Ah, golf season. The fairways may not yet be too green, but the day was glorious and the company entertaining. Couldn't ask for more (except maybe some better shots).
Tried to see Shrek 3 last night, but the theatre filled up too quickly. Why they show the 2 best movies in town - Shrek & Spiderman in the same movie theatre, I don't know. The line up was longer than I've ever seen it and we didn't even recognize the two movies playing at the other theatre where there were no line ups at all.
My fox is now a regular visitor to my back yard. He (she?) jumps the 6 foot fence without a thought. And I have not yet caught my weasel (stoat) though my next door neighbour did set the trap for me and now I'm just waiting.
The vegetable garden is now planted with seeds and I had company for coffee on my deck this morning, so it appears summer is well on its way.
In case you didn't notice, I did put a link on my blog to the Whitehorse webcam, so if you ever wanted to know how dark (or light) it is getting, click onto the link and look down Main Street.

I happened to be outside today when I saw my mystery animal. I was pretty sure what it was and Bruce, my neighbour across the road, confirmed it for me. I have a weasel living in my yard! As if I don't have enough to do, I now have to buy a live trap and catch the little *#!***, although Bruce says he doesn't think they will do any harm unless they get in the house, then they are difficult to get out of the house (his mother had one in her house).

Bruce says this is a "classic" weasel pose. I'm so glad I caught it.... And why hasn't my fox caught it yet? He's been in my yard a number of times now.
Correction: As I have just googled "weasel" I discovered that "although they look similar, one way to tell the difference between a stoat and a weasel is that unlike stoats, weasels do not have a black tip to the tail." So now I think I have a stoat. What the heck is a stoat??? In the winter their fur turns white and are called ermine. So, if you see me in a new fur coat ...

And this is what I looked like from Friday, 5PM to 11PM and all day Saturday!

Happy Mother's Day

As some already know, this weekend I was asked to be photographer for the 2007 (Oldtimers') Indoor Soccer Tournament. Above is the winning team from Whitehorse (the Blues Brothers). The tourney was Friday night and all day Saturday, ending with a lovely banquet at which my photos were screened - and I am happy to say they were a success, thanks to Michele, my editor.
A team from Juneau, Alaska, came and their goalie (above) was the only hospital victim. He dislocated his finger saving a goal (below). Happily the doctor was able to relocate his finger and he made it to the banquet to a round of applause.

And, Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers reading this blog. I received a call from my boy today wishing me well. He is now working south of Dawson City and has strep throat and still has laryngitis. A mother never likes to be far away from her sick child. Take care of yourself SR if you are reading this.

I have had 2 complaints that it is taking too long for me to update my blog -- so here I am already updating. Tonight was day one of ladies' league at Mountain View Golf Course. Unfortunately the carts were still being serviced and as Elaine has a foot problem and needed a cart, we decided to hit a few balls on the driving range instead, which was just a fine for me as I didn't golf at all last year due to my hand operation.

We still finished our stay on the driving range in traditional style, with a cool one at the club house. If you know Elaine, don't tell her I included this picture of her heading up the stairs for a drink as she threatened me if I put it on my blog. Shhhhhhh

Awoke this morning to the sound of THAT dog barking under my deck. It was 5:00 AM! When I awoke again, again to his bark, I looked out the window and saw snow. We have had such good weather - yesterday I was out cleaning up the yard. Now, speaking of the yard I have had a major vole problem - the lawn is riddled with vole tracks (note above where the snow has settled = the vole tracks) A great disappointment as I had such a beautiful lawn these past two years. I was now awake so came downstairs, made coffee and turned on Coronation Street to catch up on the news of the street. Sitting, sipping my coffee, I saw a small animal scamper through my rock garden. It looked like a baby squirrel, but the body was very long - maybe they grow in length, then let their head and legs catch up??? I don't know, I've never seen a baby squirrel... then still sipping my coffee a fox trots by my window and into my backyard. A dog, a vole, a squirrel, a fox (am I trying to compete with you cousin Joe?) - and all this before 8:30 AM.
Before I go on, the picture above was taken on Friday at 10:30 PM - just to show my August visitors - the light will be about the same when you are here.
As most people now know, I now have a laptop and will donate my dinosaur computer to Computers for Schools. It took many a day to transfer all the info off my old computer and to install all the programs I wanted onto the new. A heads up for those thinking of upgrading, wait until the software supports Vista - my downloads included downloading the correct driver to run the software. But here I sit in my livingroom, watching Chelsea v Arsenal, hoping for an Arsenal win (tied at 70 minutes) and wirelessly blogging. Heaven.