfWnsVyFiw7PABAbdA50MujetmINM1hJTSs5IWexxG9o90s/s2016/IMG_2167.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg0ox_tjpXKCur9OldzW_AcMy3c4LbNE8T1oR5QPv6-OuYN_0lCDP2Gnpt51TLigcWAEuHElNZY0NvwBqQHkIfxkAw7vKtCfWnsVyFiw7PABAbdA50MujetmINM1hJTSs5IWexxG9o90s/s320/IMG_2167.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Garden outside another old house, tended by a retired man who works incessantly on it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-kDzvDt0pK_Mygdp178B57_HdXtBFzqZCFyw5sCnb6_TRTkyO8HeoWVlAxjfUPZrD5sGnH4SFXgfSGtzYrrOzoF76186_mtQixFBdVYA5Gze6AvoUxDuNMfyn0EgmtgvlQmqegMq0hc/s2016/IMG_2168.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-kDzvDt0pK_Mygdp178B57_HdXtBFzqZCFyw5sCnb6_TRTkyO8HeoWVlAxjfUPZrD5sGnH4SFXgfSGtzYrrOzoF76186_mtQixFBdVYA5Gze6AvoUxDuNMfyn0EgmtgvlQmqegMq0hc/w480-h640/IMG_2168.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Flowers in the light of the setting sun.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUlz5XP113YVsBBRMtTLG-4AVJtF8-9RjKnOJlfPtUbEOgJLvEkEwQR2MksDV-Ledr7uvo7OrnS_CZgRG5vzawpROJD6XLoPZNleSCEqLU3ff4XdYttBtMR_xyR0leHvLxhOoFUi8MzRE/s2016/IMG_2171.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUlz5XP113YVsBBRMtTLG-4AVJtF8-9RjKnOJlfPtUbEOgJLvEkEwQR2MksDV-Ledr7uvo7OrnS_CZgRG5vzawpROJD6XLoPZNleSCEqLU3ff4XdYttBtMR_xyR0leHvLxhOoFUi8MzRE/s320/IMG_2171.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Victoria High School, built in 2013. Our son's alma mater.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidtIS2lfEZWm9Xtuczv-VrsLILFTO7QA9Y0cSFWTCEM0VgtzfV3BZry0rjvmihwfYT-Ai0cK3o3NiF_p5vBYekTwVzhn7vMEtn0TLK2L5sWBUuefTq3BHb4LgvB5hkivJ8D-OdhYXch24/s2016/IMG_2178.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidtIS2lfEZWm9Xtuczv-VrsLILFTO7QA9Y0cSFWTCEM0VgtzfV3BZry0rjvmihwfYT-Ai0cK3o3NiF_p5vBYekTwVzhn7vMEtn0TLK2L5sWBUuefTq3BHb4LgvB5hkivJ8D-OdhYXch24/w480-h640/IMG_2178.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking west to Victoria's downtown as the sun sets.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwhFWUHEPnrnk3ShJhJRBZTZznyWb8761BBhYYV3d9sSyR4zGpM7immAOd6J9hzON00yvp428hhun-T-D19mqi2VLLNQfg7CGLuUo-t28SKbTavhQaG478FRDqG6NgIHQaJTnLRel41IY/s2016/IMG_2186.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwhFWUHEPnrnk3ShJhJRBZTZznyWb8761BBhYYV3d9sSyR4zGpM7immAOd6J9hzON00yvp428hhun-T-D19mqi2VLLNQfg7CGLuUo-t28SKbTavhQaG478FRDqG6NgIHQaJTnLRel41IY/s320/IMG_2186.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An old fir tree in the front yard of a house on Caledonia Street.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUKb0zqosvi3ZZXllbrcEncxeOkolTB88hz_lRwJKLsr9VGAOPd5SzoNO9lbiD_wXinIEU311mG5L2E64ZzUZbudyffVtDqIH5Elm1o0APqz0n-WfUF-CxXMbpkQnsVuRSnLiHj6DaqDA/s2016/IMG_2188.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUKb0zqosvi3ZZXllbrcEncxeOkolTB88hz_lRwJKLsr9VGAOPd5SzoNO9lbiD_wXinIEU311mG5L2E64ZzUZbudyffVtDqIH5Elm1o0APqz0n-WfUF-CxXMbpkQnsVuRSnLiHj6DaqDA/s320/IMG_2188.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another heritage house with garden.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDy-g5NKm6695-tL4XKg4WbIptsTKcnLMP1sXpo9JQ2Id1_b05v2_pB2jCFwwa4VV09sWwd0B9qSDjLfvvfLTRFCOZJXdaTX4Kay1fTjs6zovSFLRa4sfTN18XsGB-lyHZ0CLOhFRbAew/s2016/IMG_2189.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDy-g5NKm6695-tL4XKg4WbIptsTKcnLMP1sXpo9JQ2Id1_b05v2_pB2jCFwwa4VV09sWwd0B9qSDjLfvvfLTRFCOZJXdaTX4Kay1fTjs6zovSFLRa4sfTN18XsGB-lyHZ0CLOhFRbAew/w300-h400/IMG_2189.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Heading up Yukon Street. Our house in on the left.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6FhoDi8QnNy0iz4PKxHeQ593NI9ilCsnSHq_m4H7ROhYub9d-LEiefDnoGlP-Q82GBqG-C6uitIZoKJRUHWKsgJDhNUnUdZkmy3KAPEppEjNDswbR5pxwq9dbbZjHJPMHT90ReglJW5M/s2016/IMG_2191.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6FhoDi8QnNy0iz4PKxHeQ593NI9ilCsnSHq_m4H7ROhYub9d-LEiefDnoGlP-Q82GBqG-C6uitIZoKJRUHWKsgJDhNUnUdZkmy3KAPEppEjNDswbR5pxwq9dbbZjHJPMHT90ReglJW5M/w640-h480/IMG_2191.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The red house.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGTGvKzsEja8vbmr0pvXfEUrbJ-cEXTjhoAS3_adRXzVNgvg7N_iMbV3H2q-B0kP2ZAQrG2E0EDnUdXvBcLlIneKqQpiuiJuyG38u3rdJe99RDgPqCkR94CDmfGBlEcbT7pSnHVYHPA4A/s2016/IMG_2192.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGTGvKzsEja8vbmr0pvXfEUrbJ-cEXTjhoAS3_adRXzVNgvg7N_iMbV3H2q-B0kP2ZAQrG2E0EDnUdXvBcLlIneKqQpiuiJuyG38u3rdJe99RDgPqCkR94CDmfGBlEcbT7pSnHVYHPA4A/s320/IMG_2192.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The yellow house.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCodjfV3hKgHNIekJwdJitT51u3BoeVM8JZiDgq3i3pHQJnm1WgclIIafeK8QXxnkNhK2NRe0WSlElb0BncI5JW2OZxaq4a_jTCQrEpj-3uWBHFgZsb_T0q3Aehgv7b6LY_pz4muk6ETw/s2016/IMG_2193.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCodjfV3hKgHNIekJwdJitT51u3BoeVM8JZiDgq3i3pHQJnm1WgclIIafeK8QXxnkNhK2NRe0WSlElb0BncI5JW2OZxaq4a_jTCQrEpj-3uWBHFgZsb_T0q3Aehgv7b6LY_pz4muk6ETw/s320/IMG_2193.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The green house (ours).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyi5-sjXu69z_lRE0PUmSVwNKya0I8IeWPhjaAkB3bgwe8Sjqj7Z-WyQnlLdijVreLIvEwha5g6i_GQz-j5oqzcZRgLeXX0Fz8JQZNtom8qN5fK0Rq6Y95tRSLt_1mQxmMEw_ncM2bzs/s2016/IMG_2194.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyi5-sjXu69z_lRE0PUmSVwNKya0I8IeWPhjaAkB3bgwe8Sjqj7Z-WyQnlLdijVreLIvEwha5g6i_GQz-j5oqzcZRgLeXX0Fz8JQZNtom8qN5fK0Rq6Y95tRSLt_1mQxmMEw_ncM2bzs/s320/IMG_2194.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The back patio as the lights come on.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjpgf0ahD5Mq1W_5c-uuEhuc0Pi5sAyysBJwS3h2UTlrBHCdSc30mIwEe2FG0OGmRRa1AqAQHJ_mvIYeKhmyGPolTHo45XTxziBY0cTukPhO0Xp6qBrNOzxqUFEsXDn2E_HOAzOFoA7bg/s2016/IMG_2195.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjpgf0ahD5Mq1W_5c-uuEhuc0Pi5sAyysBJwS3h2UTlrBHCdSc30mIwEe2FG0OGmRRa1AqAQHJ_mvIYeKhmyGPolTHo45XTxziBY0cTukPhO0Xp6qBrNOzxqUFEsXDn2E_HOAzOFoA7bg/w640-h480/IMG_2195.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424004817560458114.post-71490261846024436622020-08-20T11:55:00.000-07:002020-08-20T11:55:01.956-07:00The misty west coast of Vancouver Island<div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjomOeGR1Glkt6xTmzQB9B32pAsh9FOiUxPOmRNlqf77JbeNDSSOQ8r93UEnFdo8bJL-xLvkNFwZbpT1olGEIPv5tgp_Cfcv_jHsdXvOWu_qW32Wn4cg0j99k0XHZQABOeJzb4cogGwKaI/s2016/IMG_1749.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="643" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjomOeGR1Glkt6xTmzQB9B32pAsh9FOiUxPOmRNlqf77JbeNDSSOQ8r93UEnFdo8bJL-xLvkNFwZbpT1olGEIPv5tgp_Cfcv_jHsdXvOWu_qW32Wn4cg0j99k0XHZQABOeJzb4cogGwKaI/w485-h643/IMG_1749.jpg" width="485" /></a></div></div><div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="513" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtkZqx25SVAl0twpGfQzyzlo3v0LZLggMO-PQO20R6uNrO2-bxA3Y77F6HgdsZqPhdylI7flx6priJPQugJo0469wVfqJ5Ci_RhMWXCR1yR90d6kZMB_vcLFR6wYJYEnD-kk2AHmE1qnE/w385-h513/IMG_1812.jpg" width="385" /></div></div><p>We've spent the last few days in a cabin on South Chesterman Beach near Tofino. This has been in the planning stages for about a month since we were offered a home exchange for six days. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It was a great opportunity to take a little trip without leaving our Island home and to spend some time with our friends Paul and Wendy from Comox.</p><p>Like all trips, it's had its ups and downs. We arrived after a long, hot and winding six-hour drive to gorgeous sunny weather and lovely accommodation right across the road from the beach access.</p><p><br /></p><p><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvo224DlDSNAJkK4ID9xIpJX4QGRDT7eYC9JHq1qfIw7Y51Bq6zyLweYCtE6Qh5ebsRPJG7Les3FhPLWVp54JCmMZJIXRKM70zchMMGt2KHpBPM_yVP7Gge9YWFvrRRnWfNKrMJsJmIME/w197-h262/IMG_1712.jpg" width="197" /></p><p><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="text-align: center;">The next morning I took a low-tide sunrise beach walk. South Chesterman is really beautiful. This is a place where lots of people come to learn to surf. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_WDw_qz1wRCL6VrU8M9FYb6ExRAJcYZDioj3beVPzpmx3ZEMzVwar-XB7SBtjeT9SVjDCdrIheGQG7E5a1nR3CwIw4dRjSqcO3J1MVS9Z-pxDhkrknfLAe4r9RHuKkk6lgtnGxvzFcM/s2016/IMG_1773.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_WDw_qz1wRCL6VrU8M9FYb6ExRAJcYZDioj3beVPzpmx3ZEMzVwar-XB7SBtjeT9SVjDCdrIheGQG7E5a1nR3CwIw4dRjSqcO3J1MVS9Z-pxDhkrknfLAe4r9RHuKkk6lgtnGxvzFcM/s640/IMG_1773.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTkMlA25q6qPZ9zL0oSxVLGlXjTNmSV_97yMLCh-dVAs5tt4VivYxAw7l4W0FDW34FNsXJNPX1WPorHfxd5vVNABj8VwngUMxARYUMbFaBm2sKFZ2_hxlOM43qI11pXF_ahnHNjvWJyt8/s640/IMG_1786.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTkMlA25q6qPZ9zL0oSxVLGlXjTNmSV_97yMLCh-dVAs5tt4VivYxAw7l4W0FDW34FNsXJNPX1WPorHfxd5vVNABj8VwngUMxARYUMbFaBm2sKFZ2_hxlOM43qI11pXF_ahnHNjvWJyt8/s0/IMG_1786.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVWYLn5vD25Ay466eD6PZFpOjt0nHVCQ_ZznykwO6AYrNEya3aB-B2b-ZxfohnnimeHy8T810qhK2Z-0O_ZdhVkcFvAgwmw-XFj1N_WSPh-7KOnD6SLq8881BfVv4LNYn7L7lrSntzCs/s640/IMG_1802.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVWYLn5vD25Ay466eD6PZFpOjt0nHVCQ_ZznykwO6AYrNEya3aB-B2b-ZxfohnnimeHy8T810qhK2Z-0O_ZdhVkcFvAgwmw-XFj1N_WSPh-7KOnD6SLq8881BfVv4LNYn7L7lrSntzCs/s0/IMG_1802.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="text-align: center;">Our friends Paul and Wendy arrived the following day. We had time on Sunday to explore Tofino and get dinner ready for them. 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Gorgeous!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The next day we explored Tofino and planned our week. Paul took a bike ride on the cycle path north to Tofino and we had coffee on a patio overlooking the Tofino Harbour. Things are somewhat different with Covid as the communities are being very strict with numbers, masks and protocols. Lots of restaurants and businesses are closed but there are still lots of visitors. This means lineups to get into coffee shops and stores. 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You can see that the weather was changing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezQ4T3VeCoVbZNNiNFBdwwhp-z2fvmVomIz21mdpEBMEgj01Q5qcbRmFOIp5VfUtWyeP64ffC2PpHvlINedorgg7WnP1ssXEmtyNZxo_jute56m5hQmDRPHW7rG3LJLqIzFahTtKOOAo/s640/IMG_1842.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezQ4T3VeCoVbZNNiNFBdwwhp-z2fvmVomIz21mdpEBMEgj01Q5qcbRmFOIp5VfUtWyeP64ffC2PpHvlINedorgg7WnP1ssXEmtyNZxo_jute56m5hQmDRPHW7rG3LJLqIzFahTtKOOAo/s0/IMG_1842.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back to Chesterman we took advantage of the falling tide to walk around the headland to a hidden beach that's accessible only at low tide. It has sea caves and clefts in the rock that you can walk through.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmys4d1OMi0MZzWNNeK0tkY6g79-eMF0ZhLMJ50PxpeXdW4lj5RpDk_wz3xvIF5taAIXVSuknr4FpwatjNO42w2MgW6Z0NhmgInUlPX75WpJf-jeyIxee_ofFi79P2rA-aAPsE5_x2pgA/s640/IMG_1852.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmys4d1OMi0MZzWNNeK0tkY6g79-eMF0ZhLMJ50PxpeXdW4lj5RpDk_wz3xvIF5taAIXVSuknr4FpwatjNO42w2MgW6Z0NhmgInUlPX75WpJf-jeyIxee_ofFi79P2rA-aAPsE5_x2pgA/s0/IMG_1852.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZvtyPp4vbabPMyAzd_vr4ebJe7bGZahAeID6gzRdX7ZO72RGWgavyN-ZOmcBMlrJnNVKIx4oxfNc629Hh1baJiuIXNsUmGnp_IaYwvUuJ9nF2Urf4EZ1vp9gY655UOdt3EoigJdNRXA/s640/IMG_1854.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZvtyPp4vbabPMyAzd_vr4ebJe7bGZahAeID6gzRdX7ZO72RGWgavyN-ZOmcBMlrJnNVKIx4oxfNc629Hh1baJiuIXNsUmGnp_IaYwvUuJ9nF2Urf4EZ1vp9gY655UOdt3EoigJdNRXA/s0/IMG_1854.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJ1wPb929alkDqGDJxR8KwGtjzNIHD-NQI-X99Z388JPvmGhXTFoynYuKtVcZAkDBCbFQIcO3Xd3DwEm6-R4WFy77YbXnpLje2Q0eNvQs_T0Viu5vE1H-WHs9BDclvx2nhqBZcJ0LXOk/s640/IMG_1861.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJ1wPb929alkDqGDJxR8KwGtjzNIHD-NQI-X99Z388JPvmGhXTFoynYuKtVcZAkDBCbFQIcO3Xd3DwEm6-R4WFy77YbXnpLje2Q0eNvQs_T0Viu5vE1H-WHs9BDclvx2nhqBZcJ0LXOk/s0/IMG_1861.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnRr-1MudUFIoQ68qwA_5e9tMhzqRpIG2BHIwCBtiNGjILoVtwqEFiqrOtU_31IPLN-QmSQQ6oXbZvbOmYzI0ZT445JC-0SXiWMlfSPg88f8bcFr1Tw-SsTHhI3U3n8tdugtiVE8-Htg4/s640/IMG_1866.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnRr-1MudUFIoQ68qwA_5e9tMhzqRpIG2BHIwCBtiNGjILoVtwqEFiqrOtU_31IPLN-QmSQQ6oXbZvbOmYzI0ZT445JC-0SXiWMlfSPg88f8bcFr1Tw-SsTHhI3U3n8tdugtiVE8-Htg4/s0/IMG_1866.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXsOM_Z84CoOeybPy06gOcHxWBOuT8cjg753s4pPFRA5ww-Z7dAoNynkOKdTGnndfWANskhv2zA5_nHeji2-x134QCJ8WAHVzMe_OChPQtUEMTKnDRyfm0CcmcqCml3x1Z-3Wemr3bjFY/s640/IMG_1871.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXsOM_Z84CoOeybPy06gOcHxWBOuT8cjg753s4pPFRA5ww-Z7dAoNynkOKdTGnndfWANskhv2zA5_nHeji2-x134QCJ8WAHVzMe_OChPQtUEMTKnDRyfm0CcmcqCml3x1Z-3Wemr3bjFY/s0/IMG_1871.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On our way back Paul went swimming. He's able to do this only because he has a wetsuit. 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So many things have had to be cancelled this past month. First was our July trip to Central Europe planned around four different home exchanges. We kept waiting and hoping that things would open up but when KLM cancelled our June 30th flight we saw the writing on the wall. It looks like we will end up with a voucher that we can use to book something next year. Fingers crossed that some travel will happen by then.<br />
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The other cancellation was our planned trip on the Esperanza up the outside coast of Vancouver Island. This was something that we also hoped might happen but since the itinerary brings us to some remote First Nations villages it couldn't happen. These small communities are taking great caution to prevent transmission of the virus and they remain closed to any visitors. We're on the waiting list to do this trip next summer. Hopefully the company will still be in business.<br />
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Here are a couple of pages. They're just for fun and exploring with no pressure to produce anything.<br />
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The good news this weekend is that Vancouver Island was yesterday declared Covid-free. The last patient has been discharged from the hospital and there have been no new cases for a couple of weeks. We're all cautiously rejoicing but everyone is aware that relaxation of these rules brings the possibility of another surge.<br />
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Meanwhile we're working in the garden, transplanting and moving things around a bit and I've planted some vegetables in pots on the sunny side that are doing well. Gradually we're beginning to invite friends over and it's so wonderful to be able to visit in person after all these weeks alone. We are looking forward to some summery weather so we can enjoy June, July, and August--the best months here on Canada's west coast.<br />
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The goal is to keep cases low while gradually opening up a few businesses and activities. As of this weekend we will be able to "double our bubble"--in other words we can include a couple more family members or close friends in our lives. What a difference this will make.<br />
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Harry's son Ben and his fiancee and my sister will welcome being included in our bubble. We miss them so much.<br />
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The weather last weekend was stellar and I was able to meet with some friends at Beacon Hill Park in the warmth of a sunny Sunday afternoon. We took our lawn chairs and sat six feet apart and chatted for the first time since early March. What a treat. And how it underscored the realization that our social connections are what makes life worth living.<br />
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Over the next few weeks we're hoping that things will open up a bit more. We have a lovely back yard with lots of fresh air and a beautiful fountain--and room for social distancing. We just picked up a case of wine and would welcome you to come for a socially distanced visit. It's been a long time.<br />
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That said, because it's a world-wide thing (still finding it a bit hard to believe) there are many countries in the southern hemisphere that are experiencing this in autumn. My hat is off to them.<br />
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And the neighbourhood is putting on its very best. This is a dear house a few blocks away where a fellow spends all his time making the boulevard garden into sheer delight. This was taken a few weeks ago; now the tulips are taking over. In the summer there are lilies. Seems this guy rents the back suite and puts all his extra funds into bulbs to beautify the sidewalk.<br />
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As for me, I'm still painting in my "studio" in the bay window of our living room.</div>
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I've been taking a really excellent online course to help me find my "authentic voice" and it's been keeping me pretty busy. The painting on the easel is one of the projects she calls the "never ending painting" because every week we have to make substantial changes. I kind of laughed because it feels like most of my paintings are never-ending because I'm always making big shifts and changes. This one has been through a few incarnations over the past five weeks. I'm kind of slowing down with changes because I'm getting attached to this version. The idea though, is to be able to let go of attachments and see what comes next. </div>
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The co-op gallery I'm involved with has been closed since early March but we've taken turns putting paintings into the window. It was my turn to do the display a couple of weeks ago. I had a lot to choose from because I was scheduled for a solo show at the end of May so I've been doing a lot of painting.<br />
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That show is postponed now until maybe September. one will be postponed now, maybe until September. It all depends on when things might be eased up. It's kind of hard to see the paintings with the reflections in the window so here are a couple of photos of two of the larger paintings.<br />
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Although both Harry and I have been busy, the days have a very different feeling to them, mainly because we cannot see our friends. Social networks are part of the fabric of our lives and it is very strange that this is not available now except through the internet and telephone. Like everyone we've been using the telephone more and have even had some Zoom meet-ups. But we're longing for a time when we can actually get together.<br />
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Sending you greetings and our very best wishes for health and sanity at this time when we're all called on to gather our strongest inner resources.<br />
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So from our home on Yukon Street to you, wherever you are, we send greetings and well wishes for your health, safety and sanity. It's a very strange time.<br />
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Victoria has experienced a stretch of beautiful spring-like weather lasting about six weeks. It's been really lovely and although Harry and and I are staying home and keeping away from other people, we have managed to get out for some walks in different areas, always keeping the required 2 meters away from others. We've seen lots of other people getting fresh air, walking dogs, and chatting at a distance, children playing on the deserted streets with their parents close by. After ignoring my camera for weeks I started to bring take some pictures again.<br />
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So I thought I'd share some photos from these walks. <br />
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Chalk drawings on the road.<br />
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A view from along the waterway path in Sidney.<br />
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There are lots of springlike blooms happening here in Victoria. It seems strange that the world continues to unfold as usual while we humans are experience such different times. I am so grateful for the beauty though.<br />
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There are signs that things are different though... like hearts posted on windows to show support for our health care workers. <br />
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And this sign chalked on a path in a nearby park.<br />
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It gives hope that this may not last forever. There is talk that the strict measures adopted here in B.C. may be gradually lessened in months to come.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424004817560458114.post-90012661038329874562020-01-18T10:34:00.003-08:002020-01-18T10:36:42.641-08:00Home to the snow<br />
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We arrived home from Mexico City on Monday to a wind and cold and a skiff of snow and the following day Victoria was blanketed in the white stuff. This is what we experienced from one day to the next. What a contrast!<br />
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Before I leave our Mexico trip behind I want to post a few photos from places we visited around Cuernavaca.</div>
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This is the Robert Brady Museum, the over-the-top home of a rich American collector who lived there until 1986. The house was a former convent and displayed his collection of thousands of works of art, many of them Mexican. The place is exactly as it was when he died in 1986, a private museum for him and his wealthy friends. A great spot for living vicariously.</div>
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This large peacock greeted us as we entered. It was decorated with poinsettias and I believe the flowers change seasonally. You can see the bulldozer starting to remove the plantings in front.<br />
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Because it was just after the Christmas holidays there were very few people visiting. It's only been open for five years so they must have trucked in some pretty large palm trees.<br />
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Eleven years ago Harry and I drove through this area in our old motor home with the two border collies. You can read about that trip <a href="http://tomexicowithmohita.blogspot.com/2008/03">here</a>. Since then this place has continued to attract snowbirds and other international visitors who live here full time. At 5,000 feet the weather is lovely and there's lots for visitors to do. Deb showed us around the three lakefront towns, Ajijic, Chapala, and Jocotepec, each with a malecon along the lake, and each with its own vibe. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424004817560458114.post-52453986125721250292020-01-05T12:06:00.000-08:002020-04-22T13:05:48.632-07:00The city of eternal springtimeWe came to Cuernavaca because I had heard wonderful things about the climate, and after a sultry time at the beach this so-called city of eternal spring seemed like an ideal place to relax for the last part of our trip. Plus Iāve heard itās where many expats live and itās a retreat for rich people from Mexico City. Weāve been here three days now and we really like the place weāre staying. The Posada Antigua is behind a wall on a busy street in Centro with cute little casas spilling down a hill.<br />
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Itās very peaceful and now that Christmas is over there are only a few guests. And the weather is perfect: cool at night and fresh in the morning, warming up by 9:00 with an afternoon breeze and warm evenings. </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Weāve seen no sign of expats or language schools like in Oaxaca. Today we took a city tour on a bus looking for some more pleasant neighbourhoods but didnāt see too much of interest. Yesterday we asked a taxi driver to take us to some nice neighbourhoods and he couldnāt think of any. Fortunately weāre in this peaceful spot and there are a few places a bit out of town that sound interesting and the taxis are cheap. </span></div>
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Last night was our last night here and we wandered into a burger and pizza place on the beach for our New Yearās Eve dinner. There were the usual number of dogs wandering about. These dogs look quite healthy and many of them have owners I think. But that doesnāt stop them from looking for the odd handout. At the beach weāve enjoyed watching the surfing school and the Mexican families enjoying the waves. And also the dogs that love playing in the surf.<br />
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Our family holiday is now at and end as my brother and his family and my sister flew back to Oaxaca on the Aero Toucan plane. Weāve had a fun time together with them exploring these two different places.<br />
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Here are some photos of the dogs and of my family. I seem to be unable to position photos using the iPad so theyāre bunched here at the end.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424004817560458114.post-50817512532463665612019-12-30T14:57:00.001-08:002019-12-30T19:45:58.938-08:00Ancient Zapotec ruinsIām having trouble getting more than a few photos onto my blog posts. So here are the images for Mitla and Monte Alban.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424004817560458114.post-65849507494436576792019-12-30T13:40:00.001-08:002019-12-30T14:43:30.942-08:00Zapotec weaving and ancient ruinsOaxaca is at the centre of many villages with centuries-long craft traditions, most notably weaving and pottery. We went to a family weaving cooperative to see the process of making the traditional rugs of the area. It involves carding and dying the wool with natural dyes and then spinning by hand. Itās a lengthy process and it results in an incredible range of gorgeous colours.<br />
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The wool is then woven on looms of different sizes to create scarves, bags, shawls, and rugs of different sizes. This is the largest loom, which creates rugs as wide as eight feet.<br />
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This is Laine with her daughter Calla showing the rug they chose.<br />
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On the same trip we stopped at Mitla to see the Zapotec ruins of a ceremonial centre. This place was built in the 12th C and has decorated walls made from patterns of carved stones.<br />
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The archeological finds in this area go back to thousands of years. We passed one site called Yagul, which was occupied 10,000 tears ago. We also visited Monte Alban, a huge city that dates from 800 BC. Monte Albanās Tomb 7 was discovered in the 1930s and yielded gold, crystal and turquoise artifacts plus pearls and carvings and jewelry. Itās on display in the museum of Oaxaca culture housed in an ex-convent with beautiful vistas of the area.<br />
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The people of this area are proud of their cultural heritage and traditional crafts are still made today. We went to the Sunday tiangui, or traditional market at the village of Tlacolula where I bought a coral world d carving of an imaginary animal. The area is famous for these carvings, known as Alebrijes. The market sold everything you could ever want, from hammocks to hand lotion. And it seems that some villagers here are descended from people who lived in Yagul thousands of years ago.<br />
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We only scratched the surface of the rich history of this fascinating area. We are hoping to come back again and stay longer.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424004817560458114.post-38368700276035481982019-12-28T07:34:00.001-08:002019-12-30T13:37:47.636-08:00Oaxaca glimpsesOaxaca is a beautiful, gentle city with a gorgeous Centro featuring world-class restaurants side by side with humble eateries, dozens of craft shops and art galleries, and an edgy sense of design. We spent five days there and barely scratched the surface. <br />
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Eventually they all converged at the zocalo where some bands set up with marimbas, others with trumpets and other brass instruments. Families wandered around with balloons and sparklers, some visiting the multiple Santas in sleighs to get their photos taken. Others heading up the stairs to the bandstand decorated with lights. We stat at a table under the portales eating tortes and drinking margaritas. The various dancers and puppets and papier-mĆ¢chĆ© lanterns paraded around the edge. It was a wonderful celebration.<br />
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Here we are again in Mexico City. Itās one of our favourite places to visit for a few good reasons:</div>
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Firstly, itās now familiar to us as weāve been here several times in recent years and we know a good, reasonable place to stay in Roma Norte.</div>
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Actually this time we got the best room of this old home converted to a Bed and Breakfast. Weāre</div>
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Secondly, itās so easy to get around using the Metro and the Metro Bus. The Metro was our go-to transit method until this trip. There are currently 12 lines, most of them underground that quickly and easily get you aroundājust as long as you between 10 am and 3 pm when itās less crowded. But this time weāre using the Metro Bus. These bright red articulated buses run on dedicated bus lanes. Line 1 opened in 2016 and there are now seven lines. The cost is about 50 cents and you can tap in with a card. So easy. And fun to bypass lanes of stalled cars in the bus lane.</div>
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Thirdly, thereās the food. From street tacos (choose your vendor from those where people are lining up) to elegant high end restaurants with finger bowls, to trendy eateries, itās all here. Mexicans love seafood and itās trucked in fresh each day. Yesterday I had a sizzling pan full of prawns, lobster, crab, mussels and fish in a delicious saffron sauce. The cost worked out to about 15 dollars, less than you can pay for a hamburger at home. The photo above is our lunch yesterday in a very trendy Roma restaurant. Equally a bargain.</div>
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That leads me to the fourth reason: It a bargain. From food to taxis to accommodation, everything seems very reasonable by Canadian standards. </div>
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And of course, the fifth and biggest reason is the immense number of things to see and do. There are over 100 museums in the city, many of them free of charge. Mexico excels with design and flair. A mix of upscale and indigenous crafts makes everything interesting. Plus thereās a strong hipster vibe in the neighbourhoods weāve been visiting.</div>
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More pics from the free museum</div>
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Harry and I posing at the bottom of some very uneven stairs. This museum was full of ancient paintings and sacred sculptures collected by the owner.<br />
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Yesterday we went to the Casa Guillermo Tovar de Teresa, an old home just around the corner of where weāre staying a beautiful private garden and art pieces and living spaces. The previous owner passed away at an advanced age and the Casa was purchased by Carlos Slim and in now part of the Museo Soumayo. </div>
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These photos were taken in Roma and Condesa. Weāll be exploring these two neighbourhoods again tomorrow.<br />
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I went to a one-day collage course today at the Vancouver Island School of Art. It was a super fun and kind of a revelation of different ways to move with my painting. I now see there are lots of ways to add texture and subtlety to my painting. <br />
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The instructor Tony Bounsall did a great job of introducing many different approaches and techniques. All materials were provided and we used acrylic paints plus india ink plus gesso plus acrylic mediums plus tissue papers and deli papers to create the finished product. To start he had us choose a letter and create two simple designs. I chose "A" and "e" and Im quite pleased with what emerged. These are on 11x14 inch hardboard.<br />
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If it weren't for the fact that I just packed away my studio for our trip to Mexico I would be setting up to do an entire series of letters. As it is though, I'll have to put it on hold until we return in early January.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424004817560458114.post-54258380606215399592019-11-03T19:56:00.000-08:002019-11-03T19:56:40.958-08:00Turning the corner on recoveryIt's now approaching eleven weeks since my total knee replacement surgery--and I'm happy to say that I'm starting to feel like myself again. I turned the corner about a week ago when I was finally able to sleep through the night without pain waking me up. My surgeon is happy with the results, especially the fact that my right leg, which was quite bowed before, is now straight. That pleases me too because it gives me hope that better alignment will improve my walking and my other joints. I have pretty good range of motion in my knee and I'm told that it will continue to improve over the next year or so. Apparently it takes up to two years before the new knee starts feeling and moving like it's part of your body. They didn't tell me that beforehand, but maybe that's a good thing.<br />
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I'm now able to stand and paint at the easel for up to an hour at a time and I'm really happy to be able to do that. We've rigged up a stool with a cushion so I can paint on the high table too. I've started to work in a larger format and it's a different process.<br />
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Here's my latest painting. It's 24x36 and Im quite pleased with it. I'm working towards a group show in February at the Gage Artists Collective Gallery where I'm a member. And a solo show (yikes!) in late May.<br />
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Meanwhile we're planning another trip to Mexico in December. This time we're going with family--my brother and his wife and 16 year old daughter, plus my sister. We'll be in Oaxaca at Christmas time. Apparently it's the centre for some big fiestas then. I'm hoping that I'll be able to walk better with my new knee by then.<br />
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The painted walls of the buildings in Guanajuato cover all the colours of the spectrum but there's more to the city than that.</div>
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It also features a very typical old market building in the centre of town. This woman is obviously there on a shopping trip.</div>
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On our last day there we took a taxi to edge of town to visit an old hacienda that is now open to visitors and events. It was a really peaceful place to wander around in late winter sunshine. </div>
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And here's your cute dog photo to round things out. We are planning another trip to Mexico in December. Heading off to Oaxaca with family over Christmas and then visiting a couple more cities and towns that we haven't yet explored. Mexico is a continual source of fascination.</div>
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The centro contains lots of plazas and pedestrian walkways with restaurants, galleries and coffee shops, not to mention churches and museums and upscale hotels with outdoor bars and restaurants. It was easy to while away a few days exploring here, plus we got to connect with our friend Natalia and her husband who we met for lunch.<br />
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Here's a few photos to show the area. It's very Colonial and pleasant to wander around, poking into old churches and museums. This area is a UNESCO heritage site and well worth exploring.<br />
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Walking down the quiet residential streets rewards you with views of centuries-old doors and window boxes.</div>
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The most prominent feature of the centro is its enormous aqueduct, consisting of 74 arches, built between 1726 and 1738 at the request of the nuns of Santa Clara convent to bring water to the residents of the city.</div>
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The next city, Guanajuato (Pronounced: Gwana-wato) is just a short bus ride away and another world altogether. Guanajuato was built in a narrow valley and the streets are winding and narrow. Many streets are inaccessible to cars, with lots of stairs. Others go beneath the city in tunnels. The historic centre has many small plazas and Colonial buildings. The growth of this city resulted from abundant minerals (mainly silver and gold) mined in the surrounding mountains. Now its wealth comes from visitors who come throughout the year.<br />
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You can see how the city is built up the hillsides with houses painted brilliant colours that only work in a place like Mexico..<br />
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This is the view from our little balcony above a street above a sweet little plaza. And the green window was just beside it. And below a couple more street scenes featuring saturated colours. Our street was one that was traversed by wandering minstrels at night singing traditional songs. There's a lot to experience in this city.</div>
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Here's one of the subterranean tunnels. There are actually sidewalks in these that go for about a mile underneath with stop signs and crossings too. It was ok for driving through but I don't think walking would appeal, even though they have exhaust fans working<br />
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Some streets were very steep and narrow. There's even one called the alley of the kiss because it's supposed to be possible to reach across balconies to windows and kiss someone on the other side. We didn't find that one but the one here on right is pretty tight. That's Harry walking through it back into our plaza.<br />
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Last weekend I was so happy that Harry drove me out to Sidney to have lunch and then go to see an art show by a friend of mine, <a href="http://anitaboyd.com/">Anita Boyd</a>, who is a very cool abstract painter.<br />
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It was great to be able to walk around with just my cane and feel somewhat like a normal person again.<br />
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We had a lovely outing but on Monday morning when it was time for my physiotherapy appointment I could not walk without pain. My physio confirmed that I had overdone it and recommended cutting back on the exercises and and upright activities. By Wednesday I was feeling well enough to set up my art studio (actually the bay window in the living room that can tuck away under a table covered by a tablecloth when I'm not working there). What a joy to pull some paints out and start messing around after more than a month of inactivity.<br />
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But alas, time slipped by and before I knew it, I'd been standing for well over an hour. Way too much for my knee. So once again I'm back to sitting or lying in bed or on the couch icing my knee and working on range of motion exercises. It's a fine balance between pushing hard enough to have an effect and pushing too hard. I am still learning this balance.<br />
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Meanwhile I have a companion to snuggle with me. Little Pippa is here staying with us while stepson Ben and his partner Kande head off to Barcelona along with Ben's mom Heather. I know they'll have a fabulous trip. But equally, Harry and will be enjoying the company of this darling 7 pound Havanese bundle of cuddles.<br />
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I am hoping that by Sunday I'll feel well enough to attend some of the opening reception for the most recent group show at the Gage Gallery. The show is called Freefall and features the work of ten of the gallery artists. My submission is a triptych. I'm quite pleased with the way it looks in the gallery.<br />
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Stop by to see it on Sunday and meet some of the artists. Or else Tuesday through Saturday 11 to 5.<br />
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Monday morning at 6:00 Harry and I arrived at the admitting desk of the Royal Jubilee Hospital. We waited in a circle of chairs around the glass windows enclosing the two clerks. About a dozen people were there. We all carried small bags with basic toiletries and not much else. I brought along my medical care card and a toothbrush and a hairbrush and some clean underwear--but that was it. No cell phone, no makeup, no book, no credit card. Basically just my physical body was there to be operated on. Once I got to the inner sanctum a nurse took away my plastic bag of belongings and it was just me in my hospital gown.<br />
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The surgery went well. All the nurses were very kind and a couple of hours later I woke up in the recovery room. I had a spinal so wasn't really unconscious but I remember nothing beyond the anesthetist injecting a drug into my spine and then telling me I could lie down on the operating table.<br />
I spent another five hours in the recovery room waiting for the lower half of my body to mobilize before they wheeled me onto the ward. I got my bag of belongings back but really the only thing that mattered with my hospital bracelet. Nurses, care aides, and physiotherapists came by but everything was punctuated by the administration of hydromorphone for the pain. For a day and a half my identity was my pain, with a secondary identity of being a "good" patient so I could be released from the hospital.<br />
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And so on Tuesday afternoon I came home with Harry to support my healing. We've been kind of on our own here as there is no followup visit by a nurse or a doctor.<br />
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This is my shrunken world--featuring the foot of my "surgical" leg elevated to prevent undue swelling. Also featuring two lovely bouquets of flowers from friends who have been stopping by.<br />
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My world is regulated by schedules. I ice my leg 4 or 5 times a day, I take my pain medication every four hours, I do my bed exercises two or three times a day, and the same goes for my chair exercises. I also have a schedule for stool softening medication, anti-clotting medication and a medication to protect my stomach from the anti-clotting medication.<br />
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I have to plan my exercises around the pain meds and the icing so as to make the best possible progress in the face of swelling and discomfort. It pretty much consumes my waking hours.<br />
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It's now the fifth day since I've come home and I've had my ups and downs. I reduced the pain meds too quickly one day and had to go back to square one. I've spent an anxious night worrying about infection and deciding whether I should change the bandage. I did that last night without incident.<br />
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In my shrunken world these things loom very large. And my mind doesn't work the same as it usually does. I find myself unable to read more than a few pages at time. And most of my reading time goes to scanning the Knee Replacement Surgery Handbook that I was given at the start of this journey. This book is full of information about what I should and shouldn't do, some of it confusing and at times contradictory. I've been assigned a "navigator" to help answer questions but as usual, my questions seem to arise on the weekends when the office is closed.<br />
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My "nurse" Harry has been incredibly attentive and supportive. He feeds me, fetches ice and water, cleans up the house, monitors phone calls and helps me get organized for a shower. I am so grateful that he is still here in my shrunken world.<br />
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On Tuesday I have an appointment with the Rebalance Physiotherapist and I'm trying to prepare for this. Over-riding all my concerns is the big one of doing enough of the exercises that my knee will recover full range of motion. This is the ever-present concern in my shrunken world.<br />
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Now I've finished icing, gone to the bathroom and finished this little posting. Time to take my pain pills, wait half an hour and do my chair exercises. Wish me luck.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4424004817560458114.post-86461276435107641772019-08-17T14:41:00.002-07:002019-08-17T14:52:25.900-07:00Discovering Puebla<br />
Way back in May I promised to post about the cities in Mexico's high plateau we visited earlier this year. We spent the second half of February exploring these historic cities that aren't as often visited. Our first stop was Puebla, located south and east of of Mexico City, founded in 1531 and features a large Colonial centre. It was founded in 1531 and is now a world heritage site because of its variety of architectural styles ranging from Renaissance to Mexican Baroque.<br />
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Many of the buildings are decorated with the Talavera tiles which are produced in workshops all over the city.<br />
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These tiles are hand-painted with Spanish and Moorish-inspired designs. We visited a couple of workshops and drooled over the beautiful ceramic plates and tiles.Tiles are also used to decorate the traditional kitchens with their wood fired stoves that are found in many of the wonderful family-run restaurants in Puebla.<br />
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Here's the showroom of one of the best-known Talavera workshops. You can see that they do beautiful work. We didn't bring home any dishes though, just a couple of lovely tiles for gifts.<br />
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Puebla also has a several artisan markets with quality work by Indigenous people who live in outlying villages.</div>
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It seems that for centuries they didn't know that there was a pyramid underneath the hill just outside the town. The Spanish built a church built on top of the hill (above left), which you can walk up from the town. On the way up the hill you can look down to see some of the excavations that are still underway. </div>
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The photo above is taken from an arcade on the main plaza beside a pretty church. Cholula is kind of touristy because there are a lot of day trippers from Puebla but we found it a great place to spend an interesting day.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Now that I've started posting again my plan is to do one on a few of Mexico's other high plateau towns that we visited in February. I may have more time in the next few weeks because I am going in to hospital on Monday for a total knee replacement and it will be a few weeks after that before I'm out and about. </span></div>
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The apartment we were staying in was on the sixth floor with a terrace that looked out over the sunset. We enjoyed a couple of dinners there with our friends Liz and Ritchie...when we weren't sampling the amazing restaurants in CDMX.<br />
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It was great to have this place to rest after days of exploring museums, markets, parks and places to eat.<br />
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The only problem was that the elevator was broken the entire two weeks we were there so we had to hoof it up six flights of stairs every time we came in. Let me tell you, at an altitude of over 7,000 feet you really are breathing hard by the time you get to the top.<br />
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Mexico City is huge as you can see from this photo taken from the top of the Latin American Trade Tower. But it's easy to get around with the metro, buses, and taxis, which are all really cheap.<br />
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Here's the famous Tiffany glass curtain on the stage.<br />
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One of the most famous and foodie markets in the city is the Mercado San Juan, just a short walk from our apartment. here you can buy just about anything you can think of to eat, including a variety of insects, which are apparently very popular in Mexico. We chose not to indulge, rather we selected some meats and cheeses on delicious bread.<br />
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They also enjoyed the handicraft markets, the craft museum, the parks and the statuary, and the variety of artistic benches--well we all did. A highlight once again was seeing the larger than life murals by Diego Rivera.<br />
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A couple of time we left the centro and want to Roma Norte and Condessa to walk around. These are upscale neighbourhoods, as evidenced by the dog walkers on the boulevards--and the well-stocked wine stores.<br />
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We didn't see any stray dogs in Mexico City. They were either hanging out with their owners or being taken for walks by professional dog walkers. </div>
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Once again we were entranced by this city of 25 million plus people. There's still more we would like to see there.<br />
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View of the Olympic Peninsula from the float plane. The weather was like this the whole three days.<br />
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The four of us waiting for lunch in a lovely Parisian style bistro called Le Pichet, once we took the bus into downtown Seattle. It almost felt as though we were in France.<br />
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From left to right, me, my sister Jan, and friends Laura and Liz.<br />
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The first afternoon we took a <a href="http://www.viator.com/tours/Seattle/Gourmet-Seattle-Walking-Tour/d704-2956GOURMET">gourmet Seattle walking tour </a>and visited six different restaurants serving fabulous food and drink. My favourite was (I think) the clam chowder at the Steelhead Cafe, made from Alaska razor clams with truffle oil. Or maybe it was the sourdough pasta. Or maybe Orfeo's polenta with steak and wine reduction sauce. Hard to say. It was all fabulous. Plus we got some recommendations for other go-to eating spots. This is our guide holding forth at the Steelhead cafe.<br />
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After an afternoon of eating we took a walk around the Pike Place market and then retreated to our condo for some rest and relaxation. Here are the girls hanging out in Belltown looking out onto leafy oak trees. It was a great location, halfway between the Space Needle and the Pike Place Market.<br />
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There were several highlights the next day, including shopping at Macy's, Saks 5th Avenue discount store, and Nordstrom's Rack. Everyone purchased a little something. For me the <a href="https://www.chihulygardenandglass.com/">Chihuly Glass Museum and Garden</a> was stellar. I've seen some of his glass art in other gardens but this purpose-built museum showed every aspect of his astounding creativity with glass from chandeliers, to installations in colour coordinated gardens, to amazingly large colourful bowls.<br />
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We were walking back towards our condo when about 25 police cards with sirens screamed by followed by fire trucks and emergency vehicles.<br />
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This continued through our dinner at a Thai restaurant so when we passed a fire hall with the door open and some firemen hanging out, Liz and Laura decided to ask them what had been going on. They told us it had been a domestic dispute involving guns. But then we continued chatting and Liz jokingly asked if they'd give us a ride home on the fire truck. To our immense surprise they agreed to do so.<br />
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And so the next thing we knew we were in the big truck with four firemen to take us a few blocks to our VRBO. It was a first for all of us.<br />
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On our last day three of us took a 90 minute <a href="http://seattlebysegway.com/">Segway tour of Seattle</a>. I'd never been on one of these before and was somewhat hesitant but it was so much fun. After a half hour orientation we took off along the waterfront and up and down the hills and through Seattle Centre. The Segway is really intuitive to operate and it's super fun. I had a smile on my face for the whole trip. The next time Harry and I go traveling we are for sure going to do this, as well as find a walking food tasting tour. </div>
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Our flight home left Lake Union at 4:00 pm and we were landed before 5:00. What a fantastic getaway! </div>
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