July 30 - In The Magic Kingdom, Where Owen Nearly Faints In The Heat And We Rush Into The Strange Pinocchio Restaurant

Classic Disney day
Hot. Crowded. But we ride lots
Flashbacks to past days

July 29 - Animal Kingdom And Avatar To Start The Day, Hollywood Studios And Brutal Wait For The Aerosmith Coaster To End It

Giraffes wander past
Day's so hot we have to flee
Back at night for rides

July 28 - An Interesting Start To The Disney Experience As We Settle Into Our Crowded But Affordable Room At Pop Century

Hotel room for four
Skies open on O and I
Monorail goes down

July 27 - I Guess Three Hours In A Noisy Indoor Trampoline Park Isn't So Bad Given The Stretches Of Torrential Rain

Long trampoline day
O hangs with new friend Connor
Hey, is that the sun?

July 26 - Eight U.S. Bucks To Rent A Plastic Mall Stroller. But The Mall Train Was Fun

Oh, dear - more shopping
Fire truck stroller will work
We drink with Darren

July 25 - Our Little City Mouse Loses It When A Rather Sweet Insect Lands On Her Mother

Ginnie Springs float
C wails when dragonflies land
We head for the pool

July 24 - The Young Ones Go To Daycare And The Older Ones Go Off On A Stormy Mall Hunt For Interesting Clothes

Rainy day. Let's shop!
Owen buys his blue suede shoes
Gator hoodie gold

July 23 - Packing In The Fun In Gainesville

Start with trampolines
Add in a mall, shoes, gators
I'm wiped by day's end

July 22 - And Another Grandchild Holiday Begins

Long, long travel day
Becca and Cerys await
C turns away, shy

July 21 - Baby Seat, Sun Shelter, Towels, Beach Toys, Food Bags, Diaper Bags, And Now An Enormous Watermelon Slice

This giant floatie
adds to the weird spectacle
of us at the beach

July 20 - The Snacks Come Out And The Sun Shines For A Backyard Family Gathering

Parental note: Check
O is here for Florida
Baby time for mom

July 19 - I Have Learned A Lot In A Year

Can I sell this thing?
Better than the early days
Now that I believe

July 18 - Late Afternoon Meet And Greet For Baby Is Made Buzzy With Mom's Famed Gin And Fizz Combo

Hepburn girls gather
The excuse: Elliana
Drink wine. Eat too much

July 17 - There's At Least One Tired Kid In The Car As The Playdate Trio Heads Home From Sidney

The wee boy's asleep
R looks at him in wonder
The concept foreign

July 16 - I Dont Understand How People Put Up With What's Going On In Oak Bay

There goes one more house
People have too much money
Tearing up good homes

July 15 - When You're Pitching Something Via Video-Conferencing To An Uninterested Audience And You Hope Nobody Can Tell That You'd Like To Throttle Them A Little

Poker face in place
No reason to be surprised
They're clouds. I'm the ground.

July 14 - It's Weird To Live In Different Housesits On Different Sides Of The Only Town Bridge That's Still Fully Functional

See you later, Paul
I get chores done, but my cough
makes cycling less fun

July 13 - Things Done On This Very Social Day

Almost-vegan brunch
Elk Lake with the two wee girls
A dog's living wake

July 12 - A Sociologist Engages Me In A Video Interview About Structural Changes In The Non-Profit Sector, And Then I Get Drunk With A Long-Time Pal

Jerry's got questions
Lucky thing I've got answers
The night is for Pat

July 11 - I Speed Along Esquimalt Road With A New Coffee Pot In Hand Feeling Real Joy That I'm Not In A Car

Better to cycle
than sit stalled in dead traffic
Months of bridge closure

July 10 - R Likes To Explain Her Tumble As Being About How She Was Trying To Catch Prawns, But Instead Caught Herself

Tidal pool trip-up
I wrap R in my hoodie
for a damp walk home

July 9 - A Day Of Caring For A Dog With Dementia Does Not Go Well

Poor anxious Theo
No idea where he is
He paces and pants

July 8 - In Which We Arrive At The Ferry After The Big Meeting And I Face The Dilemma Of Deserting My Driver To Walk Onto An Earlier Sailing. I Wait.

Heavyweight table
Their strategies impress me
Not sure they need me

July 7 - Kim P Hosts Us And We All Hope For A Lazy, Hot Day, Though Maybe Cloud Is More Conducive To Amanda Lindhout's Situation

Book club at the lake
Rainy and grey, but we swim
It burns off baked goods

July 6 - I Move Back To Oak Bay For A Couple Weeks While Paul Holds Down The Fort In Esquimalt

Solo gig starts now
Strange how we shop when alone
I know I won't cook

July 5 - I Take The Bucovina Book By And Plot To Lure Joan Off On A Trip For Two

Sneak away, auntie?
I think you'd like my travel
Unhurried and calm

July 4 - Not Sure If Big Rock Candy Mountain Is The Song I Was Imagining To Lull Our Sleepover Guest Back To Sleep

Four a.m. wake-up
I press buttons urgently
The mix is so weird

July 3 - Two Entire Summer Camps Of Kids Are Bobbing In Our Water

One thousand kids here
R does the diving board, then
swims the whole pool length

July 2 - I Wish I Didn't See Every Unusual Weather Day Through The Lens Of Climate Crises

July's like this now
Damp and grey, looking like June
Then the fires come

July 1 - Happy Birthday To Canada From The Cutlery Bird House

We head south early
I swim in the Gorge, joining
a red and white crowd

June 30 - A Perfectly Nice Day In The Sunny Valley

Ah, a river swim
Regan stays home, citing "crowds"
We feast on bird wings