Glad Dam Lake is a bird watcher's paradise (apparently). Most impressive however were the water lilies that carpet either end of the lake.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Glade Dam Lake
My mum flew back to Blighty yesterday so we tried to avoid the blues today by heading out with the canoe to a new paddling venue.
Glad Dam Lake is a bird watcher's paradise (apparently). Most impressive however were the water lilies that carpet either end of the lake.
Glad Dam Lake is a bird watcher's paradise (apparently). Most impressive however were the water lilies that carpet either end of the lake.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Crystal Clear
If only I could remember the important stuff! I have vivid memories of watching THIS live when I was a wee lad. Imagine my surprise when I find it on my nightly webcrawl.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Stuff
My mum (a.k.a "Granny Garlic") is in town! She flew in a week ago Saturday and we razzed up highway 79 to meet her in Toronto.
Mum flew into Toronto (and not Pittsburgh) for the simple reason that when a British National lands in Canada the immigration officials routinely smile and say..."welcome to Canada". It's not that difficult when you think about it is it?
Let's just say that the US equivalent is rather less welcoming. So UN-welcoming in fact that it is worth the 12 hour round trip drive to Toronto. Can I also add that I did actually draft a version of this paragraph that says what I really think but I decided to delete it on the grounds that these pages will probably be trawled by some clandestine government "spy-bot" and I am not ready to be deported. Not that this is the land of the free or anything (rant over...big sorry to my American buddies).
Having collected "GG" from the airport we decided to make a weekend of it and headed for a B and B in Welland Ontario. We would have gone somewhere more "glam" but Ontario was heaving and there was very little room at the inn(s). Anyway...Welland turned out to be just fine. We stayed at the Anderson's B and B which I highly recommend not only because it is cheap and nice but also because the Anderson's are an older couple who like to sit and philosophize. There is nothing like a good discussion in a comfy chair after the pub about life and the universe. Mrs Anderson was particularly intent on providing Shaz and I with "serious" marital advice which was very nice but after a while I began to wonder whether, despite our usual state of relatively cozy domestic bliss, we portray an image of nuptial dysfunction and general romantic decay.
AND.....
Little did we know it but one of the other guests was non other than MISS OHIO!!!!!
Actually that would be "MISS OHIO the KITE FLYING CHICKEN".
No joke. One of the other guests was a kite enthusiast from Toronto on his way to a big kite flying gig.......with his chicken!
Further comment would be superfluous really but that doesn't usually put me off.
Just so you know I am not joking...here are some pics of "Miss O" with us and also evidence that she is Google-able....so she must be famous.
Definitely a touch of the bizarre!
Oh yes...on the way back we stopped off on the shores of Lake Erie for a swim. Luvverly!!
AND.....I nearly forgot. We have moved house (AGAIN!!!!)
Our new address is 1141 Wightman St, Pittsburgh 15217. Same phone numbers.
Love yuz
Doc P
Mum flew into Toronto (and not Pittsburgh) for the simple reason that when a British National lands in Canada the immigration officials routinely smile and say..."welcome to Canada". It's not that difficult when you think about it is it?
Let's just say that the US equivalent is rather less welcoming. So UN-welcoming in fact that it is worth the 12 hour round trip drive to Toronto. Can I also add that I did actually draft a version of this paragraph that says what I really think but I decided to delete it on the grounds that these pages will probably be trawled by some clandestine government "spy-bot" and I am not ready to be deported. Not that this is the land of the free or anything (rant over...big sorry to my American buddies).
Having collected "GG" from the airport we decided to make a weekend of it and headed for a B and B in Welland Ontario. We would have gone somewhere more "glam" but Ontario was heaving and there was very little room at the inn(s). Anyway...Welland turned out to be just fine. We stayed at the Anderson's B and B which I highly recommend not only because it is cheap and nice but also because the Anderson's are an older couple who like to sit and philosophize. There is nothing like a good discussion in a comfy chair after the pub about life and the universe. Mrs Anderson was particularly intent on providing Shaz and I with "serious" marital advice which was very nice but after a while I began to wonder whether, despite our usual state of relatively cozy domestic bliss, we portray an image of nuptial dysfunction and general romantic decay.
AND.....
Little did we know it but one of the other guests was non other than MISS OHIO!!!!!
Actually that would be "MISS OHIO the KITE FLYING CHICKEN".
No joke. One of the other guests was a kite enthusiast from Toronto on his way to a big kite flying gig.......with his chicken!
Further comment would be superfluous really but that doesn't usually put me off.
Just so you know I am not joking...here are some pics of "Miss O" with us and also evidence that she is Google-able....so she must be famous.
Definitely a touch of the bizarre!
Oh yes...on the way back we stopped off on the shores of Lake Erie for a swim. Luvverly!!
AND.....I nearly forgot. We have moved house (AGAIN!!!!)
Our new address is 1141 Wightman St, Pittsburgh 15217. Same phone numbers.
Love yuz
Doc P
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