Scenic Routes

Canadian ex-pat, "retired" biochemist, now settled in Silicon Valley. Watch her avoid housework by over-booking her kids, and taking on too many knitting projects! The thrills! The spills! The microwaved suppers!

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Just like Doublemint Gum

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it's two... Two... Two hits in one! We hit the snap-trap jackpot today, ladies and gentlemen. It's time to buy more traps. Because t...

Saw the Rat

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Last night, after supper, I went upstairs to do a bit more reading in my Italian Fairy Tales book (Italo Calvino. What a writer!), and see...
Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Oh, rats!

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Tomorrow is trash day. Trash day and recycling day. So at 11pm, just as I'm thinking "time to pack it in for the day", Ken sa...
Saturday, May 24, 2008

I can never guess the next obsession

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Sometimes, Skip is an enigma. An enigma wrapped in a mystery, to quote something that must've been said once, and was trapped forever in...
Monday, May 12, 2008

A very merry Mother's Day

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Yesterday morning, I didn't have to get out of bed right away when my alarm went off. The kids shuffled around all quiet-like, and I lai...
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Saturday, May 10, 2008

About a deer

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I was driving home from church last Sunday with the boys. (not yesterday. That was Mother's Day, and I was pampered like a queen). An...
Friday, May 02, 2008

Lemon Tart

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My daughter, the little tart! No, I mean my daughter made a big tart.  A big lemon tart. Shortbread crust.  Yum. But she opted to have no le...
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Friday, April 25, 2008

Toofs

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Another Memory of France. It was our last day at the Farmhouse.  Over the course of the holiday, I'd mentioned how wonderful France had ...
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Sunday, April 13, 2008

...a world of hope!

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Saturday. Our last day at Disneyland. Well, half-day, anyways. And we were heading to California Adventure, which had just been the "e...
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Friday, April 11, 2008

...a world of tears...

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(written Friday night... almost Saturday morning. Yes, very late. At Disneyland.) (seriously. I wasn't going to use this as a title, ...
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Thursday, April 10, 2008

It's a world of laughter...

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But not, apparently, a world of food. At least, according to Skip. Here we are, with such high hopes. And, after searching around a bit, and...
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Disneyland!

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Greetings from the Happiest Place on Earth. Of course, I had to get there on the Noisiest Bus on Earth. Ouch. And we've had great luck i...
Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Off to the beach!

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So once we'd walked through the wonderful little streets of Aigues-Mortes, and walked around the entire city on the battlements, it was ...

If it's Monday, it must be Aigues-Mortes

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(Monday, March 24, 2008) The one problem with being a group of 18 people is that it's nearly impossible to get going in the morning.  On...
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Kemma
Silicon Valley, United States
I'm a Canadian ex-pat, living in Silicon Valley. Gentle is my daughter's (late) hamster. Gentleknits is my 'brand' on my handknit goods. "Kemma Parker" is a pseudonym.
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