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The Hockey Sweater
We were talking about this story/NFB animation last night at the Company holiday Dinner. It amazing how many people consider this to a be a quintessential piece of Quebecois/Canadian identity….
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Happy Holidays from Plank
Happy holidays from all of us at Plank. Here’s our fun little Holiday Card. It’s been a great year and we’re all looking forward to an amazing 2008. Enjoy the…
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Coloniale snowy scene
Coloniale snowy scene The snow here is amazing. Love seeing so much of it.
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Memento mori
The phrase “Memento mori” came up today while I was surfing around at lunch. Something I’d read about, studied and thought about on numerous occasions (the fact itself, the process…
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Is it winter yet… 4 meters of snow
Jay Peak has 434cm (171″) of snow so far this season. For December 18th; That’s crazy. I was there on Sunday and can confirm that it’s deep and that everything…
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Polar Bear
After discussing the idea with Allen last week, I couldn’t resist pulling a ‘polar bear‘ on Saturday at the cottage. My version of a polar bear is: 30 minutes in…
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Jesse and the Blower
Blower This is a shot of Jesse somehow getting this beat-up old snowblower, that came with our cottage, to work! The thing backfires and can only handle teaspoons of snow…
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Early AM Jay
Early AM Jay Did the solo mission today, which meant I was able to get up super early and arrive at Jay before opening (always easier when it’s only you)….
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A lesson learned
One morning in Costa Rica, we head down to the beach for a morning high-tide session. It’s about 6am, Sun’s just up and the swell is looking great with no…
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The 3rd Bourne
We watched the last of the Bourne Movies last night – The Bourne Ultimatum. As much as I don’t want to like like Matt Damon – I do. He’s a…
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Our Costa Photos
Here’s my photos from Costa Rica. I haven’t had much time to write much about our trip, let alone the fact that it took me two weeks to get these…
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Farecast now available to Canadians
Ever wondered when the cheapest time to fly to a destination is? Or if the current ticket price you’re looking at is going up or down? There’s a site out…
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Trust the satellite view
Great art piece that fuses our trust of imagery and ‘events/places’ in religious history. As Geoff who works with me just said .. “… I honestly dont take any image…
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The Sauna
So our new cottage has a sweet indoor cedar ‘wet’ sauna with hot rocks. We finally got to fire it up on Saturday (the temp dial says it goes to…
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Viper or Boa
Viper or Boa We have a couple pictures of this crazy snake that was just outside the place we rented in Costa Rica (this is about as close as we…