Do I need to justify the ridiculous size of the photograph in the last post? I think it's been made clear in previous posts that I am a world class techno idiot. You, Red Bird, kindly include step by step instructions when sending anything to our joint Dropbox, for which I thank you. Actually, I'm pretty sure, just like the Great Canadian Conspiracy about the existence of bears, that there is in actual fact another one afoot. I am beginning to think that all computers are programmed to recognize the less techno loving of us. Upon said recognition they automatically do everything they can to make you look even more stupid. Case in point, today I was working on a lesson plan for Science and came across a great resource via NASA. I stumbled upon the teachers guide, but could not for the life of me find the student guide with all the activities. I tried, what I thought was a very intelligent search using the words 'student guide'. Nada. After much frustration I sent the link to husband who promptly sent back the link to the student guide. What words did he use? Student guide! I know right! The only explanation is the conspiracy thing, it has to be, because I can't be that idiotic I just can't be:)
Did you know my friend that I've always wanted a ping pong table? Of course you didn't, how could you have possibly known that! Crazy game, lots of fun. One more thing I suck at, but have fun sucking at. Well guess what? They have one here at our little village and a champion is about to be born! We had a little warm up tonight. Got a great volley going, with the ping pong ball hitting every surface but the table. Turns out we don't need the table after all. We may have been playing Aussie rules ping pong or something, there was a lot of physical action what with having to avoid the BBQ, but I think with some practice, a beefed up health insurance policy and oh I don't know some clever twisting of the rules, I could be really good at ping pong. Finding something fun to do every day that counts towards the boy's Phys Ed quota, taken care of!
Home of a future ping pong champion (not in this reality you understand!)
Today is damp and foggy, our first non sunny day in BC. That means bread baking and tea drinking with lots of curling up under blankets and reading thrown in for good measure. Today it feels like fall and California's call is getting louder. I am currently listening to a band called 'The Head and The Heart'. They are playing live in Portland, Oregon at the end of the month so we might just move on and catch their show on our way down. I've always wanted to go to Portland, it was a planned route stop for whenever we decided to head south, so this is just a bonus. Actually, I'm quiet enjoying this weather change, husband is rolling his eyes, I complain about feeling cold constantly. The truth is, other than the cold, I like the darker mornings, the fog over the beach. I like the permission it gives me to fire up the stove and bake, bake, bake. I love the big baggy sweaters that replace the daily need to suck it all in. I'm dreaming of custards and stews, bread hot out the oven dripping in butter. Ginger, plums (more on plums next post), crumbles and hot porridge dotted with brown sugar. I'm going to need a bigger sweater!
Well, kettles boiled and the painful task of crawling out from under my blanket to throw a tea bag in a mug must be undertaken. Wish me luck!
Always yours
Sparrow
Oh and a quick confession. While on the top of the Rocky Mountains, we did actually see a bear!
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