Halloween Party

We had a fun party at CJ and Joan's, who as usual were wonderful hosts. There were some great costumes, Glen and Leah won first as the eight ball and cue ball with chalk heads, Adele, best woman as the Devil. Barb and Chuck came as bottles of Crown Royal and Chayla and Rick were East Indian.

Happy Halloween

We've had so much fun getting together with many friends before we head out. We had dinner and cards with 8 from the pool crowd, brunch with T and D, pizza with the condo girls, dinner and pumpkin carving with Chris and Julie and the kids. It's nearly Halloween and the stores are decorated too, including the policeman in front of the 'cop shop'..

YVR and Haida Gwaii

We went to Vancouver International Airport to pick Chuck and Karen up and I really enjoyed looking around. The airport has a Trust which purchases and displays artwork. My favourite is the huge carving of green jade, Spirit of Haida Gwaii, The Green Canoe, by the Haida artist Bill Reid. It is intricately carved 360 degrees around. In the Arrivals area there are 2 large wooden figures of a man and woman which used to be in front of villages on the beach as Welcome Figures. The windows behind are made of shades of blue glass in a wave pattern.
The new Sky Train station and the cars, are seen in the distance, getting ready for the 2010 Olympics.

Cute sights

It's so much fun to chuckle over some of the sights you see when you're on the road. The truck in front of us was being towed by the tractor and says "I'm TOWED where to go".
Once we came out of the Ocean Park Pizza and cracked up when we saw the 3 cycles together.

Old Friends

We were out at Abbotsford at 8:45 this morning to get new all season tires. They only had 13 in stock and there weren't any in Newton so we needed to beat the rush. They're lined up these days because everybody is getting snow tires installed.
Our next thing was meeting Dave and Thadene for brunch. Ron's been friends with Dave since grade school.

Going South

Well it's almost that time. The birds fly past, going north every morning which we can't understand. We're busy with all the detail of bills, phones, mail and visiting friends so we can head out Nov. 1. We had a great visit with Tom and Millie today, old friends from the 80's and 'Eagle' days and tried their Wii with a pool game. We would certainlny need practice. Counting the days until we go.

New West

We had a wonderful visit and dinner with my sister Marg and Brad at Mel and Audrey's new condo in New West Saturday. Their condo is on the 23rd floor facing north and east with views on 3 sides, from the airport to Simon Fraser University to Port Mann Bridge and Mt. Baker, absolutely wonderful. I could have moved right in.
I dropped Ron at Crib Sunday and explored New West while I waited. I took a picture of The Crescent, the hill that used to be in front of St. Ann's Academy where I attended high school. We girls used to eat our lunchs' sitting on the crest of the hill overlooking the Pattula Bridge. I can't believe the many brick roads like the one going up the hill to St. Peter's Church are the original brick that were used building it back in the 1980-'s? I love the old houses in the Queens Historic District. They have curved walls, stained glass windows and large verandas. It's a town full of history and lovely to see.