Deadlines Cheer

coreman!

This week has been rather crazy. Work deadlines combined with getting ready for vacation combined with day to day life made for a busy week. A side effect was that I had no time for things like posting here.

This post should have been made last weekend.

Suede, coreman, justine, and others took part in the CIBC Run for the Cure. There was an amazing amount of people taking part, and it was good for me to get out with Yoshi to cheer everyone on.

After the race we had a few folks (and their kids) over for a brunch.

Good times, and great eats!

Pics are here.

Steep Workout

Matheson Lake, Metchosin, BC

Yesterday Suede, Yoshi, and I joined Justine, Oscar and Coreman on a dog walk at Matheson Lake in Metchosin. What a nice walk. The dogs enjoyed it immensely. Yoshi and Oscar ran the whole time we walked. The trail around the lake gets quite steep at times, so it gives the humans a good workout too!

Matheson Lake, Metchosin, BC

After the walk Yoshi was one tired pup. He slept the rest of the day. The weather (as you can tell from the pictures) was pretty amazing. Warm and sunny. It is october, and I can still stand to wear shorts (not that I did on the walk)!

Oscar at Matheson Lake, Metchosin, BC

Yoshi at Matheson Lake, Metchosin, BC

The rest of my pics are here.

Lucky Mailing

storage opportunities are open

Call it fortuitous, call it lucky. Call it good fortune. Call it what you will, but I have a new memory card. I was just thinking yesterday that I was going to have to find another card to take on our trip in a couple weeks. A few moments later I got an email from a photography mailing list I am on. Someone was selling a 512 MB compact flash card! Sweet! I was pretty happy with the price. I picked it up last night, and played with it for a bit. It sure looks odd to see 300+ pics available.

Of course today I was cruising the cruise website and found the following blurb: You will also find advanced digital imaging services, memory card downloads, and CD burning services.

Guess I didn’t need that card after all!

Civilized Weather

big flower little Yoshi

Yoshi’s walk on Sunday was a lot more relaxed than the day before. He was quite civilized, and got along nicely with all the dogs in the park. The sun was out, the breeze was light, the park was perfect.

Tonight Suede and I did something we haven’t done in a long time. After work, we got changed, let Yoshi into the truck, then went for an hour walk around Thetis Lake. Yoshi appreciated the run, and we relished the walk. Somehow we lucked into some really nice weather.

Romp Free

Yoshi and Oscar at Wittys

Today Coreman, Justine, Oscar, Yoshi and I hooked up for a romp at the beach. Beautiful sunny morning, nice and warm, and a couple pups that were aching to get out there and run. Oscar was a very good dog today, and unusually Yoshi was not. Yoshi was full of beans this morning, so when I let him off leash, the ran around lots. After a while, he latched onto Justine, and would not leave her alone. He was frantic trying to get her to throw a stick she didn’t have. Eventually I had to snap the leash on him, which was a struggle in itself. After running free like he had, Yoshi was not happy to be on leash!

The beach there was very nice though, and the tide was out quite a ways. Before leashing Yoshi, the pups chased each other through the sand, and over the logs. Much fun! There was a large flock of seagulls out on on patch of sand, and surprisingly the dogs pretty much left them alone. Good dogs!

All good things must come to an end though, so when we returned to the vehicles Yoshi still seemed like he was full of beans. He pretty much pulled me up the flight of stairs! That all changed as soon as he was in the truck though. He flaked right out, and has been sleeping for the past 2 hours. I love him to bits, but he is a strange dog sometimes.

Oscar at Wittys