Plant

Plant
It is getting to big. (4ft across)
30 Jan 05 it is gone. Cut up and outside.
Small one in its place.

Weekend

Weekend tidings

Pour a drink. Relax. Contemplate the weekend. And enjoy these random musings:

I wish alcohol came in pill form.

If I were a military general during the Iron Age, I wouldn't bring swords and crossbows. I'd just bring a big ole, horse-drawn magnet and drag it across the battle field. That would suck up the whole lot of human tin cans. Just imagine if Gandolf would have conjured up a big magnet. The Lord of the Rings trilogy would have taken a mere 20 minutes.

There's no hope for a species that invented the iron maiden.

You know that cartoon dog, McGruff, who implores you to take a bite out of crime? I don't think Mike Tyson or Marv Albert should watch that cartoon.

The ancient Egyptians enslaved thousands of people who spent their entire existence building stone pyramids for a single monarch to live in -- after he dies. Now there's a country that needs a "separation of church and state" clause in the hieroglyphics!

Failed invention: the boomerang-shaped bullet.

Do you think Microsoft was trying to make a statement on modern society when they named their font "New Times Roman?"

We just spent 6 billion dollars to look at the surface of Mars. I could have told you exactly what it looked like: rocks and dust. In fact, that's what EVERY planet looks like. Are you listening, NASA! Why do they put cameras on those landers anyway? I think Star Trek gave the false impressions that all those female aliens are hotties.

Gays in the military? No way. But gays in the military is impractical. These guys fret when their shoes don't match their belts. We're supposed to believe they'll don camouflage?

Olde school rocks.

Check this out at
http://www.oldeschoolrocks.com/

Stephen playing in his band.

Cleaning

Cleaning
Molly and Zack at work

Hotel in 2003

The Hotel California 2003
The Hotel California is under new management. In late spring 2002, the Todos Santos Message Center moved its office to the Hotel and offered tours of the building for 50 pesos. The building has been repainted and a new restaurant (La Coronela) and bar opened in late December 2002. A gala New Year's Eve party was held at the restaurant/bar and over 300 people attended. An enormous amount of work is being done on the hotel itself. According to John Stewart, the manager, 11 remodeled rooms should be available by mid-March 2003. A lot of money and effort is being directed toward making the Hotel California a grander place than it has ever been before and an integral part of life here in Todos Santos. If you walk by, you won't hear the bar stereo blaring the Eagles singing the flagship song. Those days are truly gone.

Inside the Hotel 1996

Inside

Hotel California 1996

(The) Hotel California

The Steet outside 1996

Todos Santos
The street out side Hotel California, Baja.

Lands End Baja

Lands End Taken in 1996.
We took a glass bottom boat out of its slip in Cabo San Lucas and toured the harbor and out to the very tip of the peninsula which jutes into the Pacific Ocean. This rock is called "Lands End."
It looks like a Dinosaur drinking.

We have warmed up to 12c today, the snow is melting.
But thinking of the sun and fun in the Baja.
planning to drive down in Dec 2006.

Cream Can

cream can
Cathy painted the can in 2001 ( Welcome to the Hive)
and it sits at our front door.

Our Truck

Our Truck June 2004
2003 GMC 2500 HD 8.1L/ Allison trans.

High in the mountains, behind Frank Slide in southern AB.
We went up a old open pit mining road to get this photo.
The canoe came along for the ride, then back to the camp site
and a paddle in the lake.

In the Frame

In the Frame Click on photos to make them larger.
Here is this painting in its frame. The birds love to sit or lay
on the ledge.

Its the weekend and time to backup the files on this computer,
just in case some thing happens when I put in the new hard drive.
I have bought a new hard drive to put in as a slave drive (60Gig),
the (20Gig) is getting a bit to full.

Cathy's painting

One of Cathy's Paintings
Cathy painted in 2002 and it now hanging on our wall.
I made a frame for it.
Work went slow today, I am working on putting in new air lines
in a motor coach, MCI.

In the Calgary Herald Dec 26-04

Daylan out in the cold playing hockey,
and got his photo in the Calgary Herald.
Great times Daylan.

Sep 04 Camping

Cathy and Raymond
We had a great trip (6days) in the fall.
Stayed a night at Cathy's friends, Karla and Neil, at Lumby BC.
Thanks for the great supper.
Then went to Kelowna and then south, stayed at the Kettle River CG (by #3 Highway)
great camp ground.
Lots of tree changing color.

Emma and John

Emma and John. Link; http://www.cubicle19.com
starting down the Red Deer River, July 04 from the Tolman bridge
to Starland/Morrin bridge, 24Km.
First time in a canoe for Emma.

Our Dachshounds

Zack and Molly
Zack on left is 1 1/2 years old and Molly is 10.
They are on the lazyboy in the trailer. (camping)
taken Sep 04

Our Canoe

Our Canoe
I built this canoe, in the winter of 2000/2001.
This is the first time in the water, in the spring of 2001, at Chain Lakes AB.

Our travel trailer (Red Bird)

trailer
At Starland Campground by the Red Deer River. July 04
With Emma and John.