Winter Olympics

Views of the village where the athletes were housed. The 'village square' with the Birds was a gathering spot.

Olympic Caldron

Grandson, took 2 days off, to show his Grandma Vancouver city. Olympic Caldron and village was first on our tour. A round the clock watch was necessary to ensure the flame stayed lit and he was one the technications involved in this job. The caldron sits on the waterfront close by Canada Place, that is the building with the sails.

Sorrento to Langley

Pioneer Church , abandoned, sits by the railroad track, where oh where have the people gone?

Foggy today, Daughter in law went to catch a flight out of Kamloops, work related, plane couldn't land, so will try to fly out Monday. My grandson drove up from Langley came to drive me back, four hour drive. The trip to Kamloops was very foggy, as we left, we seem to rise above the fog and were met by sunshine! The Coquhalla Highway was clear and we made record time.
Today Monday, we have RAIN. Grandson's back yard

Weather in the Shuswap!

The preceding pics are winter scenes from here were followed by a real 'Manitoba' spring day, snow melting, drippy eaves. slosh, you could even smell the balmy spring air. Then it rained, we lost our internet connection for two days. Yesterday SNOW. icy road, and today fog. Haven't seen the sun for days, every once in a while it peeks out behind clouds. I hear it real cold -30 and -35 celius in Manitoba, and the wind chill is something else. BUT THEY HAVE SUNSHINE.
all for now!

I am a Great Grandma!

Andres Mateo arrived January 12th 6:00 a.m. Kamloops Hospital.

He is just 8 hours old in this picture.

Mother and Father doing well.

At 6.05 my son (Grandfather) answered his cell phone and saw picture

of his daughter with baby. He woke us all up with his shouting

"`Megans had her baby! Megans had her baby!"

We yelled is it a boy? is it a girl?

"I don't know, he doesn't say.

We looked at the picture and said "Its gotta be a boy"

After 15 agonizing minutes the father phoned to confirm

It was a BOY, weighed in at 9lb 4oz.

New Year 2011

Happy New Year to all! I am now visiting with son in Sorrento, B.C. They had a foot of snow here, no wind, snow just falls, it is wet and sticky, so snow blowers and shovels are busy. The next day heard this tump, tump, now it was falling of the roof. The deck had a 3 foot pile of it. So when family came home from work the task was to shovel it off the deck, otherwise it would freeze into one big iceberg which would be there till the warm weather comes.

Scenery here is lovely, winding roads, hills, lakes, spruce and cedar trees, and the faraway snow covered mountains. Must take pictures! Today Jan. 11th it was -12 below c. That is cold for here!

The above pictures are snow scenes from British Columbia. The top is a view from Karen 's window looking out on her street. The bottom pic is the view of David's back yard. Christmas and New Years were great! We are now awaiting the overdue arrival of my great grandchild, who will come when he or she are ready. Christine is working on a quilt for the baby, Winnie the Pooh, with Tigger, Eyor, and piglet in applique. She also has a ball of pink and one of blue wool and will knit a bonnet for he or she. Some people are so talented!

Cheers

Grandma Al