While on my last trip to beautiful Vancouver Island,I finally started my writing course again,and the first thing I read was “write every day”. It doesn’t seem to matter whether or not I have anything to write about,so this is where some of my subscribers might start thinking I am spamming you. Not to worry –there is a simple unsubscribe button in the email.
Mothers Day Golf
I just got back from a fantastic visit with my son Rob. I can’t even remember the last time we spent Mothers Day together,but I do know Ray has always planned the day out for all of us. This was Rob’s first time at it,and all I can say is the seed does not fall far from the tree (thank goodness). We had a spectacular day together!
Mother’s Day started with a round of golf at the beautiful Saanich Golf Club. He could,I suppose,have let me win but like I said –the seed and all that. Golf was followed by a Mother’s Day brunch at the club –wild salmon with all the fixings. I loved Saanich so much that I decided we needed to add that area into our property search when we move out here.
I thought the day was done after brunch,but on the way back Rob surprised me with a trip to the Butterfly Garden. What a treat that was! I’ve always wanted to go there but I had no idea what it was about. It’s an indoor place,much like our tropical house at the Assiniboine Park zoo,but focused on the butterflies. You can watch the butterflies emerge from the pupae. You can wander around with your camera getting the best shots. There are tropical birds, koi, flamingos,turtles and gorgeous flowers everywhere. We wandered around forever in there.
By the time Rob dropped me off at the hotel I was so tired I just went straight to bed. All in all it was a fantastic Mother’s Day,and Rob has learned from the master (Ray) and learned well. I didn’t hear from Pete,but he had called earlier in the week and warned me that he was heading off into the wilderness somewhere soon so I was not surprised. I got the early happy Mothers Day from him.
