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.

Friday and SNOW....

So I took her to the airport this morning (she went to Victoria to help celebrate my mother's 99th birthday - work has kept me from going). Travel to the airport takes about an hour. By the time I saw her off, the snow had started in earnest - took me two hours to get home. Was supposed to go back to Calgary for a meeting at 1:30 - no way....RCMP and city cops both saying "stay off the roads". Quite happy to. After third sweeping of the white stuff off the deck in two hours, said "screw this" - drink and feet up in the lounger definitely the order of the day.

second time around

Living in the country as we do, having pets is a calculated risk. Up to last Sunday morning (at around 4am) we had two - Sandy, the rescue dog who has turned out to be the worlds best dog (not according to our neighbour, who says her Newfs are better), and Toby, a loveable blonde bubblehead. He tore out the cat flap, and has not been seen since. We know there has been a Lynx in the area, so hope Toby's end was swift. On the other hand, he may just be two-timing and is holed up comfortably in someone else's house....

SO that is our sad news this week. Hazel takes off for Victoria this coming weekend - so guess who gets to walk the dog, do the housework while still consulting and teaching to keep the wolf from the door.

sigh.....

So here we are, our first attempt at a blog.