Driveway poured

Neighbour Craig came by for a haircut done by Mary last week..... and I helped out the driveway guys one day moving a bunch of gravel.....

This morning the crew came to pour the concrete. Nice process to watch and now we have a driveway that will last for a while..... (hopefully)…...

Driveway and puzzles

Our beaten up driveway has been needing a revival already for several years. So finally we decided together with our neighbours to go for a good solid durable new version.

The first step the past few days was to take out the old stuff... In the meantime I completed a fourth puzzle in three months:

I think that is it for now for making puzzles. Summer 2020, please come. Time for the outside!

Life goes on...

Hilary had a very nice weekend with a few friends boating a bit west from Vancouver. They try to open up life again a bit and Hilary has a friend with a nice boat.

And I started a 4th puzzle.....

Very good read

Just finished a very interesting book. It is a memoir about growing up in an extremely religious family of Mormons in Idaho, USA. It is so far away on the spectrum from my own upbringing in a community in Holland in the sixties/seventies where poverty did not exist and religion became almost extinct. Mental health has so much to do with the environment where one lives.... This story took place very close to the same time period during which Mary & I raised Hilary and Mark....

Snow in May...

Today we had a few short snow flurries....; oh, Canada..... Lucky to be reading a very good book called "Educated". Unbelievable story; must read.

Pandemic continues

The social/physical distancing continues. For me personally it is no problem. It sort of suits my situation as a recently retired professional. It forces me to chill and I quite like it actually. But I can imagine it drives many people crazy. Mary and I recently played a game of Scrabble + I have started a 3rd puzzle; getting close to finishing this one....

Shayd celebrated his 35th birthday and Hilary made him a very nice meal which they eat at the beach. Interesting thing is that Mary was 28 (like Hilary at the moment) and I was 35 (like Shayd now) when we married each other in 1990, almost 30 years ago now.....

While Shayd continues his carpentry work + Hilary her nursing work in Vancouver, Mark continues his work in the construction sector in Toronto (and Carly continues in the automotive sector). Above a photo Mark took this week from one of the sites where his company Innocon (LaFarge) is pouring concrete for yet another high-rise building.