We now return to our regularly-scheduled broadcasting

The sun was shining when we landed in Victoria early yesterday morning. After three weeks of the bright whites and dingy greys in wintery Saskatchewan, all the colours in Victoria were shocking. As we drove into the city, I told Chris that I felt like Dorothy landing in Oz, where suddenly the whole world was in colour.

(Of course, a couple of hours later the clouds descended again and the colours weren't nearly so bright.)

Now I'm working my way through heaps of laundry and settling in to starting some heavy reading, but now that we're finally back in our own apartment, I have one more holiday-related scheme up my sleeve: the maiden voyage of the mixer.

Isn't it pretty? Tonight I'm going to make the Cheese Soufflé Cockaigne from The Joy of Cooking. I really want to see what that whisk attachment does with egg whites.