Vancouver BC, here I come

Well, I will finally travel futher than Toronto by plane, I am going to BC for a few days to visit with my son and his family.  Counting the sleeps.  Plane leaves bright and early Saturday morning.  That's the first big trip for me this year.  In the Fall, I am going to Paris for a week.  Too soon to count the sleeps for that.  Hope to have a day trip to London, England in that week!!  Know of any good pubs to go to?  My friend, Eleanor and I want to visit a good English Pub!!

Imagine...on the front lawn

Now, I know these birds as the Canada Geese.  They have chosen to stay awhile with me.  They come every morning and evening.  They feed off insects on the lawn, they get to swim around on the Miramichi River.  Life is certainly good for them as I don't want to hunt them, I just enjoy their visits everyday.  I have a feeling I will luck into alot of other nature episodes while I am housesitting here.  Different seasons bring on different sights.  This past winter saw alot of snowmobilers on the river.  This summer will see a lot of sailboats and fishing ships.   Maybe the occasional salmon jumping out of the water.  What a great opportunity for photographs!!

Smelt fishing on the Miramichi

This is from my Post Card collection.  It depicts a time when work was hard to get, so you worked at whatever came along.  In the winter months, mostly February and March, smelts were caught and in barrels and sold.  Even to today, those are the only two months this happens.  There smelt frys everywhere on the Miramichi, sometimes they are deep fried and sometimes grilled.  They are extremely little fish and very tasty.  A real treat since it only comes around once a year.  To see more work related pictures go to the 119th edition of  http://sepiasaturday.blogspot.com and have a great weekend everyone!!!

What kind of bird is this?

Tonight, I met a couple of ladies and we had supper at the "Welcome Back" chinese restaurant.  As we were enjoying our meal, one lady noticed this bird perched on the railing of the outdoors patio.  Can anyone tell me what kind of bird this is.  We thought it was either a falcon or hawk.

The Alchemist

I came across this picture in Wikimedia Commons and thought it could fit in with this week's theme. The painting is by William F. Douglas  Lots of books in the background. .  When I see that many books, I wonder if either men would have read ALL of these books.....

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Can't put a price on sunrises and sunsets

Such beauty to behold and it's all free.  I took this photo yesterday morning from the backdoor step.  The river is all covered with ice and snow, even though, it is still beautiful!!  I can only imagine what the sunrises will be like in the Spring and Summer.

 A picture of the Opera House in Newcastle/Miramichi taken on one rainy evening in 2008.  This theatre was build in the early 1900's.  They are plays and movies. I used to go there as a child for Saturday afternoon matinees.  It had beautiful burgundy velvet curtains that used to open and down would come the screen. It was magical!  Later on, it turned out to be a dance club which housed the following pictures.  If you look closer at the top picture, there is a white spot over the windows.  That is where the owner dropped off to his death 6 or 7 years ago.  He was on the roof fixing something and fell off.  I know it is only a rain drop but there are no others in the picture, just at that spot.  Unfortunally, the Opera House burned to the ground in January, 2010.  Below are pictures of how it was decorated inside, it was like a museum, people from all over used to come just to walk through the 3 storeys of artifacts.

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