High on a Windy Hill: the Story of the Prince of Wales Hotel by Ray DjuffMy rating: 1 of 5 stars
Although the subject is interesting to me after having visited the area this summer, I didn't enjoy the book. It wasn't very interesting. It was formatted in columns like a newspaper which made the typeset very small and hard to read. The book also wasn't very well edited, I found several spelling and grammar mistakes in the first chapter which is the only one I read.
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I've been doing a lot of other reading too. I'll add the reviews as I finish them.
Needlework news:
I finally finished the Victoria Sampler Winter Box I've been working on and I've started the Spring Box.
I've also finished stitching Victoria Sampler's Butterfly Lace Sampler. I did the hydrangea version and I'm going to do the daisy version before I frame them, probably together.
I also finished a cute little bookmark that I got as a birthday present.
I've finished one sleeve of the Sherwood sweater I'm making for Afghans for Afghans, got the pattern material and most of the threads together for a Mrs. Tiggy-winkle square I'm doing for Solak. I also started on another hoodie, for me this time, while I was on vacation.
Bird news
I've got sad news in this area. We took all three boys in for a check up 2 weeks ago and while they were there Coco started bleeding. We left him there in hospital and I went to visit several times. He seemed to be improving and then a week ago Friday we got an emergency call from the vet that he was having breathing difficulties. We rushed over there but he was gone by the time we arrived. We got to hold him for a little while and then had to make some decisions. The vet is going to do a post mortem since other than the bacterial infection, she hadn't been able to figure out what was going on. Then his body will be donated to the Beaty Biodiversity Museum for future research into birds.
We all miss him a great deal. Mal especially is having a rough time of it without his buddy. He has a mirror to keep him from getting lonely but he's gotten very nippy and territorial now. I'm trying to wean him from the mirror and to get him to spend more time with us and Hawk. I'm hoping he returns to his sweet self soon.
We were scheduled to go on another vacation to Quadra and Vancouver Island but had to cancel the trip when Coco got sick. We've spent the week at home rearranging the bedrooms and tidying up some and baking. Our bedroom is now in the smaller north room with the balcony and the spare room and Llew have been moved to the big south room.
I also finished a cute little bookmark that I got as a birthday present.
I've finished one sleeve of the Sherwood sweater I'm making for Afghans for Afghans, got the pattern material and most of the threads together for a Mrs. Tiggy-winkle square I'm doing for Solak. I also started on another hoodie, for me this time, while I was on vacation.
Bird news
I've got sad news in this area. We took all three boys in for a check up 2 weeks ago and while they were there Coco started bleeding. We left him there in hospital and I went to visit several times. He seemed to be improving and then a week ago Friday we got an emergency call from the vet that he was having breathing difficulties. We rushed over there but he was gone by the time we arrived. We got to hold him for a little while and then had to make some decisions. The vet is going to do a post mortem since other than the bacterial infection, she hadn't been able to figure out what was going on. Then his body will be donated to the Beaty Biodiversity Museum for future research into birds.
We all miss him a great deal. Mal especially is having a rough time of it without his buddy. He has a mirror to keep him from getting lonely but he's gotten very nippy and territorial now. I'm trying to wean him from the mirror and to get him to spend more time with us and Hawk. I'm hoping he returns to his sweet self soon.
We were scheduled to go on another vacation to Quadra and Vancouver Island but had to cancel the trip when Coco got sick. We've spent the week at home rearranging the bedrooms and tidying up some and baking. Our bedroom is now in the smaller north room with the balcony and the spare room and Llew have been moved to the big south room.
