A small alley in Montparnasse which housed historic ateliers and continues to feature artist studios, a small museum, exhibitions . . . and a delightful garden! We leave Paris for London on Wednesday, in the…
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Yesterday was a stunningly beautiful day in Paris — we had enjoyed a glorious sleep-in, our first good sleep since arriving at Heathrow on Wednesday, facilitated by the quiet in our apartment, and so didn’t…
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In 2006, some of you might remember hearing, hurricane-force winds took down one thousand (yes, 1000!) trees in Vancouver’s Stanley Park. The devastation was visually and emotionally stunning to us on the West Coast. In…
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Magnolia buds against a background of snow These poor croci seem both bedraggled and affronted . . . And here’s an example of why Vancouver’s pretense at being a palm-growing locale is somewhat ridiculous. Somewhat?…
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It’s been a week for weather! We had some of the white stuff above — twice snowfall warnings were issued and then canceled, with only this quickly-disappearing near-miss to remind us of February’s potential. Then…
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