Tuesday, 11 August 2026

Brooks' first swim

Just three months and a bit, but Hilary & Shayd took Brooks already to their community center pool for a dip. According to the photo, he enjoyed it (sort of). This was just before the terrible wild bush fires started in the Okanagen valley between Kelowna and Penticton. Shayd & Hilary took Brooks to stay with friends in Vancouver, because the air quality was so bad in Penticton, which was also on alert for possible evacuation. The fire fighters work hard to control the fires. 

Hilary and Shayd regularly post photos of Brooks. Hereby a few. Brooks smiling, Brooks having fun with himself in the mirror and Brooks being like a movie-star with sunglasses on a beach. 



Friends in Amsterdam have a grand-daughter born two weeks before Brooks who apparently has similar cool baby sunglasses..... Her name is Luna.

In order to make the looking after Brooks a bit easier for the time being, we are having Poncho as our guest for a while. Here hanging out with Mary on the new deck....

Ralph has been cycling in Quebec last week shortly after the cycling in Holland. Below an impression of the route he cycled there one of the days last week. Quite the distance 5 or 6 days in a row, and also quite the up and down of the road. Impressive....

Beautiful region to cycle for those who have the leg muscles for it. 

In the meantime, I continue my volunteer work at the Welland Tennis Club clearing the clay courts from the weeds and wild grass along the sides of the courts. Three hours of that work was a good work-out, also clearing the patios of some of the weeds growing in between the concrete pads...


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