16th July 2008
Schmap for iPhone - Gastown Steam Clock

6th March 2008
Canoe Days Out - River Stour Nayland

2007
Schmap Vancouver - Gastown Steam Clock
I See Tech People - link to ginger-kittens photoblog

And the photos are:

Victims of Woodlands abuse not sorry to see buildings burn (Vancouver Sun)

Heritage building destroyed by fire (CTV)

ISK has had a profound impact on my life and I am immensely grateful to have had the pleasure of being an ISK student for 5 years. Hopefully, I will be able to attend the next reunion in 5 years time.

Here’s a short message from Tom Taylor, High School Principal from 1987 to 1996.

From this point we really didn’t plan where we were going to go next.  Got back on the highway and drove north.  At a major junction we decided to turn towards Merritt and stay the night there.  There really isn’t much to do in Merritt other than anything country and western.

The next day we decided to drive up to Wells Grey Provincial Park.  We checked out Spahats Falls and Green Mountain Lookout.  On our drive from Clearwater to these two spots we decided keep our eyes peeled for some black bears.  Unfortunately, if there were any around on that day we didn’t see them, Ryan was rather disapointed.  Over the two days we did see loads of deer, a marmot and a very vocal family of Columbian ground squirrels.

This trip was ultimately about driving and testing Ryan’s new car.  The scenary was amazing and the roads take you through some spectacular mountain terrain.  We’re planning a 9 day trip in September.  We haven’t decided where we’ll go, but Ryan is leaning more towards driving down to California.

I’ve treated myself to an avocado four times this year. They mainly come from Mexico and are a lot smaller than what I’m used to. Since leaving Africa I’ve dreamed about having my own avocado tree. So I saved the four pits and have been trying to encourage them to sprout. Visit Garden Web to find out how to grow an avocado tree. So far three have rooted and one hasn’t done anything, of course I started the process at different times so they are all on a different schedule.

Today I photographed my four avocado experiments. The images are a little dark, I didn’t quite get the exposure and white balance right. Still learning!

The first picture was the first avocado I ate this year and has two very healthy looking leaves. The next two I ate within a week of each other. I tried two different methods one I potted as soon as it rooted and the other one I left in the water. The one I left in the water has successfully sprouted, the potted one is showing a few signs of splitting but no sprouting. The last one isn’t doing anything, it has been in the water for over two months now.

Anyway, I’m happy that I have one that has leaves and it may just turn into a healthy tree.  The only draw back would be space, if it ever grows over 7 feet tall it may cause a few problems inside!  The climate in Canada just isn’t suited to avocado trees, so I’m not sure what I would do if it actually got to that size.  No need thinking about these things now, it will probably take a few years for it to grow 7 feet.

My mouth is watering with all this avocado talk!

Come for an evening of laughs and entertainment. Here On The Flight Path is the last play of the season for the Vagabond Players. Four talented actors bring the show alive: John Cummings - Ken Fynn; Faye - Alex Wilson; Angel - Julia Grace; Gwen - Colleen Bignell.

Read the article Local actors taking flight from the local New West newspaper The Record to get a feel for the play and it’s main character.

Almost forgot, Suzanne, Kathy and myself are backstage again and we’re dressed as movers! Nothing special other than changing the scenes in front of the audience (eeck!). Working at the Bernie Legge Theatre in Queens Park has been a delightful experience and I highly recommend volunteering at your community theatre.

A comedy by Norm Foster
John Cummings is a lonely and divorced back-porch philosopher. Over three and a half years, three very different women occupy the apartment next door. As John reflects on his relationships with neighbours Fay, Angel & Gwen, he shares his unique views on everything from poets to sex.

Mothering instincts take over.

Footage from Raising a Leopard, National Geographic. For some more interesting leopard moments watch Eye of the Leopard videos.