Blame The 'Rona

 

Too full to do this

Is it permanent? We'll see

My haiku life paused

July 10 - Sleeping Next To A Steamy Five-Year-Old With Pokey Feet And Knees Leaves Me With A Buzz Akin To Too Much Adrenaline

Jangled from light sleep

R conks well now, but I don't

Late-day sun clears me

July 9 - New Jumping Skills From Hanging Out With An Older Kid Precedes A Bit Of A Nightmarish Start To A Sleepover

Two-grandma play date

R jumps from a grand height, then

we go for sorbet

July 8 - A Conference Call For Families Is One More Reminder I Didn't Need That Things Are Far From Happy In This World Of Ours

New work, new sorrows

More sad people for my files

Where are we going?

July 7 - Sampling L'Ecole Brodeur Playground In Our Endless Discovery Of New Play Places

Slides make E happy

She climbs like a wee gecko

Her groove is outside

July 6 - Nature's Ways Play Out In Front Of Us In The Green Yard Off The Hayfield

Dear fawn bleats softly

It curls up in the sunshine

By dusk it has died

July 5 - When Sunny Days Are Rare, My Fave Seaside Getaway Gets Awfully Noisy

Beach downside: People.
They forget how sound carries
I know their secrets

July 4 - Laundry Lament As I Count Down The Days Until I Can Have A Washer And Dryer Again

I hate laundromats

I've tried to adjust. I can't

Such a waste of time

July 3 - The Old Chapters Meet-Up Still Works Even Though Browsing In The Time Of A Pandemic Is An Odd Experience

School pals go shopping

Malls are so strange with two-ways

Vick's hip keeps us calm

July 2 - More Adventuring With Two Small Girls, One Of Whom Needs Owen To Help Her Through Her Fear Of The Sea

R brings home a crab

I swear, I thought it was dead

E screams near the shore

July 1 - No Better Way To Celebrate Canada Day Than By Spending Much Of It Outside

52-k ride

I stop for a pig visit

Stamina improves

June 30 - To Here And There And Beyond

Much driving around

My bossy adventure pal

wants lots of sampling

June 29 - When You Throw The Whole Work Plan Out The Window And Carpe Diem At Banfield Park

Hooky with a bud
Never squander sunny days
Love my new basket

June 28 - Deb W And I LaunchThe Day With A Sunny Walk

Ramble through the flats
Stiff from my crash, but not bad
We meet Z at Glo

June 27 - Backyard Theft Sends Shock Waves Everywhere But Has A Fairly Happy Ending. Meanwhile, I Slam Into A Road Sign On An Evening Ride

Cycling at the school
On Graham Street, things go south
But the purse comes home

June 26 - In Which We Dunk Strawberries In Chocolate, Eat Burgers, Inspect The Bird's Nest, And Just Generally Have A Fun Time

Sofa bed's quite nice
R says she can't sleep, then sleeps
Paul conks way sooner

June 25 - An Attempt To Make Children Happy Fails Miserably Because An Adult Essential To The Whole Thing Forgets That I'm Coming By

My poor girl's heart breaks

She might get past this. I won't.

Time for better friends

June 24 - Neck Deep In Sector Challenges, Which Just Seem To Increase With Every Government Attempt To Make Things Better

Is this my issue?

This job has fuzzy edges

Allies always sought

June 23 - The Longings For Lupita Burst Forth, But We Go On To Have A Good Time In Many Places

Adventures start rough

R wants chihuahuas - NOW, please!

Just one more week, girl

June 22 - A Dallas Road Afternoon With Dorothy In The Buildup To Another Memory Session

A sun ritual

Face the sea. Smoke pot. Listen

Let the stories come

June 21 - A Long, Lovely Day In The Sun At Esquimalt Lagoon

Ocean solstice swim

Paul and I get fish and chips

Tucked into the logs

June 20 - When My Mind Goes Blank On What My Day Held, There's Always The All-Seeing Timeline To Turn To

Google knows my life
Where I travel, what I see
Today: Laundry, shops

June 19 - Few Things Cheer Me Up Like Tucking Into A Hilly Ride Without Thinking About It

Much workday focus

I do my Royal Bay loop

Lagoon's got food carts!

June 18 - A Very Funny Moment On The Playdate That Defines The Mighty Difference Between My Two Young Charges

P points at a bus
R interprets "Hey, Julie"
Same age. Miles apart

June 17 - And A Saxe Point Suite Above A Pleasant-Seeming Family Becomes Our Fall-Winter Home

Two walks. Much cycling

Excellent use of sunshine

We pick our next home

June 16 - Adventure Grandma Sometimes Has To Put The Pressure On To Make Outings Happen

R fights against fun
I wait her out. She gives in
then climbs the high slide

June 15 - New Life Emerging In The Hanging Fuchsia Basket

Tiny crumpled thing
First of the junco eggs hatched
Mom chit-chits me: "Go!"

June 14 - A Dead Stellar's Sea Lion Will Be Remembered For The Day It Gave Up Its Bones To My Daughter

The spit's a long walk

Moreso with Regan's stink-skull

Beach treasurer for Brad

June 13 - Excitement On The Journey To Courtenay

Rainy Rosewall walk

A hiker breaks her ankle

Chopper lifts her out

June 12 - A Deliberately Unhoused Woman's Lament For The Good Old Days Of Endless Housesits

Back hunting for homes

2020 was all done

Covid wiped it out

June 11 - The Young Homebody In Recovery Makes Me Realize I Need A Plan For Days Like These

Worst day of childcare

I hate being stuck at home

Adventures on hold

June 10 - Or Maybe There Was Just A Fast Integration Because D Had To Fit In Four

A child integrates
Record time. What could it mean?
Wish we could blast through

June 9 - Please Don't Let Me Get A Barfing Sickness

Uh-oh, R is sick

She does rally for some jumps

But rejects most food

June 8 - If Only I'd Recognized Decades Ago That I Really Enjoyed Writing About New, Cool Research, Life Might Have Unfolded In A Whole Other Direction

KnowlEDGE interview

Today it's machine learning

I love science gigs

June 7 - It Can Feel Good (Later) To Attend To Tasks That You Hate

Rainy day embraced

I can get my taxes done

I'll miss you, money

June 6 - Nine Years In And I'm Suddenly Really Strugging To Keep Up The Haiku Routine

Should I dump this blog?
I'm 10 days behind again
Something's got to change

June 5 - I Don't Mind Big Hills When I'm Working Things Through

Perfect: A cool day

I focus on the project

Then ride my thoughts out

June 4 - Double Playdate Day As E Joins Us For Her First Austin Walk And Trip For Soft-Serve Ice Cream (Sorry, Kid, Not For You Yet)

Tolmie rock scramble

Got to restock my kid snacks

P's a big eater

June 3 - Feelings Of Not Wanting To Ride Disappear Within Seconds Of Getting On My Bike. Every Time.

Late start to cycling

I head left toward Mount Doug

Embracing the light

June 2 - It Was Only Going To Get Harder To Avoid Being Cornered For Inappropriate Conversation

First shift for nanny
She's gone by the end of it

Can't say I'll miss her

June 1 - At The Dallas Beach With Dorothy

Sun in our faces

We talk, laugh and analyze

Toes dipped in cold seas

May 31 - First Post-Covid Trip To Butchart Has Me Wondering How Businesses Are Going To Come Out Of This

Alas, bulbs are done
But the peonies! Splendid
So few people here

May 30 - We Go Test Out A Camper Van In The Old Navy Parking Lot

This van's not the one
I think it's the funny smell
Or hopeless owner

May 29 - In Which Adrian Loses His Glasses In A Spinach Patch And Walks Off His Stress By Joining Kim And I

Mount Doug bike-and-walk

Poppy presents peacefully

Her rule: Pat Just Me

May 28 - Recipe For A Summer Thursday

Rise at 6. Do work

Sun shining? Wrap up by noon

Pack your towel. Ride 

May 27 - First Post-Covid Playdate As The Wee Ones Work Through Their Anxieties

R is so nervous

But just until Pete loads in

Then it's food, fun, beach

May 26 - First Memory Session Almost In The Old Post-Covid Way As We Continue To Work Through The Sorrows

Two more children done

Second alters seem malformed

Like half-done people

May 25 - My Current Obsession Gets In The Way Of A Productive Work Day, But What Can You Expect From A Trapped Traveller?

Hours slip past me

Awash in camper van ads

Dreaming of escape

May 24 - Happy Hours At Esquimalt Lagoon

I bike home sandy

Pump up the easier hill

Ten pounds less to pack

May 23 - On The Pacific Marine Circle Route

We cross the Island
Sadly, the parks are all closed
San Juan Rivers stop