Sunday, February 19, 2006

Jack Frost Nipping at Your Nose



This weekend was the 2nd Annual Jack Frost Festival in Ch'town and I must say it was interesting. We tried to go Friday night and it was SO packed that we waded our way through calf-deep water to listen to some music with our daughter and then packed it in and walked back to the car...the weather was so mild that day that everything was melting (cue the Wicked Witch of the East "I'm melting...I'm melting...").

Saturday we were going to go because there were a few kid shows that McKenzie would have enjoyed but it was SO cold with the 70+km/hr winds that we decided to wait til Sunday and hope that the wind died down a little.

So today has come - Sunday - THE last day and we have no choice but to make use of the tickets and try to enjoy it. We got bundled up and trudged our way to the festival - and thank goodness it was quite quiet. Someone noted to me that most of the out of towners leave on Sunday so it's not as busy - plus there's the church crowd that wasn't around, so it was mellow and just how I like things. We got to walk through the ice castle and see some sculptures but no where could we find our main attraction - Franklin!!

We searched for what seemed like forever (about 15 minutes) - asked the garbage men where he was - they weren't sure if he was a turtle or their boss...so we asked someone else who mentioned that the act was moved indoors (thank the Good Lord!)..but it would have been nice to have announced that - posted notices and noted it on the "newflash" part of their website that we are suppose to check before coming in for updates - so updates kinda sucked...but we made it...and Kenzie loved it along with the 300 other kids there.

Here are a couple pics - not too clear, but you get the jist.

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Crows Revisited

Okay - so PEI has a "crow problem." Does this not strike anyone else as a little bit strange? I've never heard of a crow problem - I've never heard of re-locating a flock of crows...it just really wierd.

So I was driving around on the weekend (yes, in the snow storm, because it's still a novelty for me) and pulled over at Victoria Park so I could get some pictures of the snow (yes, it really is the same on the east coast as it is on the west - go figure!). So I took this shot:


And then I looked at the car thinking - damn, what's that sound?? I looked across the road to the park and almost gave myself a heart attack. Does anyone remember the movies, "The Birds?" Well it's kinda like that - a shit load of crows sitting in the trees cawing at one another...it's just really wierd. So it's their "roost" or "nest" and the patrons of the neighbourhood are PO'd because, damnit - they're loud! Anyway, took this pic - not too clear but there are more then a handful of garbage pickers in there!




Geez Louise

Where has the time gone - I can hardly believe it's been 17 days since I last posted - and I probably counted wrong - so don't bother correcting me!!

Okay...Happy Valentines day! We don't really "do" valentines day (get your mind outta the gutter)...it's kind of just another day for us and I'm perfectly happy about that. Gotta save the energy and creativity for the anniversaries and birthdays, you know.

I will say though that this week I was spoiled - righteously so and I won't dare deny that I'm so damn excited. I got me an iPod (notice the little 'i' and big 'p') NANO! WAHOO. Actually hubby brought it home for me as an "I Love You And Will You Please Quit Asking For One" Gift...okay, deed's done, no more harping about it.

It's pretty damn cool though, I will admit - it's a 2 Gig, which is plenty big for me (for now) - up to 500 songs and I've got 112 on there so far...don't ask how or where I got em and I won't have to incriminate myself. So, what's the top ten on your playlist for all you iPoders out there?

Today I'm in love with Johnny Cash's remake of NIN's "HURT" - damn it's a great song and have finally seen the video - which is pretty remarkable...and so I give you the video to enjoy. (Not to mention I can just come by here tomorrow when I'm oh-so-busy at work and watch it at my leisure!!)