Night Stocking

Alright!..........employment for TwinB agin'

She's been re-hired at Superstore. Different location but likely in the same position stocking the cereal section from 11 pm to 7 am,
Which means she's a night-stocker and a cereal filler.......

Collaborations Betwixt the Locals

The photographer 4 houses up the street from us took the opportunity to have an extensive photo shoot with TwinB during her visit.
Man...put her in front of a camera or on a stage and she just comes to life!

Dwight Magee photo

I Like to be Canadian...

When TwinB was in Grade 1 - and that would be over 15 years ago - the class received the old 'Why Do You Like to be Canadian?' assignment. This was her response.
Our apologies to the missing Altantic Provinces.
However your loss is apparently the Prairies' gain. Don't know if we have a name for that extra Saskachewan she stuck in there...
(perhaps it's a back-up in case the first one fails)

Feelin' Stabby

A couple of months ago we experienced a flurry of assaults. No murders though which is good because we're almost due again.
Justin stabbed Ryan at a bush party by the Big Spruce. Everybody ran away.
A rather bloody Justin vaguely explained the situation to a clerk at Esso. They phone the rcmp who retrieve Ryan/arrest Justin.
TwinB recently encountered the duo hanging out at city centre; the incident doesn't seem to have changed their relationship any.

What's a little stabbing between friends?

Culturally Modified Tree

, While hiking out to the old Haisla cemetary I came across this particular cedar which had been culturally modified not once, but twice! The Haisla, like other coastal first nations harvested strips of cedar bark from various trees; this did no harm to the tree except to leave it with a rather distinctive vertical scar along the trunk.
Some time later, another individual - young and disgruntled I suspect - added their own, more modern contribution.

She Draws...

TwinB came home for a 2 week recuperation - met us in Fraser Lake. She brought a selection of the pen and ink compositions she's drawn on the backs of cigarette packs. (pen and ink on the devil's parchment ; )
I suggested that she attach these to a canvas, paint it one colour then continue the design in one or two directions. I'm pretty sure that she could find success at least locally with these. People 'round these parts are rather excited about her stuff.

On The Road. Again

A view of the future: the lake side of our lot on Fabulous Fraser Lake. (real estate ads now call our lake popular) We spent 5 days there cutting wood and doing some landscaping. The building site is mostly level and we attacked -nay!- conquered a large brush/root/rock/dirt pile left over from installing the septic system last year.

Black flies love me more than ever and it seems that mosquitoes have joined in enthusiastically.