Winter Wonderland - A rare event for downtown Vancouver

Please can we get the rain back!

Our Traditional December Anniversary/Birthday Weekend

We stayed in Vancouver this year but pretended we were away, ie. shopping, fun and no cooking!

Turkey (not the bird!) Came to Port Moody

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Girls' Night at Silvana's - We had a ball and learned a few belly dancing moves!

Wonderful Evening at Dave's and Lorette's

As usual, the five-course dinner was out of this world!

Carol Ship Cruise in Vancouver Harbour

We've been talking about doing this one Christmas Season for quite a few years and finally got it together. It was a lot of fun!


Lion's Gate Bridge


Pan Pacific Hotel (the Sails), new Convention Centre and part of skyline


We were lucky to have a beautiful clear night.


Carolers throughout the ship

Make Wish Breakfast - A Yearly Event at the Pan Pacific Hotel

Here comes Santa Claus!


Choirs sang throughout the event


Breakfast for all who brought in a gift


Some people had theirs outside


The Global TV early morning show staff MC'ing the event.



The mountain of gifts piled up during the 2-hour time period!

Those Sunsets Just Keep Getting Better

What a November!

Beautiful Sunset Tonight

An Unexpected Sight!

It is a little fuzzy - but there is a big hunking owl on that branch and he was surrounded by about a dozen squawking crows. They were really bothered with him being there but they certainly didn't seem to faze him. This was mid-afternoon in the middle of Yaletown.

Fantastic Christmas Display

To put you in the mood!

Trying Out our New Toy

We had a beautiful day in Vancouver yesterday. Hard to believe we are in the middle of our usually rainy November. We took the opportunity to go around Stanley Park on our new tandem bike. We loved it!

Our 'Twice a Week' Dog Fix!

Last week, we started looking after this lovely young Golden Retriever by the name of Bear, twice a week: Tuesday and Thursday, with the occasional extra day planned at times. He is a joy and a great way to get your "dog fix"!


Bear on the balcony


Walking on the seawall


Enjoying coffee at the Urban Fair


Sporting his new raincoat!

Halloween - High Rise Style

This is what Halloween consists of for high-rise dwellers - in our case, watching from our balcony, the gremlins and goblins parade coming out of the Roundhouse Community Centre. Saves on candy!

Kenny's Memorial Bench

This past Friday, Stan, Sheree, Paula and I spent some time at Kenny's bench. This is a bench near Port Coquitlam City Hall where Kenny used to sit. We had the bench dedicated to him and the City affixed a plaque to that effect. For some of you who may not know Kenny, he was Stan's son. He disappeared last March and his remains were found in Burnaby Marine Park in late June of this year.

Ruth's Visit

Ruth, Stan's cousin, was in town for a conference and we were able to spend most of Sunday with her. Ruth and Stan go a long way back to before the World War II internment of Japanese families when, in their case, they were taken from the Coast and moved to Alberta.

Motorcycle Mama!

Sheree is graduating to this lean, mean machine ...

Frito is a hit!

Frito - a chihuahua/shitzu cross - is the latest resident at Caberneigh Farm. He wormed his way into the girls' hearts on their visit to the cottage in Quebec and voila!




Frito giving Patapouf a haircut!
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Side Gardens at the Farm

The perennial gardens around the house are starting to look very nice after much digging, weeding and transplanting.

Last Stay at the Cottage

It is Vendu! We had a lot of good times there but we're glad to be turning a new leaf.


Farewell dinner with Claude and Nicole.


Stan is very happy to leave those thorny plumbing problems behind.


Boating with Claude and Nicole


An outdoor Sunday mass in the small town a few kilometers from the cottage.

Willy's Vacation with Grandma and Grandpa

Willy loved to go swimming in the St. Laurence. If he hadn't had a leash on he would have taken off after the power boats!


Grandpa is into beer and Willy is into wine.

PJ and Nicole at the Cottage

Willy getting the 'swing around'





Willy looking for shade at the Toits Bleus flea market - little did he know that he was soon to acquire a new brother.


Signing the adoption papers ...



And here he is - Frito - all 4 lbs. of him.


Happy Hour on the deck!