Our garden is coming along nicely, but the best are the roses which are doing extremely well in spite of the heat. To be fair, we do tend them carefully, ensuring that they have the right amount of moisture and sun light. The roses are in containers so that they can be moved around in our tiny garden to take full advantage of sun and shade. Roses really ARE red. The intensity of colour and the scents are very satisfying this year. Continue reading Roses really are red
This week I decided that my Covid side hustle had the potential to be a real business. Creating something from nothing, is so much fun! Its not really something from nothing. For me it was taking an interest and deciding to make it a business. During the pandemic I explored my various and varied interests more fully. One of those interests has become a Covid side hustle and is now set to go mainstream. Somewhere in one of my posts in the past couple of years I mention that I reflected on the wisdom of a good friend and admitted … Continue reading Something from nothing; can your Covid side hustle grow into a real business?
The loneliest places during the pandemic are traveling carnivals waiting for permission to open, theatres, concert halls, and amusement parks. The theatres, concert halls are usually prepping for ‘festival season’ at this point in the calendar, actors, and musicians readying for the house to open. Will the stage manager be calling for ‘places, please‘ anytime soon? In many places around the world the theatres are still dark, and will remain so for some time. The prohibition against large gatherings have resulted in the cancellation of many festivals across the country, not just theatre festivals, but music festivals as well. Amusement … Continue reading The loneliest places during Covid-19
 This image is my latest multimedia work. And now that you’ve viewed it, Go Ride!! Find some flowers Continue reading No time like the present
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Snowfall casualties rescues from the garden assailed by heavy, wet snow. My kitchen glows with the vibrancy of this Doris Day Rose that was rescued after the stalk snapped under the weight of the spring snowfall. Continue reading Snowfall Casualties
The clouds rolling in Continue reading Alberta sky
Looking to the NW. Working with my new DJI drone Continue reading April Alberta sky
What to do now; We’re caught trying to maintain balance in the crashing waves of pandemic, supply chain disruption, new isolation rules, attempts to restart schools, less than carefully considered imperatives to ‘get back to work’ and natural disasters. What’s a person to do? What to do now!? Most of us are straddling two different worlds right now. There’s our personal life and stuff, and then there’s the business world which we haven’t completely abandoned or been separated from. Just because we’re at home, playing at being retired or furloughed doesn’t absolve us from responsibilities to provide advice to our … Continue reading What to do now; Plan, Prepare, Participate
The bubble bursts! Are you prepared for your Covid-19 bubble to burst? I know you’re ready! We’re all ready for a significant change in the way we’re responding to the pandemic, but are you actually prepared? September has always been a threshold for seasonal change in my part of the world. We’re hovering on the edge of harvest, the end of family vacation time arrives, the kids go back to school and the urbanized adults find themselves back at work with new imperatives for business success. This year September’s transformative role is being presented as far more than the normal … Continue reading The Bubble Bursts!