Vancouver holiday and meeting Klahanie!

Thanks Denise and Resinone 🙂.

Lovely photo's and lots of wonderful memories I am sure for you.

Thank you Honey, yes, we made some good memories.

What a lovely place to go. Would you recommend it Sheila? I think its somewhere we might like to visit.

What a beautiful place. So glad you got to see Canada Sheila. Good memories!

Thank you for sharing some of your wonderful holiday with us,Sheila..so glad you had a lovely time,with your family..my ,those pretty little girls are growing up so quickly! How lovely to meet Klahanie and spend some time with her,and her husband..I am so pleased to see the photo of you both together,and so nice to see Klahanie at last..:o)

Karen, if you like wildlife and wilderness then go! The Island is thickly forested (I’ve never seen so many fir trees) but beautiful away from the towns. Maybe drive to the unspoilt west coast? Also the ferry ride between Vancouver and the Island weaves between the Gulf Islands and is a highlight.

Bathgate, many thanks!

Thank you Sandra, yes the “girls” are adorable, and impressed us with their ability to amuse themselves without help. We all enjoyed painting with watercolours - such a peaceful pastime, lol 🙂.

What a beautiful place - a long way t go but worth it, and good to meet Klahanie too. I specially liked your walk in the rocky woodland. Glad you had a wnderful holiday!

Thanks so much Sue. Yes, the tiring journey was worth it for the quiet house by the water and the dramatic scenery. I’m so glad we went 🙂.

The photos depict the peacefulness of your lovely surroundings and they also show the pleasure you got from being there with your family.
What a truly wonderful place to visit.
Do ask Klahanie to return to us - haven't seen her for ages.

That’s a lovely comment Chris, thank you. I did chat to Klahanie about coming back to GoY but I think she’s too busy with other things. She’s very artistic, and gave me a painting she had done of the Golden Wedding rose that Steve gave us last year ... such a generous gesture.

Thanks Sheila! We’ll see.....

Sounds like a wonderful time, Sheila. The ferry ride is a wonderful highlight and scenic. I was last there 50 years ago! my goodness how time does fly.

Lori, we were there about 30 years ago and Victoria is very much busier, but there are still very few roads to the north and west which keeps the Island unspoilt.

Lovely photos Sheila how amazing to meet someone from GOY so far away, and receive your special painting :-)))

Thank you Daylily - yes, I'm a lucky lady!

Sheila, I am so pleased you all had a great time in Vancouver, and I would love to have seen Dolphins, Seals and Sea Otters, how wonderful! How generous of Klahanie to have created a painting for you ... :o)

That sounds like a wonderful holiday, Sheila. Family time is so precious. We are off to Cromarty on Saturday (not quite such a long journey!) with children, spouses and grandchildren, 13 of us. It may not be so far, but I daresay we shall be pretty exhausted by the end of the week! That said, we are greatly looking forward to it. Your photos are lovely!

Thank you very much Shirley - yes, the wildlife there is exceptional, and Klahanie was very generous.

Have a great holiday Mel ... family are so precious 🙂. Thanks for your comment.

Mel....I really hope the weather improves when you arrive in Cromarty :)

Thank you, Sheila!

Oh so do I, Karen! The forecast is very mixed. We’ll have a good time anyway, but even so...

Yes, its been miserable generally this summer. You never know, August might surprise us!

With any luck, it will. We have had some nice weather here, although some days have been very changeable. Very hot today!

What a wonderful time for you after such an upsetting start to the year. Lovely to see you having a good time with the grandchildren and it seems Klahanie made you very welcome with a lovely gift to bring home, strangely you look very much alike in the photo!.

How lovely, I'm very envious:-)

Phyl (Stroller) that’s kind of you ... I appreciate your comment. Yes, I think it was good for us to be somewhere so different with the family, and it’s always a tonic to be by the sea 🙂. Thank you!

Thanks BA, yes it was lovely.

I'm so pleased you enjoyed a lovely family time on your Vancouver holiday Sheila. The heron photo your son Steve would have loved is just beautiful, it would make a stunning watercolour.
The girls are looking gorgeous enjoying the wildness and then meeting up with Klahanie and the fabulous view from her place, not to mention sea otters and hummingbirds and all the wonderful wildlife...
Thinking of you Sheila X

Thanks so much Janey . . . it’s lovely to see you! Have you been away to Tazzie by any chance? Hope you are doing well. X

Hi Sheila, it's lovely to have popped back in...
No, Jim and family are now in Palm Beach, back in Sydney, they were moving as I left in February. BUT I have a beautiful grandson...Will. He's gorgeous, very easy and laid back like his Dad and Aleks adores him..:))

Ooh that’s great news Janey. Glad you were able to have a few cuddles! We drove up to Palm Beach a few years back ... what a great choice. (Except it’s probably a bit too hot at the moment?).

Yes it is Sheila, I've still to give him a cuddle, but I can wave and make him laugh by Wattsapp. We are lucky to have this technology aren't we...:))

We certainly are lucky Janey . . . being able to Skype for free is such an amazing treat. I'm hoping we'll do that this weekend. xx

:)) XX