April 2nd...on an outdoor rink...playing hockey....with some friends.

Brad, Adam, Marcelle, Chris and Mark.

After 3 hours of playing the ice was slushy and only about an inch think.

They made the best of the final day at the outdoor rink.

End of March thaw

A week of experiments

Jordan and I

If I would have had a son.....this young man would have been my first choice.  I am so fortunate to have him in my life and to have had the opportunity to parent him while he was growing up.  We only had about 5 hours together in Vancouver....but it was well spent...talking, walking, laughing and relaxing.  Here are some of the highlights.

Olympic Flame

Street entertainment outside

the Skytrain Terminal

Basketball

We got to watch Abby play her first basketball game at her school.  They lost by one point...but they played a great game.  

Busy day

Well today I managed to arrange a visit with my grandmother and her sister, a visit with me and one of my friends, a walk by the falls, and then a night out for my dad's birthday, at the House of Comedy.

Louise and Barbara

Mellissa and I

Mom and I at the ice rink

 

Niagara Falls

American Falls

View of  the American and Canadian Falls from atop

the Skywheel.

Skylon Tower

The pets

                          Jack and Angel                                  Abby and Simba

My mom's humble abode

Visiting with Grandma aka....GG

Looking good for 96.....I love her to pieces. 

We had a great visit.

This was our last visit together so we tried to have some fun.

hanging with family #2

Jack and Braydon

  Darrell, Me, Shelley and Helen

 Jack, Lauren, Abby and Braydon

The best reason to visit Ontario

ABBY and JACK

Abby and I, along with Jack, my mom Helen, and her sister Emily.

( no tripod...can you tell?)

hanging with the family #1

I arrived in Toronto on the 12 of March and headed to Belleville

to stay with my Aunt Emily and Uncle Harry.  My Uncle has a model train

set up in his basementand the Abby and Jack

thought it was quite amazing.

He has hundreds of feet of track, at least 100 or more trains,

and lots of accessories.

Vancouver Airport

Airports are some of the most interesting places. 

Not only to do I love flying.....I love walking inside an outside

the airport to enjoy all the amazing architecture, artwork, and of course the quirky travellers.

It was such a beautiful day in Vancouver.

It was cloudy and rainy but the air was warm and fresh.

I was reminded of why I love the West Coast.

Signs of spring were all around and it was only the middle of March.

There was some great abstract artwork that gave me an opportunity to work with angles and colour.

Caught in the act