Tag: snow

By Dianne

Variety – the spice of life!

Spending summer in the Riverland of South Australia means endless blue skies, lots of BBQ’s, lovely walks by the river.  Unfortunately it also means multiple hot dry days, restless warm nights, dust and yukky flies! Not my favourite things. Always interesting to catch up with our friend Chris in Northern Ireland. He has the wood…

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By Dianne

Victorian High Country

This post is part of a series called Snap Shots We’ve been away!! Things have also been happening here at Allansfield – visit from Reg’s sister Leonie – but I’ll save that till next time. This blog’ll be all about our visit to the Victorian High Country! There will be more photos than dialogue –…

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By Dianne

Spring has sprung!

Although  the Canadian spring hasn’t officially started – it’s an Equinox thing – the signs are definitely there. Warmer days – snow melting – the odd bud ready to burst – dirt on our driveway now peeking through the snow – walkways slushy and hard to navigate. We now have water continually dripping off the roof…

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By Dianne

Hint! Hint!

We are “nesters” and probably one of the most boring couples you know! Life has settled into our usual “stay at home” routine here in the Cariboo. Our main focus is on our house sit dog Maggie – a 10 year old Basset/Hound Dog cross. She lives in her own little heated house in the…

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By Dianne

Lots of snow!

Life has settled down here in outback Canada. We are house sitting a beautiful log cabin on a few acres. Altitude 3200 ft. We’re in a small area called Miocene – 12 kms N/NE of 150 Mile House, British Columbia. It’s situated on Horsefly Rd – the town of Horsefly is another 30 km down…

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