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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The Chief Tomat Talent Show 2009….

Finally, it’s been long enough in coming….

Back before the summer break, Miss did her Talent Show performance, regular readers will recall.
She’s even in the process of sorting out her web TV channel over at YouTube. A proper site is coming. It’s been added to the list of things for me to [...]

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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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Organic Food IS Better….

So, “organic food is no better!”, I heard you all cry! “You’re mad! You’re being conned!”….
Yeah, right….
Half of all the fruit & veg you buy is contaminated.
http://tinyurl.com/nmuwmk
ALMOST HALF of the fresh fruit and veg sold across the UK is contaminated with toxic pesticides, according to the latest scientific surveys for the government.
Nearly every orange, 94% [...]

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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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