http://poplarroad.ca/ Copyright 2011 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:55:07 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I don’t know if we’ll get a white Christmas this year, but I know our Christmas holidays will be merry and bright in the company of family and friends. We’re very grateful to be going into this holiday with... http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2011/12/merry_and_brigh.html http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2011/12/merry_and_brigh.html At Home Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:55:07 -0800 Happy Thanksgiving! Yesterday was a gorgeous autumn day, warm sunshine and blue skies. On day two of the new bed construction, after an hour or so wrestling with the “small” rocks as Richard called them, I found I couldn’t... http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2011/10/thanksgiving.html http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2011/10/thanksgiving.html At Home Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:31:20 -0800 To celebrate my birthday, I made a cheesecake, Richard made me a decadent prime rib dinner, and he agreed (with trepidation) to be my slave for the day to start a new project in the garden that I’ve been... http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2011/10/happy.html http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2011/10/happy.html At Home Sun, 09 Oct 2011 10:40:09 -0800 A belated Happy BC Day, everyone! I had a two day work week this week - waiting for my next assignment now - so I have no excuse not to post the photos from our wonderful long weekend. There... http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2011/08/unniversary_gar.html http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2011/08/unniversary_gar.html UNEvents Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:31:06 -0800 Good morning, campers. Actually, they aren’t up yet – except maybe the ones in tents. Despite forecasts to the contrary, I woke up at 4am to the now familiar sound of showers, and dashed outside to rescue anything caught... http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2011/07/out_of_the_weed.html http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2011/07/out_of_the_weed.html UNEvents Sun, 31 Jul 2011 06:06:49 -0800 Happy Canada Day! I can’t believe midsummer’s eve has passed and July begins on Friday. Where does the time go? Work has consumed us this spring, and June saw two weddings, involving reunions with friends on the Coast and... http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2011/06/r_and_r.html http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2011/06/r_and_r.html At Home Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:12:50 -0800 Hooray for gorgeous spring mornings! Happy Easter from Poplar Road. I hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend. Thanks to the new wagon Richard built from scratch for me, I managed to haul four bonfires' worth of tree and... http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2011/04/happy_easter.html http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2011/04/happy_easter.html At Home Sun, 24 Apr 2011 11:14:36 -0800 Happy anniversary, Chris & Dagny! Dag and I were comparing notes on spring, and how lucky she and Chris were that spring arrived so late in Vancouver two years ago, just in time for their wedding. Well, spring is... http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2011/04/one_year_ago_to.html http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2011/04/one_year_ago_to.html At Home Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:28:30 -0800 Thanks for posting a comment, Chris! In return I shall post the long-overdue pics of the marathon reno job you and Richard pulled off over last Thanksgiving long weekend. And in case readability is lost in the reduction in... http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2011/04/facelifts.html http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2011/04/facelifts.html At Home Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:20:59 -0800 http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2011/04/spring.html http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2011/04/spring.html Poplars & Pines Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:47:10 -0800 Tonight I bundled up against the chill and stood alone in my courtyard, watching Earth's shadow creep across the full, icy white Solstice moon. So beautiful. As I write, the moon is reappearing after being eclipsed for over an hour,... http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2010/12/solstice_eclips.html http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2010/12/solstice_eclips.html Poplars & Pines Tue, 21 Dec 2010 01:10:42 -0800 Outside the snow is Vancouverish enough to stick to every twig and leaf, a fresh three inches that started while we were at an office Christmas party last night to add to the icy stuff that hasn’t left since... http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2010/12/unanny_2010_sum.html http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2010/12/unanny_2010_sum.html UNEvents Sun, 12 Dec 2010 08:30:41 -0800 I just got home from work, after a slow but not white-knuckled drive through the latest snowfall. This will be a big one, I suspect, although not falling so heavily yet here at home. At the University, I swiped... http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2010/11/better_get_your.html http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2010/11/better_get_your.html Poplars & Pines Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:13:39 -0800 I've had a strange start to the day this morning. Just before 5:30, an hour before I normally get up, a humming, buzzing, alarm-like noise woke me, and I knew instantly that it didn't come from within my bedroom, or... http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2010/11/moonlight_and_f.html http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2010/11/moonlight_and_f.html Poplars & Pines Tue, 23 Nov 2010 06:03:48 -0800 Since Thanksgiving weekend, two days after my last post, we haven't had an Internet connection at home, other than via our unreliable cellular service. I spent the long weekend in Vancouver, while Richard secretly worked on a huge surprise for... http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2010/10/connected_again.html http://poplarroad.ca/archives/2010/10/connected_again.html At Home Sat, 30 Oct 2010 12:32:07 -0800