Monthly Archives: June 2013

Team Pie Crust

Saturday afternoon Sara and I began a trek from her gone in Burnaby. We rode our bikes into Vancouver in the beautiful sunshine and took our first break at 10th and Kingsway where we finished off a bottle of cold … Continue reading

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Savage

Picked up this Salmon from the CSF yesterday. Today we feasted. Alex did a marvellous wrapping job. Then Hazel found it. And this happened.

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Spruce Tip Ale

Last night I arrived chez Kevin to discover the beer that he and Tess started some weeks ago had been kegged and tapped. Inspired by many batches of tasty U-Brew while living in Queen Charlotte City, there was plenty of … Continue reading

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seeing chelt

Hazel and Alex are visiting from the UK. My cousin Hazel was last here when she was fifteen. Our interests were pretty well aligned then. It seems they still are. We began our adventures together with a kayak trip up … Continue reading

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The Challenge

This is the greatest advertisement I have ever seen.  

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Another tree

After the enthusiastic response to the last time I posed arboreally inclined questions here, I am inclined to crowdsource answers again. (Last time it was an immature Sitka Spruce, or Picea sitchensis.) Can anyone name this tree? It was growing … Continue reading

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The summary judgement is in.

My phone generates automatic alerts based on things in my calendar and my location. For instance if I have marked the calendar with “bbq chez Kyle” it will look his address up and sound an alarm when I need to … Continue reading

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a product endorsement

I spent yesterday evening doing an array of minor bicycle repairs. It is a task I find both interesting and satisfying. I also replaced my cycling shoes with another pair that are the same model as I have been using … Continue reading

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