Apr 12
18
Big Teddy
I was at the food bank and saw this bear and I fell in Love. I asked around to see if I could take it home. Sure was the reply. I soon ralized that I had no room fore him at home. So this is the best I could do.
Apr 12
16
New Additions…
Bryn & her new wheels
Mid April is a fun time at our house, as both our kids have their birthdays a few days apart. To go with her first bike that Far Far got her for Christmas (how did he know???, and what could that be in the background?…), she got a helmet, bell, and some streamers. She’s only been on it a few times, but she’s totally hooked. She was quite sad when it snowed a bunch the day after her first ride. She wanted to go so badly despite the snow, but her dad was a wimp and said no.
I don’t want to jinx anything, but now that there is no snow in the long term forecast and the weekend should bring temperatures near +20C, I will suggest that spring is arriving in Calgary. With the great thaw that brings rain and green to this land which is brown and white for so much of the year, the city comes to life. The traffic on the pathway behind our home gets much more frequent in the evenings. Birds other than Magpies show up and sing. All in all, this is the best time of year in this city. I am no different that when winter ends, the itch to get outside gets stronger and stronger.
This year, I received a special treat from my better half to enable me to scratch that itch, which was to obey rule #12 and move up to (n+1). I took it out for a spin tonight, and oh, the effortless speed. I can only wonder why I didn’t do it sooner. Now it’s time to man up and get some proper clothes to match.
Mar 12
28
New Look
Mar 12
19
Tara and Danielle Duet
Tara has been learning violin in a before-school music program. Danielle recently pulled out her flute after years. Over the weekend they got together and jammed in the living room.
Mar 12
2
Doubling up on the Deep Days
Sometimes you just get lucky. Two years in a row I managed it, and I’m starting to feel like I got away with something I shouldn’t have. Let me explain. I’ve started to teach my kids how to ski and so for most of the season I stick to the beginner runs and learn the basics I skipped out on in my youth. But about once in a season I’m given the nod to head up the hill with some buddies to ski the stuff the kids aren’t quite ready for. This year, just like last year, I hit it perfect. A huge pacific storm hit the day/night before only to open up to blue bird skies and cold temps. I’ve never skied so much powder in my life as I have on these two occasions. 40+ cms of the fresh with wind loading making it deeper over most the upper mountain. After 20 years of off-and-on skiing (yikes, has it been that long!), I’m starting to get a feel for skiing deep pacific powder.
It’s easy to forget I live on an island.