February 8

Tomorrow I fly home to Manitoba, where I hear it is COLD! Here the sun is shining, no snow, oh well, such is life. Picture is the GREEN GRASS at

brother Ted's house, with him waving. He has been diagnosed with

throat cancer and is now taking radiation treatment. Please keep him in your prayers.

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.