It's the weekend!

Here's a picture of the Airbus A380 in our living room. It's a 1:200 scale model of the mammoth plane that I bought on my way to Candyland. At first, I was rather disappointed that the model wasn't made of die-cast material, and almost wanted it refunded or exchanged for die-cast models instead. But... it ain't so bad after all. It's made of solid wood with optional landing wheels that you can choose not to attach. And did I mention? The turbines actually turn. The only thing I don't like about it is the flimsy wings made of plastic. The vertical fins at the wing tips are extremely fragile. I chose to angle the aircraft in mild ascent and banking right.

Here's another little collection I'm making. The Royal Canadian Mint has issued series of quarters (25 cents) to commemorate the Winter Olympics to be held in Vancouver in 2010. So far I've got the "Biathlon" only. Many more to keep an eye for.

We went for our grocery shopping spree today! And look at the pile of junk we loaded in the CRV. SF's going to have a good week searching out her different recipe books and websites.

The early morning weather also permitted a long distance snapshot of Mount Baker, USA.


And it was really difficult after a night of fun and games at home. That's us in the living area, squinting at little characters running around tennis courts avoiding tennis balls and chasing pineapples.

And yes, I took an updated picture of the house today. Still looks very much the same, with the maple leaves turning red already. The past few days we had temperatures associated with winter... will the season come early again like it did last year?


Ok... FB's going to sleep soon... ciao.