I forgot. Again. Heat is melting my brain, I guess? I have over 100 Wednesday Wanders just waiting to be reposed, but I keep forgetting. So here we are, Thursday and wanderless. However, in honour of it being such a stinking hot day here (30 degrees and humid), I’ve decided to post, not exactly aContinue reading “Walking Through Rivendell (Revisited)”
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An Adventure…
Hello, everyone! I know, I know – it’s been a little while between posts. I’ve been focusing on a massive editing job, a final push to get The Last Raven out to my editor by the end of this month… and I managed to finish yesterday! Just in time, too, as tomorrow I’m heading offContinue reading “An Adventure…”
Wednesday Wander – Capilano Suspension Bridge, Vancouver, Canada
This is the Capilano Suspension Bridge, Vancouver, Canada. Suspended over the Capilano River, it’s a well known tourist attraction, drawing over 800,000 visitors per year.The word ‘Capilano’ derives from a First Nations term, Kia’polano, which means beautiful river. Looking down into the gorge at the tumbling waters, it’s easy to see how the place gotContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Capilano Suspension Bridge, Vancouver, Canada”
Oh Canada! Happy Birthday to you
Today is Canada Day, the yearly holiday to mark the anniversary of Canada becoming a country. This year, Canada celebrates 150 years. However, 150 years is only Canada’s official age, and does not take into account the centuries of trade and exploration before that, including the founding of the world’s oldest department store, the Hudson’s BayContinue reading “Oh Canada! Happy Birthday to you”
Wednesday Wander – Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland
I saw in the news last week that a massive crack in the Larsen ice shelf has increased by six miles in the past few weeks, with the entire crack being over 100 miles long. When a crack in ice is measured in miles, the size of the ice shelf itself is almost too largeContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland”
Snow Day
It snowed here on Friday. And Saturday too. Proper snow, like fat feathers falling from the sky, swirling around and settling on trees and pavements and rooftops. The schools didn’t close and life continued pretty much as usual, but it snowed. I love snow. If you’ve ever watched the Gilmore Girls, you’ll know that LoreleiContinue reading “Snow Day”
Wednesday Wander – If You Could Be Anywhere…
It’s Wednesday, so time for my usual Wander, and it’s also day twenty-eight of the 30 Day Writing Challenge. Today’s prompt is: If. Initially, I considered the Rudyard Kipling poem If, and doing a Wander related to that. But Kipling was so well-travelled I couldn’t really settle on one place, and unfortunately I’ve not yetContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – If You Could Be Anywhere…”
Wednesday Wander – Niagara Falls, Canada
When I lived in Ontario, I used to live not too far from Niagara Falls. Close enough that I remember going on a couple of dates there during high school, close enough that it was where we took all our visitors whenever they came to stay. It was no different when I went back toContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Niagara Falls, Canada”
Wednesday Wander – Whistler, BC
As it’s been so warm here these past few days, for my Wednesday Wander this week I wanted to go somewhere cold. I had a few options – the mountains of Australia or Andorra, inside a glacier in the Swiss Alps, or a view across a frozen Lake Ontario, taken from high above in theContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Whistler, BC”
Wednesday Wander – Watery Ways
This week’s Wednesday Wander was inspired by an image I used in Monday’s post, of the Sydney ferries at Circular Quay. I lived in Sydney for a couple of years and would often take the commuter ferries across the Harbour, paying a few dollars to bob past some of the most famous landmarks in theContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Watery Ways”
Helen Glynn Jones 