Photies

Greetings all! I am back from a lovely 4-day weekend, whisked away to beautiful Wales to enjoy breathtaking scenery and generally revel in not being at work. Also, the job application is done, dusted and submitted. Feeling fresh, I am willing to give this photo-posting another try. So will this work? Hope so. I have had to post them as minis, I hope they are viewable. If not, I will have to find a Plan B. In the random order in which they appear, they are:


All of us at our farewell dinner at The Cattle Baron. Mike said to me this weekend that this was the best meal he has ever had, so chalk one up for real Alberta Beef! On the right in the orange is my Aunt Carol, my Dad's sister, visiting for a few months from Zimbabwe.

Mike and I at the Osooyoos Golf Course, where we went for an amazing meal overlooking the Okanagan Valley, and enjoyed watching an electrical storm during 35+ degree heat followed by a double rainbow.
Me and the girls, of course. This is one of the tamest ones of us I have ever seen!
Mike canoeing on Lake Louise. Doesn't it look like a movie backdrop? Having been to Lake Louise at least once a year for my whole life, I can honestly say it is still jaw-droppingly stunning each time I see it.

Moi - on the other side of the canoe! My weak girly-arms meant Mike did the lion's share of the rowing, bless him. Aforementioned double rainbow over the Okanagan. So beautiful.
At the beginning of our whitewater rafting trip. We drove at previously unreached land-speeds to get to the Canmore McDonalds in time to meet the guide. (Admitting to criminal acts in blog = wise? Do they monitor this kind of thing?)

For various uncertain reasons, I cannot upload the piece-de-resistence, a fullsize shot of possibly the most impressive bruise I have ever earned (those who know me well know this is quite a claim) after an unfortunate run-in with a mailbox (Legal proceedings against the box mean I can say no more.) So you have been spared. Hope the rest were worth the wait? (She smiles hopefully, if pathetically, into the vast void of Webland. Silence. The wind blows. Tumbleweed rolls by. Are you out there, readers?)

Well, I am just about to go to bed, the quicker so that tomorrow comes and I can rush back to a 14-hour day at work, after a 4-day weekend. It's like Christmas! (Feel sorry for me?!) Just waiting for my songs to finish downloading. Uhh... Legally, of course. (Mercifully heavens, this is turning into some kind of confessional forum!) If my posts suddenly stop, you know they have tracked me. While we're confessing, I have used the Alberta Beef icon without permission. May I use this opportunity to gratefully acknowledge and grovel to the Alberta Beef people?

Chat to you soon folks. My bed calls.