Yeee-Ha!

Here's some pics from the rodeo.

Calgary Stampede

First Stampede for me in about 30 years. Some things have changed & some things haven't. The rides are higher, faster, and definitely more stomach churning. The midway snacks are even more calorie laden (deep-fried oreos?!) The rodeo events are much the same. The only difference I noticed are that some of the bull-riders wear helmets and flashy metallic chaps. We had a great day, got rained on a couple of times, but it didn't damper our enthusiasm. Here's a few of the several hundred shots I took. More to come.

sad news

It is with sadness that we announce the sudden passing of "Old Blackie". At approximately 5:30pm on Monday, June 8th, Old Blackie is believed to have spread his wings high and wide atop a transformer, thereby becoming a conduit for a gazillion volts of electricity.

"Mrs Old Blackie" witnessed the event and became extremely distraught, cawing loudly and wildly circling the accident scene. She has followed this up by confusedly dive-bombing passers-by, including the most benevolent Detective Swaney, himself.

Old Blackie's morning call for breakfast will be sorely missed by the Detective and also his tentative friend, "Old Whitey".

As Detective Swaney has been known to mutter, "he was a good ole boy."

The Crow Bar will never be quite the same.

mike was FP

leopoldo

Detective Swaney's Latest Project

Young & Carefree

I found these pictures the other day and thought you guys might enjoy them. The one with both Ida & Lyall is dated 1944 and I imagine the other is around the same time, as Gramma is wearing the same unique sunglasses. Note the kid in behind her! (It can't be Jake as this was before his time).

Sunny Sunday

Today we had brekkie at Molly's after first dishing out brekkie for Blackie & Whitey. It's a beautiful sunny day - feels like Summer.

they're ba-ack...

Visiting Emma's uncle in his ceramic studio....which unfortunately just closed

out & about in Gibsons today

It felt good to be up & about today, especially after being stuck in bed sick for the past couple of days. Bonus that the sun was shining. Today we went to the Waterfront Restaurant for brunch - not as tasty as Molly's, but a nice treat anyway (plus I got some good condiment pictures).