Image taken July 23, 2007 Originally uploaded by ‘Scratch’ It’s the 20th anniversary of Black Friday. July 31, 1987. 27 people lost their lives in Edmonton when an F3-F4 Tornado passed through the eastern edge of the city. Luckily – the storm chose a path through a less populated rural and industrial area. The loss [...]

Photo by Daddy. Short post, real simple. We’re crawling. It’s cool.

Out the window Originally uploaded by ‘Scratch’ Storms amaze me. A smoking hot day followed by a cold front almost guarantees fireworks. Yesterday was a HOT day. The fireworks were beyond our expectations. The slow moving (50km/h) storm spewed lightning for almost 2 hours, with thousands of bolts through the clouds and hundreds piercing the [...]

IMGP0313.JPG Originally uploaded by ‘Scratch’ Yep. I’m a 74% water filled bag of Dumbass. Those who have seen me recently are aware of my escapades with rusted steel – but many of you – particularly those at great distances have not yet been exposed to my phenominal (or Phecomical) ability to do dumb things at [...]

IMG_3686.JPG Originally uploaded by ‘Scratch’ Why do I get out of bed? To make sure this monster has the things he needs to be happy, healthy, and challenged every day. I get out of bed to check on him and every day I wonder how we could possibly be good enough to raise him. I [...]

July 4th, 2007 Canada suffered the loss of 6 comrades.  Those who have died in the service of our country, and the ideals that make us who we are should be celebrated, and remembered. Cdn. Casualties In Afghanistan 2007 July 4: Capt. Matthew Dawe, Cpl. Jordan Anderson, Pte. Lane Watkins and Pte. Cole Bartsch of the [...]

Yes… there was a post here… but the internet farted and it’s now gone… sorry.

This was Ben’s first Canada Day, and I have to say, as far as days go, it was pretty darn near perfect. We first got up a little late had breakfast, played, all our usual morning stuff. Then we packed up a small picnic lunch and went off for a day of geocaching. We targeted [...]