Sunday, December 28, 2008

Goodbye, December!!!!!!!!!!

December 21st!

December 22.

December 22.

Part of our tree. It looked pretty good this year.
Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of it at night. .... Next year!

I'm sure we had over 50 cm of snow. Hated it!
Now we have to worry about it flooding! ARGH!
Looking forward to normalcy. :D

LOL cards



Cards I received from my LOL pals!
There are more in the mail but I'll add them later. :D

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Nip/Tuck

I love these guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today

See the pile of snow on this little roof beside our apartment? That's how much snow has fallen since about Saturday. I'm sure it's over a foot. Hate it!

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Driveway

Yes, it's beautiful (Greater) Vancouver - Lalaland, Canada. We've had the snow removal guys out 4 times in the past week. I think this pile is about 5 feet high. And more snow tomorrow?! As Grandma would say - "Give me strength!!!!!!!" :D

Monday, December 22, 2008

Product Red...


Season's Greetings! :D

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz



Will it ever end!!!!!!!!!!

Still naked...

Well, unbelievably, we bought our Christmas tree more than just 1 day before Christmas - ROFL! It looks great with the blue lights on the mantle, but unfortunately, you can't see much in the dark. So, I guess we'll decorate it. :D

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Today!

Sigh.... Hate this snow!

Sunday, December 14, 2008

In lockdown mode....

The snow wouldn't be so bad by itself .... but add to it the rain and wet roads, throw in subzero temperatures, and you end up with ice, so the Lower Mainland is one big skating rink!  Man, I hate this!

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Full Moon Tomorrow

And that would be how it looks tonight.... It looks like a street lamp. I REALLY need to use my proper camera and see if I can get a decent picture! The last few days at work have been weird - I blame that thing in the sky. :D  And they are saying snow tomorrow. Bah, humbug!

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Hey, kids.....

Don't drop the soap on your foot in the shower - or you'll have one of these, too. :D

Monday, December 8, 2008

What's up

It seems a little strange that one tree has a ton of autumn leaves still on it 
and we have Christmas lights on the other trees. :D
Sorry - it's a little blurry... 

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Went for a walk today....

It was nice and sunny, crisp, with a little breeze. I loved it!
Saw some neat things.... like this fat tree! Just looked interesting.

You might not be able to see the moon, but it's just to the right of the middle of the picture, above some clouds, looks like a little cloud itself. But it looked great.

The RCMP are on the way to the mall. I love their Winnebago!

I'd love to travel around in one of these!

My phone won't take great pictures unless there's tons of light, so these were quite dark.
Nice, though. I'll have to remember my "real" camera next time we go walking.... :D

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Condo Christmas


Yep, it was that time again last night. Our condo Christmas get together. A good time was had by all......

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Daily photo

I'm thinking of a daily photo idea, cause that's nearly what I'm doing. But I need some good subject matter.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

O, Christmas Tree...


A new addition at work today! Pretty Nice!

Monday, December 1, 2008

Dogs and Trees

I forgot to mention that we went to guide dog trivia the other night. We've been going for about 4 or 5 years now, with Frank and Libby and their assorted guests. It's an event to raise money for guide dogs, it's held in Ladner and we always have a great time. The first year we came in 4th and it's been downhill ever since - hahahahaha.

Anyway, we usually go to the White Spot in Tswwassen for dinner beforehand and ... they had a Christmas tree. Very lovely. Don't think I've captured its niceness, but ... I was there. :D

How cute is this!

These oranges are barely big enough to peel! Talk about a make work project!
But they are so cute!

This is the first time I've seen these. Kids would love them. :D
They are good, but you have to eat a lot of them!

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Ok, this is getting annoying already....

Another fire alarm, this time at about 6:45 p.m. I can just recycle my fire truck from last time cause it's dark out. Although, I really should have taken some pictures - there was some neat fog out there. :D

Fire alarm over - stand down. :D

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Ray and Barb's Christmas Decorations

It's not easy to photograph lights! You can't use a flash cause
you don't get the same effect. And perhaps I should get a tripod -
that might help!

The tree looks WAY better in person, of course.

This angel light is pretty.

This tree looks very cute and cozy in the corner.
Adds some very nice ambience to the room.

This little decoration is really cute and is in the kitchen!
We had a great time, great food, Barb is a fabulous cook!
And we talked till about 11 and I'm sure Barb and Ray
wanted to throw us out hours earlier - hahahahaha.

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Ear, ear!!!!

Er.... who would this belong to?  Oh right, my boss.  Can you guess what he does? :D

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Go for a ride.....

Well, I don't recall ever seeing one of these before! hahahahaha
Can you see it, or is the paint job too good?


Hey, WARD! You're on my blog!
Watch out! I'm going to apply for your job!!!!! hahahahahaha

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

No time

Haven't taken any photos in the last few days. I need to go find some nifty Christmas shots. 

So far, loving DUE SOUTH!  

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Long overDUE!!!!!!!


I ALWAYS miss the boat with great TV shows. Didn't really pay attention to Miami Vice when it was on in the 80s. Never watched Rockford Files. Never watched Seinfeld. Never watched Due South!

Well, there is a benefit to this. I get to discover them years later, when they're all out on DVD and I can binge watch! Have all 5 seasons of MV, ALL THE SAINT from the 60s, we have all the SEINFELD, NERO WOLFE.

Well, time for DUE SOUTH!!!!!!!!!!!! :-) Here goes nothing..... :D

Diana from SB

Hi, Diana. :D

Seattle

RR and I spent Saturday evening in Seattle while TR was at a concert. Met up with a friend, Elaine. Had a great gab session at Starbucks in the U district. One of the few places open until 2 a.m., I'm guessing. Didn't get to bed until about 5 a.m. - zzzzzzzzz. Forgot to take pictures!

Friday, November 21, 2008

My first Christmas photo....

Well, today at noon I was out with Miss M (you know who you are!), went radio shopping and then headed to Solly's! This was right across the street and I didn't even see it until she pointed it out. I knew at that second that it was time to let autumn go and move on to - "CHRISTMAS"!  (or whatever you want to call it)  I love what they've done here!  

So, here is a little goodbye slideshow of my favourite tree (well, two trees, they are pretty much beside each other, but one is my favourite). Music: Early Autumn, by George Shearing.


Goodbye, autumn - hello, holiday season. :D  

Thursday, November 20, 2008

What the hell are these!!!!!!!!!!!??????

Ok - it's difficult to get a picture of this when trying to DRIVE, but if you can see this - what the hell is that thing on top of the lamp post. It looks like some kind of antennae. There are about 5 to 10 of them on lamp posts on the Arthur Lang Bridge. Are they some kind of weather sensor, or traffic sensor? It's driving me nuts not knowing! Help! :D

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Bellingham

Had to pick up some parcels in Blaine tonight so we continued on to Bellingham. Trader Joe's and the Co-op store. Man, I love TJ's Tandoori Naan bread - heavenly. :D And what night would be complete without Starbucks!

Monday, November 17, 2008

More joy.....

Well, the day starts out with a false alarm at 5 a.m., followed by 2 hours in the dentist chair! JOY!!!! Actually, we have a new dentist, and he is THE BEST! Dr. Ernest Schmidt at Pacific Spirit Dental Centre at UBC! Which is on the UBC Endowment Lands, which contains Pacific Spirit Regional Park. It's a lovely drive.


And I now have a very lovely ceramic onlay tooth - hahahahahaha. Great dentist! If you need a new dentist, give him a call. :D 604-244-2411! Tell him Judie sent you. :D

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...........

Where EVERYONE wants to be at 5 a.m. and 6 degrees Celsius! Well, I don't mind the 6 degrees, but it's so annoying to be woken up to a false alarm! zzzzzzzzzzz

Then again, better a false alarm than a real fire - so .... ok, never mind.... :D

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Aliens!

If you live in Richmond, perhaps you've seen some weird bright light areas in the south, towards Ladner (Delta). Well, tonight we went to investigate. We'd heard that some farms in Ladner were lighting up their greenhouses with bright lights that were annoying the neighbours. And in the spring we had seen this bright light every morning around 4:30 when I was driving RR to work! So we took a drive to see what we could find. These lights were at a place on 41B - turns out to be Windset Greenhouses. I can't find any articles on any controversy, but .... at least I know where that light is coming from, and that it's not Close Encounters of the Weird Kind! :-)

Unfortunately, forgot my camera - AGAIN! - or the picture would have been better. Sheesh!

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Moon and Wind

It was very windy today - gusting from 40-70, or so they were saying. And it just happens to be a full moon today. This was the moon this morning. That's facing north west.

Then I got to work and these greeted me on the steps to Starbucks. Thought they looked neat.

Then tonight I could have got just THE BEST photo of the moon over the high rises going over the Granville Bridge, but I wasn't ready with the camera. ARGH! By the time I got home I was too lazy to go out photo hunting so I just took this. Same corner as this morning, just facing east. Can you tell which one is the moon? :D

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Hanging out at YVR


Melina, Nikki, Rick and Jaime. Hanging out with 'the siren'.
It was great to see you again, Jaime. (on her way back from China! - she's a Lee, all right!)
Great to see you again Melina and Nikki.  Rick .... well .......  :)
Sorry it's fuzzy - forgot my damn camera - had to use the phone!

Monday, November 10, 2008

Sure thing!

Of course, TODAY there are LOTS of parking spots - because everyone has the day off!

The traffic was so light, it was great. I wish it were like this every day. Parked about 5 blocks away so I get a bit of a walk both ways - quite enjoyable!

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Japanese Maple by Night


This is funny. Took this picture standing on my friend's steps, it was dark, I could still see the tree not too badly, but - as usual with my iPhone - no flash so everything looks quite dark. I still think it looks pretty good - click to see it larger. :-)

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Saturday evening

This is a shot of the sky around 5 p.m. with my iPhone. It really adds in that blue!
Makes it look pretty spectacular.

Here's another one - lots of clouds. Man, it gets dark so early now!


Cloudiness in front of the moon around 7:30 or so.