Goal!…

Finally, I managed to get one of his goal scoring breakaways. It’s only been, like, er, years….
You know what it’s like, too busy watching, shouting, screaming….

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The Boys…

One of their favourite spots after a hectic mad chase round the apartment….

We’ve aquired a new kitten. Merlin. He and the rest of his litter were found in a box, covered with rubbish, waiting for the rubbish men. What some people can bring themselves to do never ceases to amaze me. I mean, let the [...]

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Halloween, ‘09….

A bit late, I know, but I’ve only just got round to uploading from the camera…. so…, er…..
This, I think, is The New Munsters….

I have no idea, don’t ask….

Oh, the larks we have, eh….
Tags: Halloween, Holidays, British Columbia, Canada, Okanagan

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Watching and Waiting….

The school summer holidays have finally come to and end….
We are entering a “new era”, as they say. Sam is moving up to the middle school now, his first year. His friends in the UK have already had a year at secondary school, I think. So, once again, he’s the new boy…. Holly is excited [...]

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Video Evidence….

Oh my….
Just found this after being told it’s “out there”….

Tags: Westside Daze, Westbank, West Kelowna, Tusk, Fleetwood Mac, Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada

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Time To Ditch Your Cell Phone?….

One of the peeves here in Canada, for me and a few others by the sound of it, are cell phones and their ludicrously high costs. I may have a solution….
I’ve looked on the web and seen a few people doing it, so it may be a go-er. If so, it’s going to make telephone [...]

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Here We Go Again….

Just when I thought I’d be blogging about something new, the Terrace Mountain fire has flared up again….

As we sat on the beach in Peachland, I saw an odd cloud appear over the mountain, a familiar looking thing, out of place, as the sky as far as could be seen up and down the Okanagan [...]

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West Kelowna Fires, Day 4….

The view from the window is back to normal, almost…
It’s still hazy, hanging all down through the valley, but I can’t see any plumes right now, over at Goats Peak Mountain. That’s not to say "it’s OK to take your eye off the ball" though, eh…
I also took the missus to work and Rose Valley [...]

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A fireman, says….

Just had an email and comment, from a fireman….
I thought my readers would like to see what he says;
im battling up in rose valley and fintry as of this whole going on with the wildfires umm 40 % contained in glenrosa tryna tackle rose valley but steep terrain is keeping us at bay as we [...]

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West Kelowna Glenrosa & Rose Valley Fire, Day 3…

We’re heading into the 3rd afternoon….
I may have to eat my words. There was a calm over West Kelowna earlier this morning, as I said, things ticking over as normal, well, as normal as can be expected. People were heading off to work, if they’d been evacuated, in the clothes they were evacuated in and [...]

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