Aug 4, 2019 - Bye-bye Barretts

The Barretts have left the building. We had much of a day, yesterday, though, got in a good walk to the sea and did some more searching for shellfish. The kids were thrilled by the little squirts from the sand identifying where the clams are. Connie thought it was cool, too. We have oceanside pix from yesterday, so today's best picture is Eddie in Elfland - both in the sense that this forest could come from a Lord of the Rings movie, and that Ed and I walked together for much of the trip, with him regaling me with stories from his Dungeons and Dragons games, of which he had apparent photographic memories.

And then they packed, piled up, and pulled away, leaving us with only memories of when getting past the entrance involved navigating all those shoes. Were there really seven of us living here? It seemed quite roomy, perhaps because the kids don't take up much space, always crawling into your lap.

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2019 August 3: Once Around The Park

2019 August 2: Fireworks and Butterflies

2019 August 1: Charlie's Birthday!

2019 July 31: A Day at the Aquarium

2019 July 30: The Barretts Arrive!

2019 July 29: Random Things in Stanley Park

2019 July 28: Fireworks Last Night

2019 July 27: Monitoring Progress

2019 July 26: Being glad it's not winter

2019 July 25: We Return to Vancouver; Street is Torn Up

2019 July 2: Cat Pictures as we Drive to Calgary

2019 July 1: Canada Day in Stanley Park

2019 Jun 30: Madrid and Victoria - nice cities.

2019 Jun 29: Seattle boat shelves, Cat-vs-Beer

2019 Jun 28: Back from Seattle

2019 Jun 21: Volunteer Gardeners

2019 Jun 20: Stanley Colour

2019 Jun 19: At the beaches

2019 Jun 18: Tiny Roses and the Outside Cat

2019 Jun 17: Heron Nesting Season

2019 Jun 16: What a Difference a Month Makes (to goslings)

2019 Jun 15: Kittens Who Look At Phones, plus, Spain

2019 Jun 14: Lake Blossoms Everywhere

2019 Jun 13: Last Blossoms?

2019 Jun 12: Grandiose Things

2019 Jun 11: Scenes from a flight to Denver

2019 Jun 8: Beaver Lake Developments

2019 Jun 7: The Rose Garden Returns!

2019 Jun 6: D-Day commemorated with poppies!

2019 Jun 5: Geese families and Heron at Lost Lagoon

2019 Jun 4: More Cat Badness

2019 Jun 3: Roses and Bridges

2019 Jun 2: The Gosling Fleet

2019 Jun 1: From the archives: Cuba 2017

2019 May 31: Cats vs Bees

2019 May 30: Ravine Trail to Beaver Lake

2019 May 28-29: Our Garden and Stanley Forests

2019 May 27: The Umbrella Tree

2019 May 26: Animals of Stanley Park

2019 May 25: Green and Water

2019 May 24: Last of the Rose Garden South

2019 May 23: The Tudor House

2019 May 22: Rose Garden, South End #2

2019 May 21: Retiro and Kitten-Warmers

2019 May 20: Goslings and our Chilco Neighbours

2019 May 19: Finishing up the "back walk" all-floral garden.

2019 May 18: First trip to the Rose Garden South

2019 May 17: More "backwalk" south of Lost Lagoon and Lagoon Drive

2019 May 16: The "backwalk" south of Lost Lagoon 1

2019 May 15: blooms on the 4th floor