Here's a picture taken in 1993 in Vancouver of Pat Egan and her brother Jack Kellett. Pat died in London last week (see YouTube posting below), and we will miss her.

This is the BMW jar we have at work. BMW stands for "bitching, moaning, and whining" which those in the office who are participating have agreed to give up for Lent. B, M, or W and you have to put a quarter into the jar. Last year when we did this we collected $57 for charity. So far I'm about $2 down. The person holding the jar is Wilna Parry, the office receptionist.

My dear wife on Cambie bridge. Note the new apartment building at right.

Auntie Pat in 2003

Auntie Pat Egan was a dear. She died last week. We will miss her.

So we did silly things and made silly faces (see below), and had a good time. I think David did too.

There should have been 58 candles but this many were enough.

Here's David's cake, a carrot cake made by his mother, his favourite.

My dear Kellett family

Here we all are on David's birthday. Grandpa, David (the birthday boy), Ros, Cathy, Nigel. Granny (who found it very hard to make a face!).

Neale trying out YouTube

And here I am...

Vancouver Voted Best City to Live (Rick Mercer)

Why I live in the city I live in.

Ros' Homework

Rosalind is working away at homework. Takes a while!

Christmas 2006 was fun. We had two Christmas dinners, one to send Naomi on her way east where she went to a wedding with Nick, another to see Chris and his partner Genieve and new baby Emily. Russell and Jane were often with us. Here are Jane and Ros.

And here I am signing books, hoping to remember names. It was fun. 

Here is the cake at my book signing today at Christ Church Cathedral. The picture is icing. Randy, I am told, put the beginning and ending dates on the cake. 

Sort of a sad sight. Female and male salmon who have spawned, guarded the eggs, and died together. 

Here is the Adams River. You can see the dark shapes of salmon spawning.

 

Russell showed pictures of his trip a couple of weeks ago to Bogata, Columbia, to a "Car-Free" conference. 

Thanksgiving 2006

We celebrated Thanksgiving at 1251 - Granny and Grandpa's. Guests were Rob Dickson, wife Mary Pat, and son Billy. Russell and Jane were there. Very nice.

From Thanksgiving

And we took pictures of the CPR trains as they rumbled by. This is the main line. 

We visited the old Catholic church at Knotch Hill by the railway tracks once again. We saw it a couple of years ago. Still a home for pigeons. 

Friday we spent cycling around Sorrento. We went as far as a couple of wineries near Tappen and back again. 

Another day we spent the afternoon white water rafting down the Adams River. I was skeptical at first but really enjoyed it. Ros and I are at the back of the raft, ahead of the helmsman/guide. 

Phil MacIntyre was our leader. 

Really pretty... worth the climb. 

One day Ros and I hiked with a group up to the alpine meadows north of Shuswap Lake. Beautiful area and not all that many bugs. 

They even baked a cake for grandpa. Here he is with Barbara Anderson, the director of Sorrento. 

We spent a week at Sorrento again this year. Ros' parents were there that week - Jack again celebrated his birthday at this church retreat and educational centre. We took the van and it performed well. David drove the parents up and we drove them back home. 

You can't help but take lots of pictures in that park. I hope Ros just picked up this flower and didn't pick it! I'm sure that's what happened. 

Nigel and Cathy visited us in early July, I think. Here we are in Queen Elizabeth Park. 

Here Michael is blessing Ann Duke and her bicycle. This took place in June during Bike Month in Vancouver. It's a great event. 

We had a blessing of the bicycles again this year on the steps of Christ Church Cathedral. Here my colleague Paige Dampier speaks to the audience while priests Peter and Michael wait to bless cyclists and their machines.