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Stephen Roper

Creative Direction

King Brothers of Victoria

King Bros. Limited is an independently owned Customs Brokerage and Ships Agency located in the beautiful port city of Victoria, BC. The company has been in operation since 1911, with the current owners maintaining the founders values of integrity,…

Travel

Paris

This May, we visited Paris.  Apparently, the springtime is supposed to be the perfect time to visit and while we didn’t have the best weather, we did have a great visit. We had several very nice days, a couple…

Life Stories

Change happens one small step at a time.

Change happens one small step at a time. If you do something good for yourself each and every day, you’ll be amazed at where you soon find yourself. Every decision makes a difference. Every moment is a fresh chance…

Conservation

Creating Local Greenspace…

Above: The Old Growth Spruce Lined Entrance of the 452 Raglan Street Property January 23, 2023 – Presentation to The Town of Collingwood Council. To download a PDF version of the presentation, please click here > Creating Local Greenspace…

Life Stories

Looking back on 2022…

2022 was the year we all tentatively left our homes and attempted to regain a semblance of control over our lives after two years of Covid and we tried our best to get busy again. In January, we visited…

Life Stories

Consider Gratitude

As Christmas and New Years Day nears, I want to take a moment to consider gratitude. Appreciate Everything. The habit of being grateful starts with appreciating every good thing in life and recognizing that there is nothing too small…

Life Stories

Shoulder MRI Results & 1 Year’s Progress…

For those of you who don’t know, I’ve had a few surgeries on my left shoulder after multiple dislocations in my late teens and early twenties, until there came a point that after a pick-up touch football game along…

Life Stories

Creating Our Backyard

One of the things I have come to enjoy during this new phase in my life of not having to go to work is the ongoing landscaping development in our yard. It’s something I missed more than I thought…

Life Stories

Family…

Early July of 2022 found us all getting dressed up for the first time in several years to attend an old friends family wedding. It was an occasion I wanted us to cherish, because, as we age, there are…

Hiking Travel

Standing Rock Caves Trail

Standing Rock Caves Trail We have now hiked this trail in every season and this is still my favourite hike around Collingwood. This hike combines the blue-blazed Standing Rock and Singhampton Side Trails with the white-blazed main Bruce Trail.…