sledding

Busytown

The past few weeks have been very busy. Bob and Carol and JR and I attended the world premiere of a wonderful new Canadian opera titled "The Inventor". Lorisa and I enjoyed the Lunch Box Theatre production of "Rory and Liza" and a nice lunch following that. Donna hosted a lovely luncheon meeting of my book club when we reviewed the delightful "Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society ". Another friend, Donna, with whom I worked at the Med School, visited from Vancouver and we met for coffee and a great chat with Cy Frank who directed our research there. Karen accompanied me to a CPO performance featuring Ian Tyson. Tom and Bev and JR and I enjoyed the current Theatre Calgary production of The Drowsy Chaperone. Christine and I have been seeing a lot of movies, determined to see most of those nominated for Oscars which we hope to watch in Argentina. We have had a several good dumps of snow and have been able to snow shoe, ski and sled in the Edgemont Ravines behind our house. Richard Scary could paint quite a picture!

Unbirthday

Everyone has been most considerate of my wishes not to celebrate a birthday this year. Barbara and Garry were kind enough to host a lovely gourmet dinner and invite a few of our closest friends to attend an "unbirthday" party, at which the Urquharts presented me with this tee shirt!

Slopestyle Snowboarding

James and Eli and I watched the Burton Slopestyle Snowboarding Men's and Women's Championships at Canada Olympic Park and were amazed at the 1080's, flips and cartwheels the young competitors executed so seemingly effortlessly,

Mio

Mio continues to charm her grandparents

New Generation of Curlers

In a close match, Brennan, Graham and Bean defeated Ryan, Lorisa and JR in an exciting game of curling.

Septugenarian/ Sexagenarian

Jan and I were born two days apart. This year she turned a year older and had a special birthday. I, on the other hand, and very miraculously, remained the same age and had no birthday. I did, however,help her celebrate!