Welcome to Our home!

Welcome to our home! I thought i would give you all a little tour of the home
my family and i are living in. This home is a beautiful home built in the 1920's which
is quite rare around this part of the island.

The top floor that you see here is the
sleeping porch off the master bedroom. Very romantic...my favourite part of the home. This room is the formal dining area...a very large room. This photo only shows
a small part of the room..



Next up is the red french country kitchen. My dream is to one day have an all
white kitchen. For now it's red!

Would you like to stay for lunch? I love to cook and entertain for people!

Come over anytime...there is always food!

This room we call the passageway...the staircase is hidden in this room

You are going to find alot of toile in my home!!

Did i mention i'm a chinaholic? Really! My husband counted 28 boxes of china when

we moved here....he wasn't too happy!

Our pretty living room...still waiting for my white slip covered sofa!

My beloved laundry room...i love to do laundry!

The romantic sleeping porch!

This is waiting for me now that I have finished giving you the tour...

this home has two claw foot tubs too!!

Hope you enjoyed visiting...i loved having you!

Pamela xo

Cowichan Fair

Welcome to Duncan's Exhibition in the Cowichan Valley!
This year the fair was held in their new location. Beautiful new stalls, barns and hall were built for the residents to enjoy. This is the thing i love about living here, they do so much
for the community. Lots of rides for kids of all ages...

I'm not a ride person at all either is my hubby. Our son loves rides. I must be the only

mom who gets totally stressed every time her child goes on one! Of course he is really

into the extreme rides!

Is this not a beautiful location to spend the day with your family? See why i

love it here?

Brand new stalls for all the horses and other animals...

This was a great competition with the miniature horses pulling little carts!

Larger Belgian horses pulling wagons.

There was the barn with all different types of sheep. This one just had his

cut.

Different types of goats in the next barn.

They were even judging different types of cattle. Some came all the way

from Alberta.

We had to visit the poultry barn. Sam and i love birds and chickens. There was

alot of cock- a -doodle -doo going on!! Lots of winners in this barn.

They were even showing rabbits! Never new people showed rabbits. They had

so many different varieties...

This guy was my favourite!!! He is huge!! His ears and paws were incredible!

Lots of beautiful horses...

Two handsome guys! This horse gladly posed for me!

Thanks for stopping by to see the show!

Pamela xo

The town of Totems

In the Cowichan Valley there is a town called Duncan...the town of totems. Duncan is the central town in the Valley. Throughout the town there are beautifully hand carved totems
by the First Nations people. They are something to see.
These last three photos were taken on our vacation to the island two years ago.

To me the totems signify strength and courage. They stand tall and don't bow

down to anything. But unlike the totem sometimes the strongest of us can break down.

The caretaker of the family can not always be the rock his family expects him to be.

I am looking to the totems for strength and assurance to help my family

whether this fierce storm...

Last days of summer

Sadly the last days of summer are upon us now. Summer is my favourite season.
I like everything about it. There is more to do....my wardrobe is nicer and lots of
sunshine at the beach! Now that i have moved to the land of rain i don't look forward
to winter. Because that is what it does here in the winter...RAIN! My husband tried
to convince me before we moved here that it doesn't rain that much?! He's now
confessed that yes come November the rain kicks in. Did i tell you how much i
hate the rain?!
The last week of August has been spent enjoying as much of the lake as we can.
This is beautiful Lake Cowichan. As a family we spent the whole day swimming
and relaxing on the beach.

Sam's favourite activity at the beach is his snorkel set! This is all he does here.

Enjoy those snacks and the lake Sam...in two weeks you will be back to hitting the

books!

Before you know it it will be Christmas!

Happy Days everyone

Pamela xo

Summer time and Best Friends

Summer and childhood go hand in hand. For me summer always brings back lovely

childhood memories. I love summer and i think most people do.

This is our first summer here on beautiful Vancouver Island.

Every where you go around here

you will finds

acres and acres

of wild black berries just begging

to be

picked!

Sam and his friend

spent some time

picking

blackberries

The best thing for me about moving to the island is Sam's new found friendship.

Who would have guessed that moving 3,000 miles from home my son would

find a friend that he can connect with so easily .

A boy who shares the same

interests...has the same intellect and interests as his.

Someone has truly been watching over my family during this great

transition in our lives.

Pilot

has really been

enjoying hanging out with the boys!

Isn't it refreshing when eleven year old boys are still just that...eleven year old

(but sweet i might add) boys! This day in age the young want to grow up way too fast.

We have seen this with other children Sam has befriended. Kids who think safe, fun

things aren't cool anymore.
but

when Sam's new friend

comes for the day or a sleep over

my husband and i

are always pleased to see them playing ...

having fun in the outdoors.

The tree fort has been a big hit around here!

Tom Sawyer or Huckleberry Finn

seem to come to life.

We have told Sam that it is not important the number of friends you have

but the quality of friends.

When Sam and his friend are together they

are always

creating and stimulating

each other with new ideas and interests.

Friends can also be good role models for us.

His friend has a wonderful blog

on the environment

and it has already been recognised and awarded money towards

his schooling.

What better friend/role model for our only child?

Handsome,

polite boys

that would make

any

parent proud!

Wishing you all a happy, safe summer with your best friend!