‘The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.’ – Denis Waitley We have hopefully provided strong roots of responsibility for our girls, and we have certainly given them wings of independence…but it is SO nice when they come home, even for a little while! We spent…
August 20: Beautiful creation
“I look out of this window and I think this is a cosmos, this is a huge creation, this is one small corner of it. The trees and birds and everything else and I’m part of it. I didn’t ask to be put here, I’ve been lucky in finding myself here.” -Morris West When I…
August 18: Belle Isle gardens
“Every time I imagine a garden in an architectural setting, it turns into a magical place. I think of gardens I have seen, that I believe I have seen, that I long to see, surrounded by simple walls, columns, arcades or the facades of buildings – sheltered places of great intimacy where I want to…
August 16: Exploring the city
“We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” T. S. Eliot Fun exploring the city together! Canada on the left of me, and US to the right…..who knew we would all end up here! Never…