End of August...

So once again the female half has been away for a week granny sitting - Mother is 99 years old, very bright but cannot be left alone. Since the brother and sisterin-law (where she lives) were to be away, it was Hazel's job to go out to the coast (Victoria BC) and do the honours. Yrs truly had to stay behind because of work....so guess who has been up at 6am to walk the dog (have to do a blog about her) before leaving to earn the bread....

Meanwhile the grandson is wreaking havoc in London (see "Notes from within my head") posted by Sparx...

That's all for now - oh - the weather here in the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains has turned hot again. Also the berry crop in the high reaches has been very poor - so we are dealing with an influx of black bears, one of which tried to demolish the composter. So now we are building a bear-proof (we hope) enclosure around said delicious snacking counter for said bears....

Back at it...

SO - finally back blogging after a long hiatus. Been quite the year - saw our Grandson christened in France (cross reference sparx blog ("Notes from inside my head" - she is our daughter)...that was in May, fabulous time in France - out 2000km on the rental car. Then a very hot summer here in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, while the male half of this team spent 6 weeks working in Quito, Ecuador. 9500' altitude, cool and comfortable. Will post pics an maybe a video or two. WHen I get them off hte cameras ind into the machine.Now it's August, cooler weather and the leaves starting to turn - even had our ritual first frost of the year. That's all for now.