Birds in the yard!

On the west coast they have real blue jays (not gray jays, as in the east). Check them out—they look really different:

Christmas morning tracks in the snow

Deer friends.

Northwesterly journey

BC Ferries breakfast ($8.06):



Seeing the west coast for the first time (drinking two coffees):



The misty view:



Back on the road:



Greggy drives. Yay for CBC radio!



I just sit around...



...taking pictures:



Powell River! Mother and son:

"Old Fort," the famous Canadian cheese

Poll: Do you get this joke?

Vancouver.dot.com.

They got crochet buses here!!!

I bought a bag of Rs!

Very exciting.

This dog...

...hates you, me, and himself.

Why

This sign is supposed to communicate the fact that there are cameras at the intersections that will snap a pic of your licence plate if you run a red light:



But why in god's name did they choose a pictograph of a camera that has BEEN OBSOLETE for ONE HUNDRED YEARS?!??? Bewildering.

Guffaw!!

I just discovered this picture on Greg's camera:

Kitties

When we arrived we couldn't find the two kitties anywhere in the apartment. Eventually I found Minnow in the paper shredder box.





Aw.

I have still only seen Rumble for a split second; he stays in his nest under the bed when we are around. He snuck out in the night to eat his food.

Various Vancouver vignettes

There is a mountain at the end of our street!!!!



Vancouver has really beautiful trees:



































These pots look like little nomes (with pointy hats)! Or ice cream cones!

http://www.hopeless-cliche.ca

It had to be done.

On vacation!

New York:



Vancouver:



Most snow in thirty years. Yay!

Aftermath

Sarah's leaving us . . . so we had a dinner party tonight! Nine peeps.

Nice napkins:



Centerpiece (somewhat disheveled) by Becky Roberts:



Mmmm cakey:




Mice and mason jars:



Kitchen business:







Detritus. Dot com.

I made a special toy for my sister's cat, Bijou

As my grandmother once said, Bijou is a gem of a cat.

BE CAREFUL!

Our friend Sarah H. got hit by a car in Greenpoint yesterday. A guy did a left turn into her and knocked her down; he didn't even look. He was going to drive away but luckily there were two undercover narcotics officers on a stakeout nearby (?!) and they came to help. She is OK, but she is pissed off!

GAD! Now her halloween costume seems so IRONIC.

Greggy Hanukkah present

A sweater and a special pin to wear with it:



























I think he likes it!

Note: he is wearing them here.

Tom

Every year we get a Christmas card from our super, Tom, and we give him a few bucks. He is the self-proclaimed "Mayor of the Block."

I see him outside every morning. Every time he sees me walking to work instead of riding he says, "No bike today?" and cackles hysterically.

He is the strangest person; I can't even explain. It is impossible.

Nothing on the envelope, just "2 F 69" (we live in apartment 2 at 69 Sutton Street):



Nice card:



He has forgotten our names apparently:



But we know he loves us!

Found!

First-aid kit box. Awesome.





Soon Greg and I will have new desks in our new office. I think I can use this for my desk stuff: pens and pencils, post-its, whiteout, etc.—it is nice and big.

Gotta scrub it first.

Early Hanukkah celebration

First game of dreidel (for both of 'em):




Learning how to spin:





Cleaning us all out!! And giggling maniacally:



































Darn beginner's luck.

Oh well. We ate the walnuts after he went to bed.

One little squirrel gets its breakfast

Pictures by Sarah H. Way to go Sarah!

I just bought this book for my niece and nephews...

...and I am pretty darn happy about it.

















I wish it would snow. (I also want a snowsuit like that.)

UPDATE:
I got what I asked for in Montreal on the weekend. (The snow, not the snowsuit.)

Across the street

Last week:



Aw. I hope they found their cats.

Now:



*snort*