Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Tuesday 30th Nov - Last day

Woke up at three and couldn't walk to the bathroom.
Well I could walk but I had to hang onto the furniture as my balance was gone.
My first thought was "Oh No I've given us all food poisoning and we are going to die" but my stomach did not hurt so I ruled out food poisoning.
then tried to clear my ears and that helped so I made my way down to the kitchen and made some hot tea.
back up stairs and drank said tea and fell asleep again. When I woke up my ears were better a little.
I really do not want to fly with bad ears but today is the day so will just have to make sure to clear my ears a lot.
quiet day, just packing up and double checking that I didn't leave anything.
Sarah came with Keith to cleanup for Dave and Colleen tonight.
We went for a walk this afternoon and we met Mike and Anna, the new neighbours across the street. nice people and they gave us a tour of their new house.
very impressive.
Jim will be picking us up at round 4-430 to take us to the airport.
I plan on picking up a couple odd things at the airport with the US money I have left over. stocking stuffer things.
Our plane does not leave until 8 so we will have some time to fill while we are there.
we should get into Edmonton around 11 and be home to Aunt Mary and Uncle Ron's by Midnight. I will be spending the morning with them and then I am going to ask Sharon for a ride home after lunch.


Monday, November 29, 2010

monday the second to last day of this trip

Up at 5.
Very cool outside.blogged last nights adventures.
Figured out how to turn on the hot tub.
Went hot tubbing listening to Bach.
Very nice in the hot tub... very cold not inside the hot tub.
I tried to take a photo of this little bird.
I think it is a Verdin.
It was calling in very rapid 'chips'.
Made some cheese and plain crescent rolls.
Put above mentioned crescent rolls in oven.
Saw a cardinal in the tree by the house and grabbed my camera but not my jacket.
Short sleeves outside this morning not such a good idea for any great length of time.
Did manage to get a few good shots
overcooked the crescent rolls
my life so far today.
after breakfast we, Aunt Mary and I made a poem
here it is.

Twas the day of the dandylion wine they say, that little Mary did fall.
She sipped each cup a little bit, till there was none left at all.
She fell asleep on the porch, as she was only three.
her mother told each passerby, she's fallen asleep you see.
Now she yells the tale that since that day,
no wine has touched her lips.
till they toasted the bride on her wedding day, then she took a little sip.

We all went for a very short walk and ended up sitting in the sun on the south patio.
I got a few shots of Boggie and Bacall's nest and Boggie too.

Sunday evening football, rabbit statues and bobcats

Greycup time.
I found the ESPN3 online live feed streaming video to watch the game. Uncle Ron's computer gets a great clear picture.
I went upstairs to get something and saw the rabbits on the tee behaving very oddly.
they were sitting up, frozen, not moving a muscle.
I thought how odd.
Then I saw it .
The little bobcat stalking them. of course I did not have my camera , it was downstairs. off i ran. by the time I got back he had moved off to another tee but the rabbits had not moved a hair (hare).
What was really odd was that he didn't seem to see them....
the little rabbit statues. he had passed right by them within a few feet.
then he saw a rabbit move on the next tee and took off, passing three little rabbit statues that I think he could have gotten quite easily.
the little rabbits remained as statues for about another 5 or ten minutes. then they were grazing like normal.
Very exciting.
The sunset was very pretty too.
Very cold out there.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

rain, hail and sunshine. church and buffets sunday 28 Nov

Woke up at 6 and came downstairs to check a few things out on the internet.also did laundry.
It was clear when I woke up with Venus and Saturn sparkling away in the east and Sirius in the west.
The sunrise was gorgeous as clouds started to blow in.
I found out that the rock I picked up on my hike yesterday on the Lost Goldmine Trail is a schist.
A type of metamorphic rock with lots of mica in it. Very pretty and sparkly.
Then it got even cloudier.
I went out to get a photo and surprised a small bobcat in the back but he got away before I could click the shot.
The problem with digital is that there is a time delay from when you push the button to when it takes the picture.
I had a nice cheese omlet for breakfast and listened to my mediation dharma talks while I folded my laundry.
Aunt Mary and Uncle Ron were up at 9 and so I talked with them while Uncle Ron made them Breakfast.
It started to rain and hail.
the mountains were gone behind the clouds.
then we went to the 1130 mass which is the children's mass and far less crowded than the 10.
Afterwards Uncle Ron treated us to lunch at the chinese smorgasbord. Always tasty.
We all got great fortune cookies.
a quick stop at bashaws for a few essentials and home again.
They called Nancy their daughter and listened to the messages on the phone and found out that there is an internet site we can go to to find out the score for the grey cup. so now we are on the hunt for that.
go Saskatchewan!