May 29, 2012
May 20, 2012
Frank's Birthday Dinner
First, we all met for dinner outside in the sunshine at Barb's
Fish and Chips at the Victoria Harbour.
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| Frank with (around the table) John, Mary Jane, Vic, Sandra, Karen, Lynn, Kendra and Peter. (Judith took the photo) |
This was the first time a good part of the Elkins clan got to meet Sandra's new beau, Vic. Very nice man, by the way :)
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| Carrot cake AND banana bread! |
After a short time in the playground nearby, we went back to John and Karen's hotel room for birthday cake.
A good recipe for Frank's 80th birthday party equals:
- 1 part fish and chips
- 1 part carrot cake
- 2 parts sweet, loving granddaughters
- topped with a layer made up of the rest of the family!
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| Pretty in pink. |
May 19, 2012
May 12, 2012
Warm Sunny Saturday
Victoria was very busy today! It was the annual Tweed Ride ...
Then the Victoria Highland Games parade went by ...
But we wanted to ride on the E and N railway path, so we headed across the blue bridge on our bicycles to Esquimalt to see what we could see. We found Westbay Marine Village - home to the Princess Mary Restaurant, some lovely houseboats and a great view of the inner harbour and James Bay.
We had the trail all to ourselves with the exception of 2 people walking dogs. Go figure?
On our ride back to downtown, we found a lovely little public garden with some unusual tulips still in bloom. Then Peter spotted a rocky hill with an oak grove across the way, saw there was a road up the hill, and off we went exploring!
At the top of the hill was Gorge Vale Golf Club and the entrance to an old military graveyard in between two holes. It was a very peaceful place with an old wooden chapel, and all the gravestones all neatly lined up, some dating back to the 1870's.
That ride concluded back at our house for lunch in the park, followed by grocery shopping at all our favourite haunts. Since the sun was still shining and it was lovely and warm outside, we packed a picnic, got back on our bikes and headed down to Ogden Point for dinner 'al fresco.' Such a wonderful way to end a wonderful day! Cheers everyone!
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| Tweed Ride assembling at the Empress |
Then the Victoria Highland Games parade went by ...
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| With bagpipes and everything! |
But we wanted to ride on the E and N railway path, so we headed across the blue bridge on our bicycles to Esquimalt to see what we could see. We found Westbay Marine Village - home to the Princess Mary Restaurant, some lovely houseboats and a great view of the inner harbour and James Bay.
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| "interesting" dwelling across from the Princess Mary restaurant |
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| E&N railway trail |
We had the trail all to ourselves with the exception of 2 people walking dogs. Go figure?
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| The shade of the graveyard was a welcome break to the sunshine today. |
That ride concluded back at our house for lunch in the park, followed by grocery shopping at all our favourite haunts. Since the sun was still shining and it was lovely and warm outside, we packed a picnic, got back on our bikes and headed down to Ogden Point for dinner 'al fresco.' Such a wonderful way to end a wonderful day! Cheers everyone!
May 6, 2012
Sunday Ride
Today, the sun was shining and it was pretty wonderful to be out riding about. Even the cricket pitch was busy!
And I found a young dogwood tree that looked pretty happy as well. Love the dogwood blooms.
Quality!
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| Murphy bed or wall bed? Closet bed maybe? |
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| In any case, you pull it out and it swivels on the hardware shown below ... |
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| And, just like magic, you have a bed set up! (Found only at Rainbow Manor in Victoria) |
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| The quality hardware holding the bed. There's another one near the floor. |
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