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Aldergrove Parade

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Thursday Challenge

Next week: WHEELS (Car, Motorcycle, Bicycle, Tractor, Cart, Ferris Wheel, Things that are Circular, Skateboard,...)

geyser of oil

A nasty accident this afternoon saw black oil gushing from a ruptured pipe below a road under construction in Burnaby when workers accidentally punctured a pipeline.

Videographer Shawn Soucy was there with his camera and has posted 4+ minutes of incredible footage. The geyser was staunched after about 25 minutes. Now for the environmental fallout (sigh!)

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Photo: CTV News website

food

- for the body - check out Rebecca’s Recipe Round-up: Quick Supper Fixin’s (Yum)


- for the ear - Destino in concert. Saturday night. We’re going!! (Several of these boys were formerly part of the the Three Canadian Tenors).

To get the flavor of their brand of pop-opera (Popera) check out this link (their website) which streams their music.

This entertainment feature article in the Now newspaper talks more about local-born Leon Leontaridis and the formation of Destino.

(To hear Leon L. – on the right – sing something a little different, play about 5 minutes into this streaming video of our church’s Easter Sunday service)



- for the eye - Tulips. And pansies. You can't beat spring colors!

happy thanksgiving!

to our U.S. neighbors!

our so-busy, excellent weekend

We have the most excellent weekend on tap.

It starts with tonight when we’re having guests for dinner, and then going as a six-some to hear Steve Bell and Adrian Plass (Yummy!).


Tomorrow night, our choir is doing backup vocals at the release of the new CD, “Hope is Waking,” our church is putting out. Here is how it’s described in our E-bulletin.

“Hope Is Waking” is a mixture of musical textures featuring 12 of our very own original songs. Recorded right here in our CLA studio, it is a sound of joy, sorrow, intimacy, praise, passion, warfare, and hope. It is our prayer that the honesty and integrity of these expressions will capture your heart and turn you towards the Father …… the only One truly worthy of our worship.

In a way this is like a dream come true for me. I have watched many a variety show on TV and thought how much fun it would be to do the harmonies and the boo-she-bop-bop stuff around the main feature. Well, tomorrow night we’re doing that. This is even better though – doing it in worship (by the way - no boo-she-bop-bops)!

One wee fly in the ointment. They’re videotaping the evening with a view to making a DVD, thus no water bottles, sneezing, scratching, grimaces etc. etc. ! It all adds up to no pressure!?

PNE - the best part of summer

Or that's what the commercials say. (PNE, by the way, is the Pacific National Exhibition - on at the fairgrounds in Vancouver until Monday, September 4th)

We went Monday afternoon. On our way from the parking lot, we caught a glimpse of these motocross magicians. So we found seats on the bleachers overlooking the track and were properly wowed for about 45 minutes. (And I thought watching my son skateboard was bad for the heart!)

More tricks in the air.

And still more tricks in the air

Peking ducklings

piglets

We ended the night with thousands of others clapping, toe-tapping and singing along with Glen Campbell (Wichita Lineman, Rhinestone Cowboy, You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling, That's What You Get for Loving Me etc. etc.)



A good time was had by all!