Oh, Canada

So far, we are having a marvellous holiday - warm weather, great food, western horseback riding, pickles and now a canadian football match... wonderful hospitality, and lots of great chats.. did i mention great food? Andrew has learned how to pickle - beans, jalapeno, cucumbers, carrots, zucchini,AND make pear jam. We went to a great farmers market, and it was a wonderful display of fresh goods. The Hutterite community was selling a lot of it, and it was quite intriguing to see them - cowboy hats and polka dot scarves, long skirts and braces. I have always been attracted to the peace communities, and have tremendous admiration for the anabaptists in history.

Read a lot on the plane - Andrew read a book that I recently finished - The Irresitible revolution - we both found it quite challenging. We leave to Wainwright tomorrow and I'm really excited/nervous to be going there - and am so glad Andrew's with me.