dr stanley i presume?

december 2009 i had the privilege of visiting my brother and his family in vancouver. when i got there i thought that i was prepared for the winter. i had packed all my south african winter clothes, and i was ready....wrong.. the second day there my brother, roy , asked me where my winter clothes were and i said i was wearing them. this at a time when i was so cold my nose was sliding off my face and my ears were  frozen to the side of my head.

                                                             photo courtesy of roy.......note my hairstyle.

the first sunday the snow fell. what a wonderful sight, the first time i had ever seen snow fall. i was in a wonderland.

                                                                             lovely white grass

so...what has this to do with stanley?  i will explain.

during my visit i was introduced to 'ice hockey'. the first time i watched i saw all these men skating up and down, back and forth, crashing into the rink sides and each other, chasing after a little black dot that kept shooting around the tv screen.( have you ever seen a cat chase a red laser dot? now you get the picture.) with much patience roy taught me the rules of the game, except for 'off sides', i still don't get that one.
well i was hooked...and my team....the canucks of course. i learnt the names of the players, and as i got to enjoy watching the games with roy , i could add my expert advice from the comfort of my chair.

during my stay, vancouver played host to the 2010 winter olympics.

                                                                       the 2010 winter olympic flame

                                                                         the city getting ready


one of the events of the games.........ice hockey. i came to the conclusion that the only reason that vancouver hosted the games was for the hockey. the rest was a run up to that event.

i too was caught up in all that excitement, and the highlight ..... being able to watch the final hockey game between canada and usa with roy and his family and i got to participate in the joy of canada taking gold.

since then i have been addicted to the game. i follow the scores and when i can, i listen or watch the games on line. this year my team, the canucks are in the final play offs for the holy grail.........the stanley cup.

as of tonight the score is 3 wins each to the two teams in the finals....the bruins and of course the canucks.
with one game in hand.....winner takes all...at 5 pm on the 15th june....2 am south africa time....yes i get up to listen/watch.

i do however have a grave concern should the canucks loose. roy is in a state of extreme excitement at the prospect of the canucks winning the stanley cup. he also keeps making mention of a popular bridge spanning a highway that the ardent canuck fans seem to dive off if their team looses. so now, is he worried about the back up in traffic , or is it his destination should his team loose?diane please keep an eye on him.

                                                                   dr livingston i presume??? no ....yours truly




        this year the stanley cup is for roy!  go canucks ..go!

this and that

                                                                                 me

the little hamsters in my head are spinning the wheels of my mind in a lot of different directions.


i received some old photos of me when i was younger, from a time when i still lived in a world of black and white.
among these were some photos of my late mother who passed away in 1970. my children did not get to meet her or ever learn to know 'granny rose'. so with the technology of the coloured world i was able to put them together.

                                                       'granny' rose at age 17 with granddaughters hannah and leah.

                                                                               and grandson kylen.

as i  get older i think of times past and look forward to times to come. here today gone tomorrow........
now that you are all seriously depressed......smile.....if you are reading this you are still with us. however it is good to remember those that gave us life, shaped our lives and set our hamsters running in certain directions even when the wheels come off.

of the gentlemen reading this, who uses a can of shaving cream in the morning to shave? how many live in times past and still use the good old shaving brush?

                                                                  my badger hair shaving brush

my sweet breeze bought me this shaving brush. it is as soft as silk. we even found old fashioned shaving soap. next.....a cut throat razor......well................ maybe not.

who says cats don't contemplate the world around them.

                                                                       sox puzzled at life

                                                             sox just puzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

a taste of heaven.

for those that do not know i am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.one of the beautiful principles we believe, is that families can be together forever.

as in the ancient scriptures, we have many sacred temples throughout the world, one of which is in johannesburg, south africa.

                                                                             temple at night 

my sweet wife breeze and i had the honour and privilege of working there for 6 weeks. it was one of the most spiritual times of my life and the closest i have come to experiencing what living in Heavenly Fathers presence must be like.

                                                                               temple by day

it would be remiss of me not to express my gratitude for the knowledge i have gained and the great blessings i have been blessed with in my life.

                                                                         a call to the world.


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