I speak two languages, Body and English. -Mae West, actress, playwright, singer, screenwriter, and comedian (17 Aug 1893-1980)
Happiest of Happy Birthdays Chloë Alexis! Thanks for choosing me at the SPCA! Purrs, licks and nuzzles! Duke, tickling the ivories!
Happy 40th Aunt Chloë! Hip Hip Hooray from Etta! I hope you have plenty of ribbons and wrapping paper on your presents!
Chloe Alexis Dunn with Pierre Prince and Patrick James Dunn. ·Look at Poppa and Pierre...soo cute Patrick James Dunn At The Forks, I believe!
Chloe Alexis Dunn Yes it was!!
Stephen Carthew Which one plays basketball?
Hi Flash! Just received Summertime yesterday and enjoyed it immensely. Thank you for including us on your mailing list. Wonderful, wonderful shots, it goes without saying, magically paired with terrific text! Have been meaning to say hello for ages but life seems to keep intruding! Have had almost wall-to-wall Freeloaders for most of the summer. Great visits but never a dull moment or even time to think. We were away in June, for three weeks, to celebrate Clara'/Dusty's 71 st wedding anniversary. All reasonably well at Falcon, given they are both in their early 90's, although Dusty is now on oxygen. Then back for the GranFondo and the visitor treadmill started up again. Chloë has been up a number of times and on her last visit, the August long-weekend, she and Lady Dar went to the SPCA to collect two kittens, Etta, (Etta James), and Duke, (Duke Ellington), to make things even more interesting around the Burns Street Gin Joint and Hot Sheets Hotel!
They are both lovely, lovely creatures and make us laugh, and gasp with exasperation, from early, early morning
to late night when they start to gallop around the house like the wild
horses I see on many of my hikes! Not sure how having them will affect
our travel plans but since I'm scheduled for a left hip replacement on September 14th, (at UBC), not really an issue for following three months as this is the recovery period. Date has not yet been finally confirmed but I do believe it will hold, at least from my medical readiness point of view. Surgical space is more of an issue, if my past experience in 2010 is any indicator.
Chloë and close friend Krissy are driving up this evening, until Saturday. We will celebrate Chloë's 40th on Thursday, starting with lunch at Play Estate and Winery,
one of the newest wineries to sprout hereabouts. We happen to know the
architect, Rob McKenzie, as he designed the fabulous home of close
freinds, Lynne and Peter Lighthall, in Naramata. Rob also designed Burrowing Owl and Spirit Ridge. He told us about his latest project back in May when Lynne hosted Peter's 70th at Legend Distillery, in Naramata. Restaurant has received top reviews so Lady Dar is anxious to try it out!
Well it is time for a bite of brunch before I head out for a ride. Wind is blowing at 24 kph out of the north so it will be a grind no matter which way I decide to go. Fondestos from Lady Dar, in absentia, out with her Flatlanders walking group. All the best to your and your Goils. Cheers, Patrizzio!
Pics:
Lynne, Rob and Lady Dar at Legend; Etta saying goodbye to Chloë; Gold
in Wrestling! Java Kitten! Farmer's Market this past Saturday; Sunset
last evening from Spiller Road, above Naramata Road, where I was playing bridge with friends from hiking group, Gilliana, Phillipo, (hosts), and Spumoni!
Hi Zircon! Received
my toothbrush a week ago today so thank you so much for sending it. Please let me know how much the postage was as I certainly don't expect you to foot the bill for my for my forgetfulness! Fondestos from Lady Dar. Trust move went well. All the best and Cheers, Patrizzio!
Didn't climb out of bed until 8:30 am as I was "attacked" by Duke from 6:00 am until about 7:00 am. Lady Dar had decamped to the spare bedroom at 4:00 pm as she couldn't take The Rambunctious Boy's constant nuzzling and suckling on any exposed skin surfaces! At any rate I stumbled into the kitchen to fortify myself with a strong mug of java and then answered many overdue messages while I watched some exciting Olympic Track & Field coverage. Add a few chores into the mix and I wasn't ready to ride until about 1:30 pm. Perhaps I was hoping that the wind would somehow die down as it was even stronger than yesterday, 20 kph NNW, between 1:00-2:00 pm, 22-24 kph NNW between 3:00-4:00 pm, according to AccuWeather, while Garmin listed 26 kph N and a bit of heat at 32.8º.
Given such a head wind I balked at riding into it for any length of time so I determined I'd stitch together PTC/Vancouver/Middle and Upper Bench/PTC and then Government to Skaha Lake Park. Knew I would only have to do two loops of the course I've worked out here before heading back up South Main where I could...[Wind?] Map and Stats for ride:
Gastown
- Coal Harbour
- West End (East of Bidwell to Thurlow)
- North Surrey
- North Delta
- Langley
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