For those of you who are interested....

Today's webcam photo, the roundhouse on Whistler Mountain. Ooowee!

Ahhh.....,

"These pretzels are making me thirsty"

Debra's weekend project, or, "what have I got myself into?"

Trust me, she WILL make this look good. It will be our "new" coffee table. After four years of looking for a round wrought iron glass top coffee table, we finally found one today at a little second hand shop in Esquimalt.

Clayton's Gorge FC U21 roster

Ladies and gentlemen, The Gelled Tumbler!

Weird weather down under

A woman takes a photograph as the Sydney Opera House is shrouded in an eerie blanket of dust on September 23, 2009.

Matterhorn - from a webcam

Just a really cool picture! I have an iPhone and there are many very neat applications that you can download (many are free) from the iTunes application store. This is one that I enjoy as it shows webcams from all over the world. It is called "Worldview" and I bookmark cams from the Antarctic, Australia, India, Paris, London etc. It feeds my travel bug one tiny bit at a time.

Canada Place Vancouver Cruise Ships

Richmond Oval and Steveston

Some cool landscaping and waterscaping with "sculpture" around the Olympic Oval

This is an eye catching multi use facility. It is built for the 2010 Olympics speed skating.

Moncton Street in historic Steveston

The BEST fish and chips at PaJo's

This is iconic Steveston

Stanley Park, Lions Gate Bridge and other

Erhu player at Prospect Point - Stanley Park

It was a beautiful day for a walk on the Seawall

Debra and I checked out of the hotel around noon and headed into Stanley Park for a walk along the seawall. It has been many years since we have done that and we must say that Vancouver is a beautiful city with the mountains and the ocean. The Lions Gate bridge pictured above connects Vancouver and North Vancouver.

Mann Cup Game 5

The Mann Cup, symbol of Senior Lacrosse supremacy in Canada

New Westminster defeated Brampton in game 5 by a score of 10 - 8 to take a 3 - 2 series lead. Unfortunately, the Bellies lost the next two games in overtime and Brampton retains the Mann Cup.

Winter Olympics Countdown clock

Whistler is hosting the 2010 Olympics (and Vancouver). This is the countdown clock in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Vermeer, Rembrandt exhibition

This was a great exhibition. We learned so much about the 17th century Dutch Masters. The golden age of the Dutch Republic. Interestingly enough, there was only one Vermeer and the painting in the banner is neither Vermeer or Rembrandt but Aelbert Cuyp. Apparently the companion portrait is of a young woman who is holding a spear and two dead ducks. It is held in a private American collection. We spent about 5 1/2 hours in the gallery and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

Room with a view(s)!

A grey, dull, rainy Wednesday morning turned to a sunny Thursday morning. What a view! We stayed two nights at the Renaissance Vancouver Hotel Harbourside. We used priceline.com where you can bid for what you would like to pay. The regular room rate is $269 per night and we stayed two nights for $237 taxes in.

Kitsilano car

Spanish Banks - Vancouver

We drove SW Marine drive coming from the ferries into downtown Vancouver. It goes through some of the most expensive properties in Vancouver and passes through UBC before heading down along the waterfront. Spanish Banks beaches are packed in the summer time.

Labour Day Walk

We went for a nice long walk along the Gorge Waterway. This Strawberry Tree (Arbutus) is growing out of the stone wall. It can grow up to 25 metres tall... this might become a problem.

Sunday Government Street Market

This block of Government Street is blocked off every Sunday till 4pm for a street market. We were there to pick up some loose leaf tea from Silk Road. It was windy and raining so there were not many vendors or shoppers.

We don't know what kind of instrument this was (an Erhu - thanks Ellie) but this guy was playing 'Amazing Grace' and it sounded beautiful.

Montmarte - Paris (webcam photo from today)

Reminiscing about this amazing place we went to in Paris last summer. It was a bit nervy getting there (some area's around it are a bit dodgy) but well worth the visit. The view is over all of Paris from up on the hill.

We had........

Wrapped Souvlaki, Spanakopita, Homous with Pita and for dessert, Baklava

Greek Fest 2009

Lamb roasting on the grill

Greek Fest 2009

Debra and I had a yummy lunch here today and listened to some fine Greek music including the polka in the video. Click the link above for more info.

Karma up the tree (again)

Karma races around the back yard and goes up and down the tree's. She used to love the Robinia tree that we took down in the spring. She also loves to chase Cotton around the yard. It is hilarious watching the two of them. Karma adds a lot of joy to the household.

I miss my mom!