My Ontario company made it here! I've had a lot of fun showing them my hometown. The Yukon International Film Festival began on the day they arrived. Thanks to Iris (by the way Iris, Heather thought you were the most interesting person in the whole world!), we viewed the 'not yet released' film The Big White, starring Robin Williams, Woody Harrelson, Holly Hunter and more. It was partly filmed in the Yukon/BC 2 years ago. We all loved it... one of the few movies I laughed out loud to. (Interested in info on the film? Want to see a trailer? Click on this link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402850/ ). This movies was followed by a reception (for opening night of the festival). We all had a grand time. Lots of sight seeing - although we only saw only a small portion of all I had on the list we were busy all the time. In the picture here, we were on a tour of Yukon Brewing Company (note the big smiles - we got to sample ALL of the beer they make). Today they left for Dawson City and to return via the Top of the World Highway. It was great to spend time with them and to FINALLY show another "southerner" where I live.
Continued to watch World Cup - did you see the scrappy Netherlands/Portugal game today? I now have $10 riding on ENGLAND - and they did win today!!!!! On July 1st they play Portugal so I have my fingers crossed.
My hand is healing just dandy. I still can't use it a lot as I don't want to split open the incision, but I am on the mend.
So that's the up-date for now. If anyone out there knows how to copy MP3 music to either the hard-drive or a CD, please let me know. Here's what I want to copy - I'd buy the CD but it is out of print.: http://musicyukon.com/front/modules/YukonSamplers/2002-6.m3u
Ciao for now.

Now. this picture was not easy to do with only my left hand - actually nothing is easy to do with only one hand, especially my left. Had my carpal tunnel operation today. It went well as did driving home with my hand in a sling. I have been busy preparing for this. My yard is in order, seeds and transplants all in, yard cleaned, grass mowed, car washed inside and out, house cleaned... Now all I have to do is wait for my surgery to heal and watch the soccer World Cup and of course, watch hockey. Edmonton just won in overtime tonight, so there will be at least one more game. Just heard from Heather tonight via email. She and Len will be here from Ontario on the 21st - the longest day. The weather has been hot, hot, hot. Real summer weather, so I hope it lasts a bit. This is very hard to do with one hand, so I will sign off for now.

These pictures do not look too good to me, but I hope they'll improve once I complete this message. SR flew in from Dawson this weekend for a visit. I haven't seen him since Christmas, so it was good to see him. We went to Natasha's birthday party and saw all the relatives on Friday. Saturday, we went to see the Davinci Code at the theatre (it is EXACTLY like the book) (and long, but good). And I bored him on Sunday with pictures of my vacation, then he took me out to dinner. He is working at his dad's gold mine (Ross Mining) about 2 hours outside of Dawson City. He is always working...in fact, this was apparently his first day off from the 1st of May, so he's learning a lot. It was great to see him. I drove him to the airport this morning (what a good mother I am...he had to be at the airport at 6:15 AM!!!!). Driving out of Granger, the sun was shining on Heckle Hill and with the fresh snowfall, it was picture perfect. Unfortunately, I remembered to take my coffee with me and not my camera. So when I returned home, I grabbed the camera and drove out for pictures. Now the blog site seems to be acting up, so it is difficult to see the snow on the top of the mountain, but it was really there - and on June 5th! We have had rain all weekend and it is expected to last until Wednesday. Of course, I am trying to get all the yardwork done before the operation on my hand (June 14th) but the weather is sure slowing me down. So there you have it - my son was in town and it is snowing on the mountains. And that's the news from the north.

It's hard to believe that a week ago I was standing in Europe. This is a shot of the island of Chios at 6:00 AM from the NEL Ferry on my way to Lesvos. That was one crazy ride - overnight with a boatload of Greeks on their way to their Easter weekend with family. All cabins were taken, all seats were taken and the rest of the people (including myself) were camped on the floor on sleeping bags, sheets or whatever they could find to sleep on. As Debbie said, it looked like a refugee ship. What a way to start our holiday. We had many unique experiences and many laughs along the way. Certainly a trip to remember. Back in the old home town once again - trying to catch up on gardening, lawncare and summering up the house (if you remember I left in a blizzard, so lots of winter things to stash away), and still sorting through 6 weeks of mail. Heather and Len (Andrea's sister) are on their way to Whitehorse - they are in Victoria right now, so they should be here in a couple of weeks. And for all you sports fans out there, don't forget the World Cup of Soccer starts June 9th. Here is the link to the Fifa World Cup website if you are interested: http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/index.html or if you want the TV sched, here it is: http://soccer.sportsnet.tsn.ca/TV/ You'll know my schedule too if you check out the TV site. Now it's time for me to put my holiday pictures away and start taking new pictures for the site. Ciao.