BC to AB

      First of all, thank you everyone for your movie suggestions! I am planning on making a trip to the library to see if they have any of your recommendations on hand and from there I'll move onto possibly renting them off of the web. I can't wait! Watching old movies seems like such a perfect wintry thing to do, doesn't it? Quilts and pillows and warm drinks. I found Oliver! (1969 musical) for $8 the other day and have begun watching it. What wonderful songs! They've been looping through my brain ever since.

      On Sunday we began a beautiful trip in which I spent the bulk of thirteen hours gaping out the truck windows.


      The Okanagan valley swirled through fog, cream in amber tea.


      Most everywhere else was in the thick of December. Trees lined the road like we were royalty, a ribbon of grey highway our red carpet.




      Mountains snored winter under cloud blankets.

      And we with parcels stacked in the back seat, luggage tarped over in the truck bed, laughing at stories from The Vinyl Cafe.


      We're spending the bulk of our holiday in central Alberta where there is snow, glorious snow! Mittens and coats and boot stomping, exactly the way I like it. Merry Christmas to we!