New year updates

Not too much excitement in the new year so far. During the cold spell, I worked a week or so fanatically on a puzzle. When I get one started, I just can't stop.....

Poncho is easy to have around and he loves to cuddle up to a body or under a blanket. In the evening he can get a bit of a bugger suddenly unleashing energy wanting to play and being a bugger. But then he sets in for the night and sleeps a good 12 hours....

Mary and Susan continue to keep Opa Vandenboom looked after, busy and entertained. He is one lucky fellow at his age compared to so many lonely older folks. 

Unfortunately I had a little mishap today at a parking lot of a restaurant where I met for lunch with two former colleagues of Niagara College. One moment of being distracted and I rolled against a concrete foundation for a street light in the middle of the parking lot. It is unbelievable and so me. Ah well. Maybe I can find a body shop fixer who can get it done with a few second hand parts. If not, it will probably be bye-bye to the good old CRV which served us so well and has almost 400,000 kilometers clocked. In its old age it did bring me safely back and forth to Vancouver in October 2021 (there) and June 2022 (back)...