Making It Up As I Go Along #470

A delay in things as I am on vacation in BC and not in a very good sit down and write mode. Too much to do.


A Galiano Day
Baker, a mountain
Posing as cloud
A cameleon of rock.

Orcas breathing
A distant spray
Geysers one after another.

A fallen leaf
Moves without wind
A tree frog appears

A mowed cabin lawn
Sun drenched
A bed for lazy deer

Zipping streak
Darting from the trees
Suddenly hovers as a tiny bird


FRIDAY…
--- Canada Day. I don’t do much though. Laundry… a walk… and some TV. Did watch some Canada Day coverage from downtown. Not a Royal fanatic but I must admit, Will and Kate do come across likeable. They actually seem interested in the people they meet and more genuine than the ordinary Royals. A bit tiresome aspect of Canada… for major national events, English takes on the role of minority language. I’m all for celebrating the diversity, but it really seems as though more than half of every speech given is spoken in French. Yet, in reality, less than a quarter of the country are French in terms of the mother tongue.

SATURDAY…
--- Dayshift. Last one for a little while, thanks to upcoming vacation. It’s pretty quiet.

SUNDAY/MONDAY…
--- Night shifts. Quiet evenings with some physio on Monday and sleep when not at work.

TUESDAY…
--- Up around 11:00 for the first day of my vacation. Clean around the house and go pick up mom and dad at the airport.
--- Go by the house at Trails Edge. The roof is on… the frame complete. Pretty neat.
--- Supper at Moxies on the patio. A nice time.

WEDNESDAY…
--- Doctor visit. Shoulder is basically toast. I should expect a call from the surgeon in a couple of months but one thing torn, another bit of tendonitis, some bursitis, and some cyst activity.
--- Downtown, drop mom at Rideau Mall and dad and I have lunch there before heading to Minto Centre to finish the choices for the townhouse. An hour wait for our lunch gives us a free meal and the final choices with the new house are good.
--- Supper outside at the Blackburn Arms, a stroll of the pond, and some cards before bed.

THURSDAY…
--- Travel day… cab to the airport at around 10. Breakfast/lunch at the airport… grill cheese sandwich… then the plane to Vancouver. The woman next to me complains about mom without knowing she’s my mother… and I watch a couple of movies on the flight. Rango is fun. Unknown is alright.
--- Wait forever for the car rental… literally… it’s about an hour and a half until we get the car.
--- Supper with the family at the ferry terminal… Tacos!
--- Killer whales in the distance on the ferry ride and hit Galinao shortly before 9:00.

FRIDAY…
--- Awake at 5:30 needing another blanket.
--- Up at 7:00ish to the sun at Galiano.
--- Some hanging around, a trip to the book store and for some groceries. A walk around Montague Bay. Two BBQ’s… lunch is dogs, supper is burgers.
--- Ramolie to end the night… playing for pebbles rather than money.

SATURDAY…
--- Some running around the island. Some beach time and a bit of shopping with a walk as well. See a mink at the beach… and a tree frog at the cabin. It’s in a flower pot… jumps for a tree when he’s found… but comes back again, under my eye, some twenty minutes later. Guessing he’s a she and that pot is a nest… or nursery… or whatever you’d call such a thing for tree frogs. Also saw four deer on a morning walk… a mama and her young bounding away from the cabin… then another laying out in the sun as we pass by.

SUNDAY…
--- Mom’s birthday. So Edena and I take her craft store browsing while Duff, Claire, and Fraser make cake. Lunch and a trip to another beach followed by supper at the fancy French restaurant. A bit of cards and cake when we get home.

MONDAY…
--- Up early and the ferry to the mainland. Vancouver for the day for mom, dad and I while Edena and crew head to the interior.
--- Walk all day. From hotel on Broadway to Granville Island… across on the ferry… walk the sea wall to Stanley Park… meet Jim and family there for a few hours of catch up… walk back on the sea wall and over to Granville Island again… then back up to some shopping on Broadway before a quiet supper and early sleep.

TUESDAY…
--- Driving day. Head to the interior and go from cloud and 15 in Vancouver, to rain and 10 in the upper mountains, to sun and 28 by Grand Forks, back to around 21 in Castlegar. Play some cards with the nieces and parents before calling it a night.

WEDNESDAY…
--- Fairly quiet day. Rainy for part. Go for a few walks and a bit of a drive around Castlegar with sis and the kids.