Crow in the snow

February 24, 2014 Maurice 2 Comments

For all you people in the east who have had a bad winter, here are a couple pictures of the sudden spring snow storm we are enduring here. The snow started falling on Saturday, and hasn’t really stopped since.

We’ve had such a mild winter, this snow has really caught us off guard. Our crocuses have bloomed already, and are now under several inches of snow. I imagine they are toast now!

Bailey loves racing around in the snow. But this picture makes her look so darn sad! You’d think she’d get tired of the ice building up in her paws but she’s quite content to race around like a greyhound.

Aruba, Vacations

A bit more about Aruba

February 22, 2014 Maurice Leave a comment

On our last day in Aruba, we had lunch at the Paddock, a Dutch restaurant right by the cruise ship dock. It’s a favorite of ours, and we go at least once while we’re there. The staff are a really friendly bunch and the food is quite good, with very reasonable prices.

The have a terrific sign on one of their chalkboards and we just had to take a picture! I’m sure lots of other places would like to use it!

When we got home after the long flights, we were walking through Vancouver International Airport and saw an amazing aquarium full of jellyfish! They were HUGE! Sure glad we didn’t run into these guys in the water.

About Bailey

Eagles and ducks

February 20, 2014 Maurice Leave a comment

Today, the 19th of February, we were in Green Timbers Park, North Surrey. The weather is a bit brisk – cool, but sunny. As we were wandering around this large urban forest, we arrived at the duck pond. It’s a man made lake stocked with rainbow trout for the local fisherman.

Lots of birds hang around the lake including ducks, herons, and eagles. We got to see two majestic looking eagles, perched in a tree hanging over the edge of the lake, no doubt staring at the nearby food source! The lower eagle has his head twisted right around facing us. Now that’s flexible!

Bailey sure found the whole experience a little exciting. She just can’t resist going after the ducks, and trying to jump into the lake after them. Pam had a heck of a time trying to convince her that that wasn’t the thing to do!

Here’s a little movie showing her prancing around trying to get at all the ducks taunting her.

Something About Us

Some fun pictures

February 19, 2014 Maurice 3 Comments

Recently I’ve been doing some work on the blog, most notably improving the pictures that are here. Some of the pictures were from scans I had done many years ago when we still used dialup. So the pictures weren’t very large, and quite grainy. I’ve re-scanned them and inserted them into the various posts throughout the blog. This one is of the whales that used to be in Stanley Park.

While I was searching through our old pictures I found a lot of fun pictures and I thought I’d put a couple up here for you to see. This one of Pam was taken in about 1982, several years after we got married. Pam doesn’t even remember them being taken – a sure sign of age, right? But her brother Peter says that he took them while in his last year of high school. The dogs are her much loved Tobey and Duke.

And this one was taken in 1999 in Toronto. I had ridden my bike, a BMW R1007, to a Microsoft Gaming Zone Bridge convention. Our friend Joy, who lives in Ohio, but had come up to Toronto for the bridge, is seen testing out the bike for size!

And here is one of my parents. I realized there are very few pictures of them up here, and obviously that’s my bad! There is no date on the photo, but I’d estimate it was taken about ten years ago.

About Bailey, Surrey Parks

Crescent Beach

February 18, 2014 Maurice Leave a comment

Crescent Beach was created in 1909 when the railway came through the area. Dikes were installed allowing for development of housing, and the dikes form the basis of the walking paths that surround the area.

It was pretty windy out there on the ocean’s edge today, but Bailey and Pam and I had a nice walk up and down the beach. Bailey got to chase the seagulls and run through the ocean’s water. She didn’t go splashing in, though – too cold I’m sure!

While we were walking back towards the car after our walk, Bailey got to meet Cooper, a three year old spaniel. They decided to have a bit of a play and Pam got a couple pictures of Cooper that were quite fun! His long ears give him a startled aspect here. But check out that featured picture! Cooper’s eyes are priceless are they not? Really cute.

Here’s a brief movie of Bailey running along the shore.

About Bailey, Surrey Parks

In the Watershed

February 17, 2014 Maurice Leave a comment

Bailey and I had a nice walk in the Delta Watershed Park. It was a nice day, sunny and warm as we entered the park via the upper entrance. There were a number of other dogs there, and Bailey had no problems with the various meet and greets.

The sun was glinting through the trees, so I had to take a picture like Pam loves so much.

It’s really a great park. Lots of wonderfully big trees, with a lush undergrowth of ferns and other small bushes. There are paths snaking all over the park, up and down the side of a large slope. You can make the walk as tough or as gentle as you like. We took it slow and easy. Bailey found something to sniff or chase nearly every step!