BBQ

Things have changed a little around my place. I have a new appliance on which to cook supper. Dad bought a new bbq, and he fixed up the old one for my place. Pretty darn nice if you ask me.

The thing was in pretty rough shape, but dad even refinished the wood on it. Like new! A coat of heat resistant paint did wonders for the old beast.

Here's when he delivered it and turned it on for the first time.

And he brought a giant steak when he delivered the bbq. Kevin came over with a steak of his own. Dad's steak was more like a roast really, but it was yummy!

On a lighter note, I threw some hot dogs on there last night. They were yummy too. No photo evidence of that though.

Folk Fest II

I guess most of these are the pics that nobody should have to see, but I find it so boring to take pics of the musicians. They are like sitting ducks up there. Not creativity involved. If I could get my hands on Hal's pics, they'd be more interesting. And Unc's pics of the bands are great because of his mega zoom camera. Mine were mostly a green and white tarp with some people crowded underneath playing music. Could'nt make out much else.

Front row centre. Sorry, but I couldn't resist. How silly did I look in Hal's glasses and gran's straw hat from Mexico?
Andrea rubbing ice on her head, Dev with some folk fest juice, and Jeff doing something....
Doesn't Ryan look great? Can't really say much else about that picture... hehe

The last one is from Thursday night. Mike Rennick and his lady Meg. I am not sure why he looks so scared. Or sheepish.

Folk Fest '08

I am shamed into posting after Uncle Wally drove back to Seattle and put his photos on here. He either spends more time on the computer than I do, or he's just better at prioritizing.
It was a wonderful weekend as usual. The weather was perfect, I only brought my camera on Sunday, and pulled it out once.
Here's Dev on Saturday morning waiting for the chauffeur to arrive. Flipping through the program to see where we go first.

Devyn's checking her pulse to make sure Craig Roberge and Jeff aren't going to give her a heart attack.

Mark and Craig philosophizing in the beer gardens.

Me and Jeff would trade text messages during the workshops to determine the next rendezvous at the beer gardens.

Maybe we were dancing ..... but one thing is for sure.... I think I should've pulled the camera out more often. Perhaps I can find some more from Dev's camera.

August Long

No pics yet, but we had another successful camping trip over the weekend. Twin Lakes, the chosen destination for this trip. It's only about an hour away. We took Brayden with us this time. He's Dev's youngest brother. He had never been camping in a tent before, so it was quite fun. I hope he had a good time.


The weather was ok. Some sun, some rain, some wind and cloud. Typical Alberta summers. For the very beginning of August, it was damn cold on Friday night.


And now it's a few days of work in between another weekend party. Folk Festival this weekend. Sarah, I wish you and Al were here. It doesn't feel quite the same after last summer. I'd sure love to go meet Al in the beer gardens..... oh well, I'll have to entertain myself with some music this year. No Patties either, so it will certainly feel different.


But mom, Unc and Hal will be here, along with other usual suspects like Car, Ry, Jeff, Dan. It'll be lots of fun.



I was thinking about a post my uncle put up (you can find the link on my page) about Obama. I try to listen to conversations around me when I am sorting mail - I guess it's the right-wing radio show producer rearing it's head again - but it's neat to hear what others are talking about. Obama comes up a lot. (So does the beheading on the Greyhound bus) and I wondered if we Canadians can really get a feel for the buzz (or lack thereof)

So yeah, I bought my first GQ magazine, and I wasn't too thrilled. Unless you want to look at Tom Brady's girlfriend in her underwear, there's really nothing else. The most interesting part was a quick Cole's notes version of Where to get your political news. The tv stuff like CNN, FOX and MSNBC. But also a number of interesting websites. I don't think there are too many people who don't turn to the Internet first. Oh well.
Before this gets any more random, I will go make supper rather than sitting here any longer.