What a babe!

Happy, Happy Birthday Trista! Have a fantastic day, wish we were there with you.

Happy Birthday from your little brother

Love, Clayton

Victoria CRC baseball team

Came across this picture from the '90's. It was a pretty strong team, good memories.

Isn't it June next week?

This is just not right!

Shamrocks v Burnaby Lakers

Burnaby is a young team, should be a Victoria win!

Pregame warmup for the Rocks.

** Final game score: Victoria 10-5 Burnaby

When will they stop the flow?

They are staying today that the Gulf oil spill is the worst spill in US history, substantially eclipsing the Exxon Valdez spill.

Rhodo bloom

147th Victoria Highland Games and Celtic Festival

Clayton and I spent 3 1/2 hours this afternoon at the Highland Games. They had the World Heavy Events Championships (photos below), Sheep Dog demonstrations (missed), Highland Dance competitions (missed) and Piping and Drumming competitions (heard those).

"Throwing the Weights" Weights for Distance - 28 lbs. The furthest was ~90 ft.

"Throwing the Hammers" Hammers for Distance - 22 lbs. The furthest was ~115 ft.

Tossing the Caber - the caber must pass through the vertical position in order to count as a turned caber. Only one competitor managed to turn the caber.

Many good efforts went unrewarded

The final event was a demonstration of "Tossing the Keg". Look to the upper right of the picture. A good pint is as worthy as a wee dram.

The end of the raccoon story

This little guy we were told is a juvenile (born last year). He is being taken to a wildlife "hospital" to see if they can fix his leg to allow him to go back into the wild without being prey for other animals.
Jeff and his driving companion was the one who trapped it and took it away. He does this on a freelance basis. We were more than happy to contribute to his expenses.
When we asked if we could take a picture of his hawk, he went one better and asked if we wanted to hold her.
Amazing how large a bird is so light in weight. Definitely this was a highlight to our day.

A picture for today