Mother's Day!

Mother's Day was a beautiful day. It was sunny and warm and my daughter and I and Lucy went to the canyon. There was no one else but us there and it was quiet and beautiful. Lucy and I sat on the thinking tree and had a cuddle and a chat. However, clumsy me dropped my glasses and had to go wading to get them. Lucy was puzzled by my wadding in the creek and I had to keep her out as I was afraid she would break them.

After our romp in the canyon my daughters took me for a lovely Mother's day dinner at a very old Greek restaurant. It was a nice day for everyone.

Spring ....

seems to be in the air. The skunk cabbage is blossoming and permeating the air with it's pungent odor. Everywhere in the bog new life seems to be waking up from it's long winter snooze. Birds are singing and creating nests. The leaves are unfuling on the trees and the wild rose bushes are in bud. At last the hard part of winter is over and soon we will be sitting in the sunshine on the beach I hope.

Poor Lucy!

She didn't get to go for Easter Dinner and she didn't catch the Easter Bunny!

HAPPY EASTER!

Vaisaikhi!

Today I had the fun of walking in the Vaisaikhi Parade in Surrey. Vaisaikhi is one of the larges Indian celebrations that takes place here in the lower mainland. Somewhere around 90,000 people from all over the province as well as some from the US come here to celebrate in the various parades that take place in various Indo Canadian communities here. I can not tell you how many took part in just the one parade that I was in today, but it was in the thousands! For miles all you could see was a sea of happy faces and bright turbans and colorful ladies suits.. Unlike western parades, people do not stand neatly on the sidelines watching an orderly procession. On the contrary, the parade, by caucasion standards, is total confusion and the people who one would think should be watching the parade are busy dishing up free platters of roti and curried chickpeas, samosas,pakoras,chips, soda pop, fruit juice, ice cream and well... just about anything you can think of. Meanwhile the people in the parade slowly make their way along the route while gorging on all this food! The parade ends in as much chaos as it started in a school field where everyone who is anyone from around the province are invited to get up on the podium and speak. The cold wet weather did not seem to dampen the excitement for anyone and everyone seemed to leave with a smile on their face. Next year I am not going to eat breakfast before I go!