A while back I posted this picture in a Weekly Photo Challenge.
Good Morning Vader
A fellow blogger, who I just made acquaintance with, Jots from a Small Apt. has asked for more. Being the accommodating sort, I am more than happy to oblige. By the way, Jots runs a fine establishment and is worth a visit or 200 or so. There is background to this upcoming cuteness though.
The date, December 29th. Lori and I had just pent a pleasant night in Banff, Alberta. We were checking out of our hotel, intending to spend the day skiing at Sunshine Village, a great hill, apparently, as I have never made it there. We had just finished and Lori’s phone rang. It was our son, the owner of Vader, calling to tell us that Vader had gotten away from him, the gate was open. That ended the skiing, before it started, and we headed home. The next 90 minutes were a blur as we raced back to Calgary to hep find the missing. We searched and searched, but had the foresight to report him to the city as missing. After 5 hours of looking, we got a call, he was at animal services, and had been pretty much since he had gone missing. We knew he was not the type to take off, and apparently had gotten out and went to the wrong door to get let in, maybe 2 doors down in a townhouse condo. The people opened the door and took him to animal services. Terrible day. So now the more part. Vader’s mug shot.
I ran into this article on Buzzfeed the other day and deemed it worthy of a share. The article lists 27 very interesting places around the globe. Interesting, for the travellers out there, to see how many you’ve been to. Personally, I have been to Juneau, Alaska and Belize, but did not see either of the things listed. I have seen the tulip fields, but only from a train window between Antwerp and Amsterdam, kind of a drive by.
This week we have been given the topic of family. To me family is a far-reaching intangible. I have my natural family, my in-law family, my work family, my far-flung friend family, among others. Makes it very hard to choose a photo to post here. To decide, I played some eenie meenie miney mo game and came up with this one. We are bereft of grand children at this time, but, while we wait, we have a grand dog, our son’s King Charles cross. Prepare to be cuted out of your socks.
Ran into this cool video done by a group of students from BC. They bought a van for 350 bucks, mounted a dashboard camera, then created a time-lapse video of their journey from one end of Canada to the other on the Trans Canada Highway.
Let’s see, what struck me this week. Struck me and will, perhaps, stick with me.
Ian Fleming’s image of James Bond; commissioned to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
1. It is freaking cold in Antarctica. Like minus 135.8 degrees (F) cold. Story here
2. James Bond drinks enough to be an alcoholic. Some doctors, with way to much time on their hands, read all the Bond novels and measured his alcohol intake. Story here
