staycation 2017!
Yup, I am at home in James Bay, doing stuff around the house. I may need to post various artifacts here while I go, and of course, some stuff will land on the Instagram!
my first triathlon
A bunch of coverage over the last few days about my first triathlon! I completed the Triathlon of Compassion in Esquimalt! Check out some of the pictures and video from the event on the coremanias Instagram feed!
what about the winter in Victoria ?
Well, it seems as though here in Rockland, winter has lifted for a spell.
that pile of tech-support at home
Here we are having a nice day-off from the IT office, and spending business hours tackling that massive backlog of home-based tech-support requests…. I’ve got a few reminders set on some issues, so the first one is : videos taken with Android phone no longer…
taking sourdough to social media
Got into some conversation today about sourdough bread with some loaf enthusiasts, and was relating recent activity in the home-kitchen. Thought I would offer up a link into a recent Instagram post about the sourdough sandwich loaves that I am currently cranking out. There sure…
fence project complete
Well, every 20 years or so it’s probably time to replace a faulty wooden fence – you know the kind, the sort of fences that have been propped up by angled-support stilts, and really wobble in a heavy storm. Summer 2014 is the year for…
making panettone at home
Seasonally speaking, this is the time of year for enjoying panettone. You might be able to find a few panettone left at your local bakery, or grocery outlet – indeed I saw a few left at the store yesterday. They hadn’t been picked up before…
seasonal blogging
Yes, I see that I was blogging in the summer, while on the road. And now here we are in Winter. Could be that I’ve become a seasonal blogger ? Yah, that’s it! Let’s break all those rules about blogging regularly, and blog at only…
California road-trip 2013: Day 7, sun, sand, and some surf viewing
We like to get the kids out first thing in the AM, before it gets too hot. Charlotte has a friend she met down at Dinosaur Caves park this week, so we went down there to play around 9 AM. A quick trip down to…
California road-trip 2013: Day 6, local playgrounds again
We tour several playgrounds when we are here. After the morning jaunt at the Dinosaur Caves, we came home for a spontaneous outbreak of “family band”. That’s right – grab an instrument and jam! We…