Long time Kitimat friends

Thadene and David came down today for a great visit and delicious dinner. They are so busy it was a treat to get together. Not like us retired folks sitting on our duff all day. Ron and David found the Scotch bottle and had to have a toast.

Kathy and Bill's Going Away Party

We had 2 sets of neighbours over for our last visit with Kathy and Bill this year. Sure have enjoyed their company.

The Realty World Gang

This group of friends from the early 80's tries to get together once a month. Today all 6 of us made it for the first time since my birthday last June 2010. It was great to be together.

Fun with Friends

Since Ron's Angiogram July 6, he's been taking it easy as per Dr's orders. We have an appointment with our cardiac surgeon Aug. 2. I helped Penny, my friend from nursing with her garage sale ( from their house of 40 years) on Sat. We had lots of fun and she got rid of all the stuff she wanted to. She treated me to lunch and a manicure and pedicure which we loved. We had dinner at Liz's with 9, lunch at Marty and Bills, roast lamb at Kathy and Bill's with 6, and today 8 of us went to the Olive Garden in Bellingham. This was a first for Debby and Richard as she's just retired.

Surrey Museum

I was in Cloverdale and stopped at our Museum which I'd never seen. It is quite new and nicely done. They have a Textile Center and many programs on every subject you can think about. The current exhibit is Stellar Space. The museum starts with aboriginal people from thousands of years ago, through the early settlers, trades, road and equipment. Nicely done. There is even an original one room cabin built in 1837 from original settlers.

2 Rainbows

We had a forecast of rain from Mon night to Saturday but eluded it with sunshine. Just now 7 p.m. we had a rainbow in the east, then a 2nd one 20 min later. There even seemed to be a 3rd red ring under the other 2. Never seen this before. We were clear here, then rain sprinkles and broken sky to the west.

Charlie's Purple Martens

These birds have made their home in a speaker on Charlie and Vicki's deck. They've been returning for the last 4 years. Once they started coming out to learn how to fly, Charlie build them a deck of cardboard, as they were on a 4" railing. they only practiced for about a week and now they've flown away.