Carnivorous and always hungry, sea anemones are not plants, as some people might think, but silent slow-motion predators that will devour any small animal careless enough to stray within reach of their deadly tentacles. Equipped with tiny poisonous harpoons and digestive enzymes so strong they can digest the flesh of a small animal in 15 minutes, the sea anemone belies its harmless appearance. One of the places I so loved visiting during our years living on Vancouver Island was Botanical…
Yim and I visited Puerto Escondido in southern Mexico in 2018. We stayed in a small resort called Posada Real, right on the Playa Bacocho, a long beautiful stretch of beach…
Legend has it that a pirate named Andrés Drake kidnapped a young Mixtec woman from the village of Santa María Huatulco. While the pirates were camped out in the bay of…
We travelled to Catalonia in 2017, landing in Barcelona first and spending five days exploring the city, enjoying or giggling at the architecture of Gaudi, shopping, walking, eating, drinking and touring…
During our trip to Catalonia, Spain in 2017, we decided to visit Llafranc as part of our round trip. Llafranc doesn’t seem to be somewhere that’s on the radar for a…
The Pyrenees mountain range separates the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe, stretching more than 430 km between Spain and France and rising higher than 3,400m in elevation. Hiking trails…
Tossa de Mar sits rather majestically on Catalonia’s Girona coast – basking in its beautiful Mediterranean climate. The walled old town offers stunning views of the surrounding coast, and is the…
In 2017, we visited Barcelona in the province of Catalonia, Spain. We had been wanting to visit or several years and after quite a bit of research, decided that the province…
Collingwood is a vibrant town located in the heart of Southern Georgian Bay. The area is well known for its many natural amenities and its shipyard building heritage. It has become…
Hali is a long time friend and I was pleased when she asked me to help her create her online presence for her new Sleep Consulting business. Sound Sleep provides solutions…
This is another of the many waterfalls along the Niagara Escarpment. It’s only a few minutes drive away from downtown Owen Sound, and has a very nice parking lot with restrooms…
