I have been in Canada for quite a while, enjoying the beauty of my sweet sister, China, and the landscape she inhabits. Here is a window into our time: Trips to the beach with our two wildly wonderful children, Bodhi and Mina. Walks to the beach without our two wildly wonderful children. Days spent reveling in beauty more abundant than I had cause to dream. Walks alone on moody mornings, breathing in the salty spray from a thousand miles of distant ocean. Long treks and short rambles through the forests in Metchosin Falling deeply and passionately in love with arbutus trees. Deer so close you could touch them if you were patient enough, we weren't (well more specifically Bodhi and Mina weren't). Waterfalls Lakes Fires on the beach... Happiness picking veggies in the greenhouse to be humbly transformed into culinary masterpieces in the kitchen by sisters joyously working side by side. Views so astounding that breathing is nearly