Stinkin' hot here in Vancouver.

It wasn't so long ago that it was like this....

Jessie!

Living large in Barcelona is my daughter Jessie. She also just spent a bit of time in Estonia or Eesti as the locals call it with her sister Kaja and the Tammemagis. There was a song festival (Laulipidu) in Tallinn that is held every five years and tens of thousands of people attend it. And they all sing! Like crazy!! It is all very civilized I understand.

How do you save a "dead" tree?

This cedar tree (or what is left of it) is a Stanley Park landmark. It is being buttressed and coddled into another life after mother nature blew a mighty gale and almost knocked her over. I think it is more interesting as it is now, what with the bracing, the fencing, the ladder, the steel plates and the duct tape, than it ever could be when it is made safe and sound again. They should just keep adding stuff to it until it becomes unrecognizable as a tree.

Tattoo!

My Kaja turned 17 today! Happy Birthday Kaja! She wanted a tattoo so we went down to Adrenaline in Vancouver and did the deed. The tattoo is her mom's signature. We hunted about the house for a good specimen and it turned up on Helle's old Save-On-Foods card. Ergo the other lettering on her wrist. They scan the artwork, scale it , print out a transfer and stick it on the body. Probably a good idea we didn't ink in the "Save-On" part. Bill from Adrenaline was very cool and very good!