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My New Snaptote

One side features Harry's happy face and the other side shows my pretty puppies sitting nicely side by side. I love this bag!

Snowing In Calgary

Snow is coming down in Calgary. What happened to our +22C sunny weather?

Downtown:

NW:

Earth Day

It's Earth Day!  In addition to recycling and saving energy, let's enjoy nature in honour of Earth Day! 

Plant some flowers, go for a walk in the park, fly a kite, take some photos and maybe paint some scenery!  Enjoy the outdoors!

My New Dogs!

"Harry and CoCo Playing"
Originally uploaded by malteserus

I got new puppies!  They are not with me yet.  They will be here in a week or two!  I'm excited about my new dogs!  Gerry sent me some photos of them.

Okay... They are not real dogs. :-)  These are 3" needle felted Maltese dogs that look like Harry and CoCo! GOURMET FELTED created sculptures of my dogs. Gerry is a very talented needle felting artist!

Giant pumpkin - got carved into boat!

Check out of the video clip of "A Wisconsin man has found an unusual use for a giant pumpkin, carving one into a canoe.  JR Hildebrandt plans to paddle 150 miles in eight days to raise money for children with special needs." 

"Ahoy, me hearty!"

Chris reminded me that today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Well... I'm a very tired and feel like an "Old Salty Dog"  I'm going to bed now.

iPhone 3G

iPhone 3G
Originally uploaded by malteserus

Back - customized
Originally uploaded by malteserus

My new toy has arrived! :-D

I got the white 16GB version of iPhone 3G.  I even customized it a little.

Hail on July 10

Hail
Originally uploaded by malteserus

We had a quick hail storm this afternoon - http://www.flickr.com/photos/jelyea/sets/72157606091868588/

You think Calgary C-train is too crowded?

Check out this crowded Japanese train:

Elephant's self portrait!

This is a very talented elephant!

Elephant Paints Self-Portrait

The Fast 50 2008 – Alberta’s Fast Growth Champions Reception

Tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve and I'm in Edmonton by myself. Earlier this evening, I went to 2008 Fast 50 cocktail reception and accepted the commemorative plaque on Replicon’s behalf. 

Cold weather in Calgary

It's -33c (-27.4 F) right now.  With the wind chill, it's like -50c (-58 F) outside!!!

I'm so grateful that I have indoor parkings!!! 

@ The Shooting Edge

11 of us went to the Shooting Edge this morning. We tried .40 cal, 9 mm, .357 Magnum, 9 mm riffle and 12 gauge shotgun.

Then, we went to Veggie Buddha for lunch.

Mii

Does this mii look like me?

CoCo's new friend - Belle

I bought a Webkinz (white yorkie) pup and named her Belle. It's a very creative kids toy.

First LCD TV in the house!!!

We've got our first LCD TV hooked up today! Exciting!

We woke up to this... snow!

Maple Bonsai

My new maple bonsai! Maybe it will turn red in the fall.

Hoya bloomed!

Lovely pink stars!!!

New collar from Harrods Knightsbridge

Michelle went to London for a week (so jealous!!!) and she bought this *bling* *bling* collar for CoCo at Harrods! Isn't it gorgeous?!

Wall Lantern with the motion sensor

Chris installed a wall lantern with a motion sensor for the backdoor/deck.

Hoya - the newest addition to my office desk

During lunch, I went out for a walk with Michelle. I saw this neat-looking plant in the floral shop window and I had to have it. The shop lady was out for 10 minutes and we waited there. The lady told us it's a type of Hoya. It's about to bloom!

Office plants:

Hoya:

Close-up shot:

About to bloom:

Happy Chinese New Year!

February 18th is Chinese New Year. It's the Year of the Pig.

Here's wishing everyone a prosperous new year!

Deer in our backyard!

I was out shopping and Chris called to say that there were deer in our backyard! The Chinese ladies from next door came over to ask if they should call the police or the SPCA because there were big wild animals in our backyard! Well... two were in our backyard and one was in their backyard. Of course not. He told the old ladies not to worry. The deer would only eat some leaves and then go "home."

Three deer spent the whole afternoon in our backyard (and our neighbours'). They must live in the nearby Nose Hill Park. This is the first time they came into our yard. The gate was closed, so they had to leap over the fence. These photos were taken from inside, so there's some reflection from the window. One window has a screen, so it's not as clear.

Getting ready for 2007

We had our carpet cleaned today. I also rearranged the furniture in the great room to make room for the party on the 30th.

Chris spent almost 8 hours organizing boxes of stuff, and taking apart the universal gym and stationary bike in the basement. Tomorrow, we'll move most, if not all, of it into garage to get the basement ready for development in Jan. '07.

Happy Thanksgiving!

It's Thanksgiving on Monday in Canada. We went to have Peking Duck dinner tonight. Duck is pretty close to turkey, right?

Bought this mini pumpkin floral arrangement. I think it's very cute.

Sock Monkey Meets Jag