We have moved from Tim's brother Jim's place back to his sister Kathy's place, where we are house and dog sitting for three weeks in a real house! Wilbert and Kathy have gone on their own adventure to Northern Saskatchewan to visit their daughter Heidi. Hence we are in charge of their lovely huge home and two mostly-lovely dogs. We are unquestionably enjoying the enormous space from room to room, upstairs to downstairs, and bathroom to bathroom!If you have a lot ...

So what does Roz do with a Sunday to herself? She drives an hour and a half to go to church at Bethel Community in Redding. Just the parking was an experience to behold... with hotel shuttles and parking attendants directing traffic in four different parking lots! Inside the church a most divine incense wafted from the coffee shop HeBrews. (My caramel macchiato was undeniably made with holy grounds as it brought me much comfort and joy.) The sanctuary was h...

Claire and I were "The 2 English Ladies" today at the Farmers' Market. It was a hoot. Not only was I selling remarkable food, I was fascinated by the assortment and diversity of the people who shop at the Market... I was completely entertained by my own imagination for hours. AND we backed up and hooked up the trailer all by our own selves!!! (You rock Claire!) My girls are babysitting their little cousins for the weekend and my boys are still working sun u...

Naomi, Eden and I worked again Thursday morning with our 2 English Ladies (and the odd gentleman) prepping for the Farmer's Market, where I will be working EARLY this Saturday morning with Claire! It was a great time again and we were quite productive preparing 100 bags of scone mix. From there we went to the Jesus Centre and served supper at the soup kitchen in downtown Chico (a rather different kitchen environment!) Naomi made friends with a wonderful old p...

Yesterday was a long day for my farmers. Apparently Eli is a chip off the Old Block! He was welding, and like all good welders... he continued to weld - even though he caught on fire! That's my boy!