Lucas on the Catwalk

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Tom

lucas Lucas awoke this morning and nonchalantly mentioned over breakfast, his photoshoot was published on CanadianGeographic’s website.

The Chatham Camera Club was contacted recently (via their website) and asked if CCC would like to be the second photoclub ever featured on CanadianGeographic’s national online magazine. Martha and all the Chatham Camera Club members were invited to submit a couple photos to accompany the article and it was just published this morning. Congrats to Lucas, Martha and the CCC. CanadianGeographic.ca

Surprise Birthday Luncheon

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Eileen

Upon arrival to Vancouver we rented a car and drove to Auntie Joanne’s. We were greeted with cherry blossoms about to burst, daffodils, crocuses, and fragrant flowering jasmine as we passed through the entry gates to Auntie Joe’s condo. Uncle Ted had arrived via taxi from Maple Ridge and we had a wonderful afternoon noshing on a catered sandwich lunch from Stong’s. All looked well, vibrant and happy. Both seemed to have lots of energy and they enjoyed catching up on news and chatting with Brian and myself. We took a trip down nostalgia lane and drove around Dunbar, Point Grey and West Van. We also had lovely visits with Auntie Maureen and Auntie Mickie in their nursing homes. Check out my photos.

Spring Showers on the West Coast

Posted on March 23, 2008 by Eileen

Happy Easter everyone. I awoke to the sound of pouring rain outside. The Easter Bunny found us in Squamish, funny thing eh? Brian is racing the race of his life today. A 30km on the Olympic Race trail. It is classic style Nordic with fresh snow in the tracks. It snowed 28cm last night. We have no snow in Squamish (only rain) and after a 45min drive up the coast towards Whistler in the Callaghan Valley, the snow banks are higher than the cars. It has been a wonderful holiday and experience of a life time. Check out my photo album here.

Fort Myers Beach Photo Album

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Tom

picasa album As requested, I uploaded more pictures from our March break trip to FMB. The holiday photo album can be found here. The pictures are resized to 1000px but they will scale smaller and be more dial-up friendly if you reduce the browser’s window size before clicking photos. If you want to see them full sized, make sure to click the slideshow option.

Canadian National Nordic Ski Championships

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Eileen

Racing with the best of the best can be a bit overwhelming, thrilling and chance of a life time. Brian’s cross country ski team “Team Hardwood” is participating in this event. Some of the racers have medaled and made top 10 in Canada. A great showing so far. Brian’s claim to fame so far is that he got DNF in his team relay because he got lapped by Robin McKeever a two time Olympian. We are having a great time being here at Whistler Olympic Park in Callaghan Valley. And YES we do have snow and plenty of it, not the rain as was forecasted.

Beautiful British Columbia

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Eileen

As we ease down the road from the airport we are welcomed by a row of magnolia trees in full bloom. Welcome to BC. Auntie Joanne catered a beautiful luncheon upon our arrival and we spent the day visiting with her and Uncle Ted. They both looked great and had lots of energy and stories to share. I drove Brian around Kerrisdale, Dunbar, Point Grey, Downtown and West Van. We did the tour thing and it was really fun. I was happy to be back.

Happy Birthday Martha and Eileen

Posted on March 17, 2008 by Tom

While in Florida, Martha had a big problem with her upcoming 54th birthday. She has never fretted about aging before, but now with retirement in the near future, this mile-marker seemed to hit home. She said all she could think about was the old Beatles song with the lyrics “Will you still need me, will you still feed me, When I’m fifty-four.” Luckily she told Eileen her dilemma and concerns who promptly laughed and said not to worry, the correct lyrics are “…when I’m 64“. Disaster averted! Tonight we are invited to Jaclyn’s house for a birthday dinner and celebration.

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FMB – Day 6-7 – Then Flying Home

Posted on March 15, 2008 by Tom

We awoke a little late to capture the sunrise on our final days on Estero Is. but today again promises to be bright and sunny. Martha wanted to get her final serving of the daily ‘fireman show’ on the beach (2nd time) and drags me along to savor all the bikini action. I must say it was entertaining to see all the scantily dressed ladies enjoying themselves. :drool: By mid-afternoon we returned to the condo to enjoy a cooling swim in the pool and to plan our last dinner outing for the week. Continue reading →

Life on the Beach Day 5

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Tom

This morning we woke up and went to the Gulfshore Grill to have breakfast with Mernah and Ron (the people who rented us their FMB timeshare for Xmas 2004). We all had a nice leisurely breakfast watching the action from our beach front table while sharing stories of things to do and places to rent in the area.

After breakfast Martha was drawn to the crowds at Town Square while I went back to our place for a swim and a promise to meet her again at 2pm for drinks at the SOB. Continue reading →

Sunny and Blue sky

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Eileen

It was so nice yesterday that I thought that I would go out and sit in the sun, read my book and sip a cup of coffee. One problem! The snow was piled up and I quickly retreated back inside. Here are a few sights around our place this beautiful spring March day. photo album link

Edit Tom: I also noticed that Angela Royalty-McCoun has uploaded some recent snow pictures from Ohio to share.

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