June 2008 - Summer Is Here!

I find that I watch more TV now. I never seem to stop and watch any show from start to finish. I always find myself watching something else. When someone asks me what I watched. I don;t even remember which ones because I just flick through the remote constantly. In the end, I haven't really watched anything.

Can anyone tell me what this means? I have this design on my shirt but I do not know what It means at all. I had this shirt at least 2 years now. I bought it from WALMART for 5 bucks (Ha ha ha!)

View from the side mirror. I was waiting for Ron and Frank.

Humming birds are out again. If you plan to take photos of humming birds, and if your camera has multiple exposure settings, Try using that. Because the humming birds are just too fast to capture, you won't even know if they wre actually in the photos as they are tiny!

Watching a Movie in Fernie, BC. I was told that this movie house has been there for a long long time.

Ron and Frank inside the movie house. Ron looks excited. Frank looks bored . hahahah! (The movie hasn't even started yet!)

This is the class I attend at the College of the Rockies . That particular afternoon, one of the students was graduating - so there was FREE Lunch! Yipee! We had some Chinese food from Cedar Garden.

Dandelions. It's that time of the year for mowing the grass. But hey, I would rather mowe the grass than shovel snow! Ha ha !

Ron in Fernie, BC

Edgar Lorenzo F. Nievera - That's me.

Dinner in Cranbrook -

Friends

Father's day 2008 - Happy Father's Day Frank!

Decided to go out walking today.. .... alone.... with my thoughts...

Some lonely back road toward Galloway. Wonderful just contemplating on things that really matter this way. I actually got to voice out my prayers to God and in my own language too. Very therapeutic..

Beautiful flowers huh? -

I walked 11 Kms. (plus a few more , because I got lost) From Elko to Jaffray today. It was wonderful, but my knees were a bit weak after more than 4 hours of walking.

Me and Frank, inside the car. Hmmm I can now use my sunglasses for something else!

Ron coming out from the store. Happy with his purchases it seems!

Fernie, BC - This is a quiet little town. I think this is what a normal "after hours" looks like. Hardly anyone there but 3 kids in their bikes.

Fernie, BC - Real estate prices are ridiculously high here (just like everywhere else).

College of the Rockies, Fernie Hallway.

New haircut. Not quite the haircut I wanted, but It will do. I haven't really found any barber or hairstylist that had much talent in this area. In Calgary I had found an oriental lady (born and raised in Canada) who knew how to cut fine, limp Asian hair like mine. But I can't go to Calgary just for a hairstyle. I am stuck with keeping my hair short because, It seems that's the only hairstyle the haircutting people can do in this area.

Kathy in Coleman.

Crowsnest Mountain, Alberta

Crownest, Alberta

The Famous Fernie Ghost Rider Shadow - According to Fernie.com : Lying in the shadows, a legend waits for the afternoon sun. On a summer evening, out of Mt. Hosmer’s face, comes the Ghostrider – the shadow of a distinctive horse and rider, the ghost some say of an angry Indian Chief and his jilted daughter pursuing William Fernie.

As legend tells it, William Fernie was courting an Indian Princess to learn the source of her sacred black stone necklace. It is said that after learning the secret location of the Morrissey Coal Seams, Fernie stopped seeing the Princess and the tribe’s medicine woman placed a curse on the Elk Valley.

Residents of Fernie feared the curse was real after several tragedies struck the town. Fire reduced the town to smoldering rubble in 1904 and again in 1908. In 1916, the Elk River flooded and in 1917 there was a mining disaster. A public ceremony in 1964 officially lifted the curse. Members of the Kootenay Tribes assembled in Fernie and Chief Red Eagle (Ambrose Gravelle) and Fernie Mayor James White smoked a pipe of peace.

Although the curse was lifted over 35 years ago, on summer evenings, the ghost of an angry Indian chief and his jilted daughter still rides above Fernie and their legend lives on in the shadows of the mountain.

Elko, BC

Elko, BC

Weekend Beer at home

Auntie Getty in my thoughts and prayers.

Ron and I went to have dinner at the lake only 11 minutes away from home.

Man on the lake.

Ron looking at the activities around the lake.

Wonderful evening. I love the warmth of summer

It's getting dark

Today it was 29 degrees Celcius. Truly loved it. But then it rained that same afternoon.

Well, that's all folks! until next mail!

01. January 2007

January 18, 2007 - Thursday
Here you see a rare silver coin (they don't make silver pennys) that Michael found from a bowl filled with coins that Ron gave him. Initially we were all hoping it would sell half a million dollars. But reality is, its not worth that much. Michale and Ron will split it's net worth when they do get to sell it to the highest bidder. So far $700 US was the highest.

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January 18, 2007 - Thursday
Fernie, BC, Canada - Been snowing a lot.

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January 18, 2007 - Thursday
Fernie, BC, Canada - Looks so glomy and depressing doesn't it?

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January 19, 2007 - Friday
Kimberley, BC, Canada : Took this when I went out for my walk today. What you see is a part of the Kimberley Alpine Ski Resort where me and my friend go skiing sometimes.

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Friday - January 19, 2007
Taken from my walk today. Walking on snow is quite an exercise. Walking alone, listening to the crunching of the snow and that water streaming from this little creek.

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Sunday - January 21, 2007
Ron and I went to Calgary to get away for a while. I thought following this truck with an outhouse on it looked interesting. "Look honey, I bought you a new outhouse!"

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Monday - January 22, 2007
I revisited on foot alone the places where me and my mom were together the last time. I remember December 28, 2004 - I met my mom here at this exact place - The COOP Store in Calgary by 11th Ave. I miss ma. I put my sunglasses on, sat by the bench and just cried. I remember hugging her here. I Didn't know that would be one of the last moments I would have with her.

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Monday - January 22, 2007
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Monday, January 22, 2007
Ron and I headed back to Elko, British Columbia. I took this picture as we were heading in to a liquor store to buy some beer for later. This was in Crownest Pass Alberta.
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Tuesday - January 23, 2007 , 3:47 PM
Ron makes great salads.
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Sunday , January 28, 2007
Fernie, BC - A reflection of Mike's kitchen light by the window. Looks like an eye in the sky doesn't it?

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Wednesday - January 31, 2007
Ron and I went to watch a play at a local community theater in Cranbrook, BC. The play is entitled Criminal Hearts. I had a great time.

So far that's it for January. Nothing much happening here except for these. I don't take pictures when I am at work so most of these pictures I take are from days when I am off. Please e-mail soon!

Big Hugs,