February 26, 2007

Happy Birthday Aunty Maranda.

Love,

Linus

On the Road Again

Ooooh, we have really lost track of time...our apologies. Please catch up with a few morsels from the last several weeks. I know Dave really wants to send his own recollection of the Nova Scotia trip...but I need to first share two hotel shots because I just can't help myself.

Getting comfortable Is that Burle from Timbuktu?

Linus in the Neige

Tubing at Lac Beauchamp

Fun at winter fest...

House Chores

L keeps his dishes stacked nicely on the stove top. And he vaccuums

He even does the ironing...if you don't mind the uniform.

Nuevo Hockey...tongs and plastic cabbage is all you need

January 2, 2007...leaving the airport premises

Canada's Ocean Playground

When Linus arrived in Halifax, the first job was to find Momma. Once that was done, he took the time to explore a little. The first bit of exploration was along the Halifax Harbour with Mom and Dad. Apart from finding out about Halifax's heritage of defeating prohibition, we saw a lot of interesting stuff.

Such as a very real, working tugboat:

And a working version of Theodore the Tugboat:

After that, it was time for Dad and Linus to explore on their own. We went to see Halifax's urban jewel, Point Pleasant Park. The park had been ravaged by Hurricane Juan a few years back, so there were some pretty nasty looking bits:

But the Hurricane did nothing bad to the ocean view:

Linus is not very happy in the picture above. I think this is because he was thinking about the fact that his grandma was not much older than him when her boat came in that harbour and dropped her off at Pier 21. The thought of that long on a boat, with no walks, no dogs, and no time to run around made him pretty sad.

At the park, we also saw some remnants of WWII. It seems the Germans had designs on getting U Boats in to Halifax Harbour, so a gun position was set up at the "point" park of "point pleasant" park:

On the way out, we saw a ship getting loaded at Halifax Harbour:

And finally (I promise this is the last one), on the way out of the hotel, Linus played a quick game of chess while we waited for the shuttle bus:

PS - We were remiss in not getting a picture with Linus' Aunty Pat. Despite the lack of a picture, thanks to Aunt Pat for her trip from Liverpool to visit us.

When I Wore a Younger Man's Clothes

Linus paid a visit to grandma and grandpa in picturesque Wolfville, NS last weekend. Apart from seeing grandma and grandpa, one of the highlights of the trip was the chance to play the piano.

and the chance to share Grandpa's favourite chair, while watching Grandpa's favourite channel: