Umpiring is a pretty active job. Here she is running... backwards. The game ended a 1-1 tie.

Saturday night, Nov. 10, Ros and I drove out to Tsawwassen. Ros umpired a game, and did a very good job. She enjoys umpiring.

A water taxi

Nearby, a tug and a water taxi plowed through the calm water. The Olympic Village will be just to the right.

Tons of dirt are being dumped daily into barges which place it on the bottom of Georgia Strait somewhere.

The cranes in the background are constructing the Olympic Village for 2010. One dump truck after another backed up this ramp and unloaded dirt on to the barge - a constant flow of trucks. Two kayakers watched from the water.

Today, Nov. 4, we cycled to church and on the way back stopped to watch construction from Cambie bridge.

This is a view from near Science World of False Creek where the Olympic athlete's village is to go in 2010. I'm amazed at the number of construction cranes you can still see in Vancouver... at least a dozen from the bridge. I took this shot while cycling home in the evening.

We've had a lot of rain but we've had pleasant days too this fall. This is Douglas Park in autumn colours.

While Marian was in Vancouver we had a musical evening and dinner. Even Russell limbered up the fingers and played the piano a bit. All those lessons produced some result.

Work continues on the subway that will run under Cambie Street, three blocks east of our home. This is at Cambie and roughly 12th Avenue, as Marian Egan and I walked by it, when she was in town. They really dig deep. It's called the "Skytrain" though in Vancouver at least most of it will be underground.

...to go to the shore, we passed through the always fascinating Oak Bay Cemetery.

We walked along the short on a rather cold and stormy day...

N&N do seem to be compatible.

A rose outside Naomi and Nick's basement suite.

In Victoria we cycled to the museum as well as other places.

Ros and I went to Victoria to visit the Titanic exibition at the Royal BC Museum in September. Nick and Naomi agreed to pose with the billboard outside the museum, albeit somewhat reluctantly. It was an interesting exhibit - lots of plates and stuff taken from the ocean floor, people in costume of the era, etc. It was indeed sad when the great ship went down.

The sky one evening over Douglas Park. I shot this on my way home.

Nigel Kellett visited several times this fall. Here he is with Rosalind. What an agreeable sibling pair!

To catch up a bit, we really enjoyed the 70th birthday party of great friend Conrad Guelke on Sept. 22, complete with a bit of a roast.

Some of the leaves.

Ros wanted some leaves for the Thanksgiving table.

It's been a wet October, so far. Ros and I did get out and walk a bit around Stanley Park a couple of week ago, near the lighthouse.

For the past week we were treated to the visit of Marian Egan, Ros' cousin, from England. We really enjoyed her being with us. While here, she decided to buy a digital camera. I expect her to start a blog from her home in London.

Russell is still working on the garage, to create a studio. I'm not sure why, but he really likes that hat.

Blair Tothill and Elliott, his and Andrea's new son. Jane's sister now has had the first baby of the Buker children. Jane's is due in January.