Easter and the bunny-flipping ritual

 I know this is out of order but had a dreadful time trying to get it to publish.  May have been the size of the video files.  Now I just have to figure out how to re-order the posts!

Lor cooked the Easter ham this year and we followed it up with the bunny flipping.  Not nearly as fun now that we make sure that everyone has finished eating.  Jimmy had the flu so he and Kim didn't come for diinner.

View from my new office

The only thing that wasn't sad about Valene's retirement as my boss is that I got to move into her office - further from the door in the heat of summer and cold of winter, and far more confidential for patients.  In the office I was occupying previously I could easily hear conversations of people in the lobby so I'm sure they were able to hear mine!

And the bonus is:

Not that I get to stare out the window all day!  There's a reason it is called "work"!

Al & Nancy dropped by

Al & Nancy stopped in Nelson for a visit on a trek that took them through Canmore to Nelson to Kelowna.  It sure was good to see them.  Lor and I joined them for dinner on the Friday evening and then Kim and Jimmy and I joined them for breakfast on Saturday morning.  Sure lucked out, two great visits and two great meals.

Aahh! Victoria!

Had another lovely trip to Victoria at the end of June to visit Kevin.  I had taken that time off hoping that my house would sell and I could stress out by packing and moving.  But no action yet.  I might just be here in another thousand years!

Great views from the top of Mt Tolmie.

The blues in this shot are spectacular.

And these clouds really appealed to me.

And we went to Cadboro Gyro park.

This tree is complete with seating in the perfect photo spot!

King's restaurant is closing!

Dad used to have coffee every day at King's with Maudie and Larry Johnson and many others over the years.  Each day they would buy a couple of scratch tickets and enjoy each others' company.  So when I heard that the restaurant was closing I thought that we should honor Dad's memory.  Jimmy wore Dad's SSR hat, adjusted to Dad's head size not Jimmy's, we all took some scratch tickets and I took the photo of Mom and Dad.  Jim and Kim won back their ticket investment, Lor went bust, I won some - just enough to buy a 6/49 ticket - exactly what Dad would have done!

Birthdays and Farewell Dinner

We haven't been together for very many birthdays recently so we sang to everyone!  Diarmid has now returned to Australia and stopped by to add his voice and smile and humor.

Christmas in Victoria

I spent Christmas with Kevin in Victoria.  The weather was the best that I have ever encountered for the holiday season and Victoria really sparkled in the sunshine with the warm temperatures.  When we went to the Ogden Point Breakwater on Boxing Day I saw some people with ice cream cones and decided to join them.  I have never had an ice cream cone on Boxing Day before!  But it was 10 degrees and the sunset was just amazing so we had our ice creams as we walked along the breakwater.
The crowds and the traffic made me realize just how happy I am to be from a small town where the store clerks greet me by name.  Each day once I was tired of shopping we went for a walk on a lovely beach.  The wind stayed away.  The ocean was almost still when we went for our walk on Christmas Day.  Aubrey came for a visit and joined us on the beach.  One photo was taken at Beaver Lake of a tree stump with branches growing out of the top.  The water was so still that the photo almost looks alien!

Click on the link below to see some photos.

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