Sunday, January 7, 2024

Mid Oct to early January 2024 - bike, climb, soccer, microspike, skate, badminton, run, drive, shop, visit, eat, celebrate....

Next comes sweet 16....
Gave it a go and survived....
Auto belay for Papa, so the Goose can have a rest.  U of C climbing wall.  Hadn't been there since 2001?
Ramon in action....

Cheap orchids at T&T market
Spiking up Prairie mtn in the pre-dawn hours....
....looking towards Cowtown
Late season mtn biking....



....along with some death ice.
Tweet?

Silver Springs....just above the Bow River in NW Calgary
Sideshow Bob...along the Bow...dusty dry in November
Carla and Sepo, surrounded by greenery

First in to Clear One to practice
Lunch at T&T market
...yet another visit to the Humane Society to play with the kitties
Veggie lunch at Ikea
Al and Lynne....the stylish couple
Under the newly twinned bridge/ring road over the Bow.  With Vaughan
Yum
Rabbit Rise


Big Dipper!
Sunrise ascent of the Yam....





followed by a sunrise ascent of Ha ling....the following morning
Whilst watching the full moon set....



Piggie thoroughly enjoyed himself
Whisky Jack/Clark's Nutcracker....looking for a handout.
Shopping with the Goose



Delish vegan pizza with Nancy and ...god I'm bad with names.
Ramon building his own gaming computer.








Tabernac on the re-designed Prairie mtn trail.  There are about 10 of these signs....so you don't get lostšŸ˜‚


Carla at the U of C.  Calgary's first climbing wall I think.
...rite of passage in our culture....
Extra marshmellow, rice krispie squares


...all I want for xmas is my......
....tortilla blanket!
....and some gingerbread/hay cookies
The yearly family photo.  Just missing Ron.
Celery juice....first 'meal' after a 5 day xmas water only fast.
...at the oval
....couldn't keep up to mama tho....she ran circles ovals around us.
Using up the xmas gift cards from my students...$100 at Starbucks?  Too bad I was fasting!


Sweet, warm, baked Japanese purple yams.  5-6 in a brown bag, from a holding oven for $3 at A Mart.
...then came the unhealthy part....Korean potato/corn dog
....been on a persimmon craze lately....sweet and slimy |
Grade 9 grad photo...Carla, Sepo and Penelope
Wishing Roger and Pauline a happy new year!
Dry January bike ride.....rolling with the tumbleweed....


....next up?  legal adulthood/age of majority!
Tia Deb planting bulbs on Jan 1!


....visiting grandma Lori

Playing Rummikub with Carla, Mike and Don.  Tia Deb cooking up her tasting veg stir fry.
One of Grandma Lori's many daily naps....
Carla drove from Malakwa to Revelstoke.....about 50kms.

Goose at the top!

Veggie sushie from A Mart/Korean/Japanese store

...with coach Rudy

Going over jumps that some kids built.  Big kids can play there too.