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There was a lot of Robins in our neighbors birch tree yesterday
They were chirping up a storm
A proud guy!!
File photo of avalanche control in Rogers Pass, B.C. by Canadian Forces.
Sooke Road at West Coast Tire has been re-opened this morning after being closed for several hours due to major flooding from rainfall. The conditions are impassable and dangerous, according to the Langford Fire Department and Sooke RCMP. “There’s not a lot we can do right now, except let nature run its course,” said Roger Plamondon, Sooke RCMP staff sergeant. “It’s still raining buckets out there.”
Vancouver has been hit hard this winter. We in Victoria were receiving rain when this is what the lower mainland has been getting used to. The West Coast is now being issued with heavy rainfall warnings for today.
It dosen't get any better than this!
Montreal 6 - 5 Florida Panthers (Shootout)
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As we don't have cable and cannot even tune in local channels (our decision), the ability to watch good sporting events has been limited, until now....... Live streaming of sporting events over the internet. We have been watching the World Junior Hockey Championships, watching Canada defeat the USA 7-4 on New Years Eve and tonight Canada winning in the shootout over Russia 6-5. Absolutely fantastic hockey. Monday night we are going to friends to watch the Gold Medal game between Canada and Sweden. If Canada comes out on top, it will be 5 straight Gold.
Most of the snow is gone. Mild temperatures and our usual January weather is here.
Saanich Commonwealth Place. The facility was built for the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria. The pool hosts major swimming and diving championships as well as qualifiers for the various Canadian teams for the Olympics and other games. Every few months the Cuban diving team shows up for a weeks training. It has a 25 meter teach pool, dive tank (25 m), 50 meter competition pool, slide and wave pool. There is also a steam room, hot tub and sauna. I try to get in the pool for length swimming most weekdays.
