On my way to Victoria…
My wife and I are heading over to Vancouver Island to visit with her folks. To turn it into a bit of a "vacation", we'll be staying in the Empress…
The day to day aspects of life: what is happening around the house and in our family
Sometimes it pays to listen to advice- minor house flood
We had a little flood upstairs in our house last week. It meant repairs, ripping up some carpet, fans to dry things out... I'd like to blame faulty construction or…
Cold box, within a cold box, within a warm box…
Our fridge died about three weeks ago. About two weeks ago, the service guy looked at it and said "the compressor is dead". Today, the technician came back with parts…
Merry Christmas
Its Christmas Day here, and I'm just starting to wake up on my second cup of coffee. Maybe by the third or fourth cup I'll be truly in the spirit…
Christmas season…
I'm feeling reasonably "jolly" this Christmas season, but for some reason I'm not feeling very "christmassy". I tried to go out and do some Christmas shopping, but I just couldn't…
Farewell, Uncle Charlie
My Uncle Charlie passed away yesterday. He's survived by my Aunt Marion (shown in the picture above) and sons, Reggie and Rocky Gillies. I spent a couple of summers out…
Some days it doesn’t pay to get out of bed…
I was driving in to work this morning...the usual stop and go on Highway 1. I had just entered the highway and noticed traffic had come to a complete stop.…
The Moon…
We had a full moon last night, and I decided to try some (totally informal) experimenting in "astrophotography" I took this picture with my Canon digital SLR and a 75-300…
Airshow…
Yesterday was the day Chris and I went to the Abbotsford airshow. Its one of our traditions, and one that I really enjoy. I've placed a ton of pictures in…
Chris’ visit; our trip to the lake
My friend Chris is out here on the coast visiting. We went today to Harrison Lake and rented a boat. I'm slightly sun and wind burnt, and a bit tired,…