Things I’ve Learned

When people show me who they are, I will believe them the first time.

 

Spontaneous acts of kindness are apt to be extremely contagious. I will do them often.

 

I am thankful for my vision.

 

 

I never allow a cruelty towards animals, of any species, go unchallenged.

 

I always take advice from Elephants….

“I'll just have to save him.
Because, after all,
A person's a person
No matter how small."

 

Find the joys in every day. Hunting frogs and sunbeams on the bum are 2 of the good ones.

 

Laugh when the mood strikes you!

Red Rose Tea and Bears guarding crops…available only in Canada!

 

I try very hard not to be judgemental. Each of us does things uniquely, as we are each individuals.

 

When I have done something that causes another being discomfort, I sincerely apologize immediately..,.before it gets blown up.

 

and I always remember that…

 

Now go and play nice with the world and the beings in it!

And then there was bliss…

Wednesday, May 18th 2011. That’s the day the world got lucky.

Logan Roop was born to Kelly and Sumeet.

I left my home at 7 a.m. to drive the 2 hours to make the scheduled birth at 11…giving myself an extra 2 hours for road delays.

No clogged traffic through the mountains!

Still okay past the mountains. Nice sunshiny day!

Yikes, I’m glad I’m not heading east! Look at those poor saps to the left! Lots of folks heading out of the concrete jungle of Vancouver for the May long weekend.

‘Bout an hour away, blasting Bob Marley, smilingsmilingsmiling…

EEEEEK!!!! Just over the top of the hill…gawddamn people heading to the island taking up my road space and time….get the f**k outta’ my way!!!

K, it’s all cool. I get there by 10:00. Plenty of time to spare. I go to the Labour floor, tell the nurses I’m there and to let my son know. Whew! I am shown the waiting room, walk in and begin to get anxious. I do a LOT of this:

looking out the window

and looking at the ceiling

and door eye-balling

and LOTS of clock-watching

and more and more and more door-watching

And then, the skies parted, the world stopped revolving, all the people and animals in the world stood still and held their breath.

Welcome Logan, happy birth day! Get ready for the time of your life!Your Grandma loves you! *perma smiling*

Trials and Tribulations of Being Human

They never end.

Thank gawd. Otherwise we’d all be void.

Death of family member, poor health of other members, soon-to-be born member, *lost* member, member in stressland, and plain ‘ol mental tiredness has kept me from blogging.

Wednesday was a wonderful respite from it all. My friend Kelsie and I took a 5 hour road trip. I handed her the camera and here’s some of the less blurry shots she took from the passenger window while I was driving and some when we got out to stretch our legs.

Almost every field we saw was filled with the beautiful yellow of Dandelions.

Or a beautiful horse…

Or someone who replaced a sign but never took away the original. How odd. Apparently BC Canada’s 604 area code came into practice in 1947, so who knows how old the bottom sign is. Here’s some interesting trivia about the 604 code. ( also tidbits about the U.S. and Canada there )




We drove down 0 Avenue, which is always an interesting drive. O Avenue is quite simply an undefended border for Canada and the U.S. By *undefended* I mean that there is no distinction that there even is a border. It’s an old 2 lane paved road, on Canada’s side of the border…..not very long, maybe about 20 miles.

U.S. on the left, Canada on the right.

A marsh on the U.S. side

Blueberry bushes on the Canadian side

Small plane soaring low across 0 Avenue, Canada to the U.S.

Salmon Berry flowers

It was a warm day, warm enough for us to roll down the windows and enjoy it, and the view.

But one of the tips of Mount Cheam still defied the warmer weather we are having

And something that makes me laugh!

Enjoy your Friday!