Christopher's Uncle Kenneth

This photo was taken in the summer of 2004 up on Cold Mountain outside of Waynesville, NC. My brother George on the right, my brother Kenneth on the left. I'm the youngest, in the middle...where I've comfortably, safely spent my whole life. I don't know how to be anywhere else. Day before yesterday, George and I prematurely lost Kenneth to that which is nothing short of evil...cancer.

The world is suddenly a very strange place, but I know I was blessed...still am.

Happy kid playing on the ferry.

While in Victoria, BC we spent one morning slightly north of town at the Butchart Gardens. Though we seem to be doing a lot of flowers lately it was really beautiful and Christopher just loves flowers. I think the different colors and textures grab his attention.

This past weekend, Stacy had to make a presentation at a conference being held in Vancouver, BC so we decided to make a weekend of it. We stayed the one night there and the next day we hopped a ferry to Victoria and got a room at the Empress Hotel overlooking the harbour (they spell differently up there).