Planning to re-open Blackberry Patch BnB

Six o'clock and I got woken up by the roosters in the back yard. Dianne (who I will call "D" from here on in) thought I would be bothered by them but I actually enjoy them. Its cooler today. Grey and overcast. But even the weather can't dampen the beauty of this province. Everyday I wake up in awe and can't wait to get out and enjoy it.

D has left for a good part of the day so I am sat here looking out the front window drinking coffee watching Coronation Street. I haven't been watching TV at all since I have been here. Which is exactly what I wanted. A life! No more sitting infront of a tv all day because I couldn't get out. Now my days are filled with everything but tv. But I do still enjoy my Cory Street so here I am sitting happily starting my fifth day living in British Columbia.

Looking out the front window

I am still in shock about what happened in Liverpool this week. After winning the Premier League the team, Liverpool FC, was celebrating in a parade when a car drove into all people celebrating injuring 79 people. The football community in the premier league is a tight community. When something happens they all gather together to mourn. Not just Liverpool, but all the teams. It has left everyone in this community shocked and saddened. Everytime I see it on the news my heart breaks. How sad that there are such evil people in this world.

Yesterday we drove into Ladysmith. We stopped at Transfer Beach so I could dip my toes into the pacific ocean for the first time. I am now an offical British Columbian. I am still in awe with all the new things I am seeing everyday. I am like a child discovering life. Everything is new and interesting to me. I think D is getting sick of me asking her questions all the time. "Whats that?",... "Where are we now?",... I just have this thirst for all things BC right now. It's just so different than Ontario.

The situation here right now is I am living in a room inside D's home. My trailer is out in the backyard but it is not livable right now. It needs to be cleaned out from the last tenant. I can do that myself but it will have to be done in small doses. A little bit at a time. It could take me weeks. So in the meantime, I am living in the main house with "D". We are planning to re-open this home as a B & B. Dianne used to run this as a B & B before covid. But had to stop. Now that things are better in her life, she plans to re-open her home once again. It is called The Blackberry Patch BnB. She has two suites to let as well as the 'wing' that I am living in now. Once we get my trailer cleaned out and I go in there, we can start planning the re-opening of this B & B. Once it is open,... I invite all of you to look it up and see if a trip to Crofton BC is in your cards. If it is,... we will have a lovely place for you to stay. A bubble tub every day,... infinite amounts of blackberries growing like weeds on the property. There is hiking, kayaking,... there is just so much to do and see here. And now that we have made these plans to re-open it again, I am feeling worthwhile again. Now I have a plan. A project. A purpose in my life. And I couldn't be happier. So mark your calendars for the re-opening of Blackberry Patch BnB. 

Jacquie "Indigo~Rose" Holyoak is back and ready to face the world once again!!!