HAPPY MAY DAY with MATT and ERICA

Before I get on with our latest adventures with our visitors, I have to tell you what I think of every May Day and when I worked in Belleville. We had this fantastic boss that we all loved named Ron, who usually on May Day would saunter out of his office and say to his staff, “The birds are singing, the grass is green and it’s time for us to all be treated to a lunch at Club 213!”

These lunches, meant so much to his staff and we had so much fun with him , that I wonder if he really knew what a joy to work for him really was.

So, to Ron, if you should happen to ever read this, I wish you a Happy May Day!!

Back to our visitors, my Grandson Matthew and lovely girlfriend Erica.

This is at Prospect Point in Stanley Park. It was a beautiful day, however we just couldn’t get rid of those clouds that prevented us from taking a drive up the Sea to Sky Highway to see the top of the glorious mountain and sea scenery.

 Would you look at Matt…he shaved of his little beard!! Looking good Matthew!!!

 Vancouver’s Provincial flower, the “Dogwood”, and a view of where we live….way over there!

Tides out, and Siwash Rock (on the very right hand side, below the cliff.( Note:

Geology

About 32 million years ago, a volcanic dike formed in the sedimentary rock that forms the foundation of the park (sandstone and mudstone). Magma was forced to the surface through a fissure in the Earth's crust creating the basalt stack, which is more resistant to erosion that the softer sandstone cliffs. Siwash Rock is the only such sea stack in the Vancouver area.^[1]

 ^{Erica and the Laughing Men}

 Matt was surprised at palm trees in Vancouver!

Lovely flowers everywhere, but look at that dark sky!! Time to head home, but off to eat  first !

Matt is treating!!

 Saturday, up late, and off to Horseshoe Bay!

 Oh Boy! Does history repeat itself here!! My daughter Lisa, was born here, and here I am with her son, my Grandson!

So many years ago!! (Gee, we look the same age…hahahahah!!!)

We then came back to Ambleside, but dropped off Matt and Erica on the Sea Wall between Dunderave and Ambleside, and they walked to Park Royal Shopping Center to shop. They just came home with many bags and very tired. I think we are in for the rest of the day.

Tomorrow, we’ve been invited out to Tom’s family for dinner! More pictures to follow!

THE WIND DID BLOW

Vancouver has been the windy city lately!! Howling wind in the night, with the trees, bending dangerously over and the rain pounding on the windows.

It’s wonderful to wake up with the wind howling and blowing  and being able to snuggle deeper into the blankets, with the feeling that all is well.

However…it hasn’t been that great for a few people!

These picture are not mine, but from the Vancouver Sun!

Apparently, these boats had moored out in the ocean when the storm came, because only a few days ago, their lease was up and not renewed at False Creek where they had been safely moored.

Some boats sunk, power was cut off, and construction sites had much damage.

Quite a night!!

Waiting for high tide, and hopefully will help get back into the water.

This happened on Sunday, while driving through Stanley Park. Winds reached up to 70 Km/hr, with gusts up to 90 Km/hr. We also had a mixed bag of cold weather, freezing rain and hail.

We’ve had these winds for a few weeks now, and what a drastic change from the weather when the Olympics where on, when  the weather was beautiful and summer like!

 

 

 

 We are back to my pictures now!

The mountain from our window has fresh snow on it and very pretty!

 The wind calmed down a little bit this afternoon, so I walked down to the Sea Wall to have a look at what I thought would be huge waves rolling in, but it was much calmer then I thought. As I walked through the park, I did get showered with the odd branch and twigs, and glanced up a little fearful at the way the trees where bending over.

The wind was still strong enough that holding the camera still was difficult!

Here comes some big logs, from who knows where their sea journey took them from, to beach up on shore here.

 

This is when the wind had calmed down! Some times in the middle of the night, we can hear the big roller’s crashing on shore. What a lovely sound that is!!

Doesn’t this picture look cold!!! Brrrr!

 

I met Tom at the Library, “our home away from home”, where we enjoyed a coffee, read the paper, picked out a book for Tom and surprised him, when I came home with NONE!! I already have half the Library books at home as it is, and trying hard to get them read!

This little street is one I love, as it’s lovely looking in the Spring. It’s not quite up to it’s full beauty with everything in bloom yet, but I’ll take another picture when it’s a mass of colour. 

We picked up some fresh made sushi for our dinner tonight. I turned up my nose at it when I first moved here, but do like some of it now. Still haven’t been able to try the raw fish one’s yet!

And that was our day!!

Happy Birthday to my little sister, Roxanne!

I love you Sis, and wish you all life’s wonderful things to come your way!