Holiday

Squirl enjoying a nut at the cottage.

As you may have noticed there has been no post in quite a little while. It's true I have been 'internet free' as Kelly Rippa says, for over a month now. My time away from this site has been a combination of immensely pleasant moments at our cottage in Northern Ontario, and less pleasant days filled with packing our home into a million cardboard boxes, as my husband and I were getting ready to start a new beginning in Calgary, Alberta. After packing we had a delightful yet tiring drive through half of our vast and beautiful country to only find that our home where we were supposed to move into was not ready.... luck was on our side, in one day we found a new home, even better and nicer than the original.

This is one of my favorite pictures. I just love how it captures how Madison, our dog is shaking off water after swimming.

After countless days on the road, sleeping each night in a different motel it was nice to finally sleep in our own bed! Ahh... what a wonderful feeling not to be a nomad and having a home.The mandatory disconnect from a life to the net has been bittersweet. On one hand it has been refreshing not to sit in front of a monitor for hours and addictively checking e-mail, but it has been refreshing to connect to people face to face, and be more concerned with the hear and now.

A view of plains in the province of Alberta.

On the other hand it is impossible to let go of co-dependence to check what ever insignificant question might you have at the very moment you think of it. What's more, it's difficult to find a bearing in a new city without looking up where your favourite stores are, or where the post office is to once again forward your 'real' mail or to find a phone number to contact an internet provider to finally be 'connected'. As I have noticed, all TV commercials no longer list their contact numbers on the TV screen, but advocate to find them on line. A bizarre twist on modern life. After unpacking most of the boxes, settling in, and finally being on line I guess it is time to get back in front of the computer screen. I do love my computer and interacting with all of you. However now being in Alberta I think I will make more time to spend outdoors hiking and discovering new and interesting surroundings. Here I share with you a few photos from our drive across Canada. In my next blog I will write about food on the road.

Nose-hill Park, Calgary, Alberta.