I was reading one of my favourite blogs this week, Running on Happiness and Katie wrote an “If you really knew me” post. She asked people to share their own and it inspired me to do just that. So often the lines between fantasy and reality get blurred in blog land and unfortunately opening up…
Fall Forward
Every year I fight the urge as we turn the bend into August to fast forward myself into fall. As a Canadian we are pretty much entitled to about 8-10 weeks of summer so I should relish them right? Don’t get me wrong I DO…. but when the mornings start to feel brisker and the grass…
Bellyboating the Great Divide
You know those times when you think you’ve got a REALLY good idea, only to find out later that MAYBE it wasn’t the best and the brightest way forward? We decided to tackle a fishing hole that is a little alpine lake on the great divide in-between the Alberta and BC border. To optimize our fishing,…
Sunday Style
What’s that, a chill in the morning air? Love it or hate it, we’re halfway through August and the days are feeling shorter. However for us northerners we can still manage without a coat (most of the time). I thought this was a great Sunday look and decided to style it up on Polyvore. If…
Friday Favs
TGIF Everyone! Well another week has whizzed by and I’m wondering what the weekend holds as we round the bend. I had a great time visiting with my brother earlier in the week who was up from Houston. We had some time on the racetrack with Seabiscuit (AKA Okie), followed by a hike and a late…
Lemon Buttered Herb Cutthroat
I find cutthroat trout, or “cutties” to be a very redeeming little fish. After a dry stretch with the brown trout I was fishing for earlier this summer, we’ve done some walk and wade trips to alpine streams and lakes where these little trout have been very eager to bite my fly. So much so…
