Father's Day

Ron and I celebrated his last week with a Sunday Brunch and going to the car show.
This dad got a fishing rod and all the gear for casting from the shore.

Lexi and I went to a show at the local Art Gallery. There was an amazing exhibit by Hiroshi Shimazaki, a  man who has studied and taught around the world and now lives here. The paintings were all watercolors from 45 cities around the world. This was a man playing a flute on a boat sailing in Indonesia.

We enjoyed dinner with friends overlooking the ocean.

We finished our visit Monday with a hike to Secret Beach after dinner. We go to about 9 different beaches within 10 minutes from the house. Lovely.

Gymnastics Performance

Had a great time at the show. It's amazing how well trained and behave these small kids are.

They performed on every piece of equipment they had. Trey now does back and forward somersaults but they were to quick to catch.

Everyone earned a medal for their hard work and improvement. The teachers are very well qualified and it shows.

Beautiful Marina

We took our young guy for his rehearsal and had dinner at the Dock pub. Busy place, 6 float planes came and went while we were there.

Picked up some Fettuccine Alfredo at the Old Boot cafe.

Love the consideration for Italians.

Monthly Trip across the water

On the Canada Line (skytrain) from Richmond to Vancouver Center, the stop is at the front door of a new condo being built at Marine Dr. How handy is that?

I counted.  50 % of the passengers are on their screens not even enjoying the view and the population is spit
50/50 from Caucasians and many other nationalities. Amazing change since Expo 86.
As we were coming home from the kids school, we stopped for the smallest baby deer I've seen there, still had spots like Bambi.

As usual, George (Gibson) was dressed for the season, beginning of summer and boating .

Remembering the Rumble Seat

That's what it was called. An 1899 dictionary describes it as," a seat for servants in the rear of a carriage".
Peter and I got to ride in it in our 1948 Ford on a short drive around Crescent Beach.
This local girl was my favourite, she's always loved trucks. She found her 1929 one and her pink boots on eBay and is having a ball.

This bright yellow sticker on the left windshield gave the driver the right to buy 4 gallons of gas during WWII.
This 1956 Chev was like the one Lenny and I drove for our wedding in 1962.

Then the band started up and some cars started their engines to leave and it was LOUD - I thought I was right back in the 60's or on the set of Grease. It was great.

The Glades, A Woodland Garden

Kathy and I enjoyed a stroll through these 5 acres of 1600 mature rhododendrons and companion plants.

                    There are several water features with 4 ponds and 2 waterfalls.

                      This one has Hebe, the Goddess of Youth, pale white in the shrubs.

                          There are waterlilies in bloom and a lonely duckling ( one of twelve) sunning beside the Reflection Pond.in the front lawn. Her mother was in the main large pond created by the original owners.

We passed the Rhododendron Rex, the dinosaur of the species with leaves up to a foot and a half in length.

Then we saw this one which we had never seen before. It has tiny individual flowers with a surprise of the bell shaped one in the middle. 

New to us.

Happy Birthdays

We celebrated Hilda and Charlie's birthdays and added Paul and Bill as well.

We'd celebrated Gaston's at the Tudor last week while Malcolm embellished his card.

             so enjoyed this in the sunshine.

We are so lucky to have such great friends and neighbours.