restful Sunday - not exactly

Well, Sunday was supposed to be a day of rest, sort of, after an active day Saturday. On my journey Saturday I walked down to Queens Park near home and then on toward Fraser Cemetery in Sapperton before heading on to downtown Vancouver by SkyTrain with Stanley Park being the focus that day. I did a bit too much walking and got a bit more sun than was wise, so I thought of staying at home today. That meant a leisurely breakfast, checking emails and such and then getting some needed laundry done and out of the way. After that was done, I cooked up some soup (rice with vegetables, pork) and then prepared a bread dough to bake around suppertime. As the bread (olive) was baking, the aroma of fresh baked bread filled the entire apartment. I'll take some in to work over the next two days along with soup made today. I also spent some time listening to music on Radio Canada's "Espace Musique" that was playing various kinds of music from Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, etc, and then I got down to playing some cds toward evening (Austrian and Bavarian folk music). With the warmer weather my computer shuts down unannounced at the most inconvenient times, so posts may be sparse during hot weather. It likely has to do with the heat generated by the new hard drive which is not exactly as the old one it replaced but a new one that fits this machine would cost me over $600. I opted for a cheaper hard drive and put the money into a new work station. Anyway, more posts coming, including Saturday's activities. Have a great week!!! - V.

sun and high cloud

Sunday was a beautiful day. It was warm, sunny and had just enough high clouds in the sky to make it interesting. I took the shot above at Fraser Cemetery in Sapperton (New Westminster) along with others before heading off on the SkyTrain for downtown Vancouver. The cloud patterns caught my eye and that's the Fraser River at the bottom right. By evening heavier clouds were moving in and by Monday it was overcast with rain late in the afternoon and into the evening. Its been rather odd weather all winter and into the spring. Let's see what summer brings! - V.

Slow day

Sunday was slow. I spent most of the day at home with the exception of a quick trip to the grocery store at the mall across the street. One reason why it was slow, it was raining all day. So it was overcast and rainy, more like autumn than summer. This will change eventually. That is the nature of life here on the west coast and of life in general.

I added Scott Herman Fitness to the sidebar on the right. Check out his link if you haven't already done so. Look for changes in Scott's website soon. Perhaps you might even want to join. The basic membership is free.

Well, Monday its back to work, so an early night is in store for me tonight. I'll be back up after 5 am, so there'll be more later. - Volker