please let winter be over

We are supposed to get snow this week. I don't want snow. All our glorious sunny days have forced us to give up on winter this year. I'm OK without a winter, so please keep the snow where it belongs - with Santa Claus. In case we actually do get snow this week, we took full advantage of another great day (15C, 59F) and went to the beach.

The best sandy beaches are not in Nanaimo, but in Parksville, about 20 minutes north of us. Rosalie had two soccer games in Parksville, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, so we took the barbeque and some wieners for a gourmet beach-style lunch between games. We walked off our lunch on the beach and saw:


millions of seagulls,

an immature bald eagle,

two grow-up eagles,

two great blue herons,

and a couple of sea lions playing in the sea. We could hear them, and see them splashing, but they were too far away to get a good shot.

It was a fantastic day, and even better, Rosalie's games went well. They lost the first game, but won the second game, so it's back to Parksville tomorrow for the semi-finals. I think that will be Norm's job, because I'm slotted to take Lucas further up-Island for a skating competition.

PS, please no snow. Lucas, Rosalie, Evelynne, and I are taking a road trip to Kamloops, this week for another skating competition (Provincials) and I really don't like driving in the snow. After all, I rarely get to practice.