Garage Door in Kitchener On

When I saw this garage, I just had to take many pictures.  I love the colours and different levels of texture.  To me, the bonus is a bit of rust on the latch.   I forgot to take a picture of the whole garage and only have close ups of various parts of it.

HERITAGE tower in the middle

 

of a brand new subdivision of Toronto.  The plaque on the side of the tower says: 

We knew where it was on the map but finally finding the tower and being able to walk around it took tenacity and determination on the part of the driver (that would be me!!)  After driving around, trying to follow the map when not all the streets were listed, it was an accident that I spotted the roof of the tower through an opening between several streets of houses.  From seeing it to actually finding it was then a matter of zigzagging in and out of cul de sacs, streets and finally being on the right road and driving to the end. 

An exquisite flower.  I love to see the perfect design that Mother Nature has put into the hated dandelion.  This picture taken just before my grandson in Kitchener kicked the crap out of it......

OUR LIVES AS AIRLINE PASSENGERS

Here we are once again, off on another adventure. I haven't blogged about our trips so far in 2010. A quick recap. During the last days of the Olympics we received a phone call from April's daughter asking us to come to Halifax asap. It seems April's grandson - Zac, 19 yrs - was in Halifax hospital and was only given a 20% chance of surviving. Apparently he was sitting on the family couch with his little sister - Payton, 13yrs - when he coughed and started bleeding profusely. Payton took one look at him, got up and called 911. This probably saved Zac's life. The doctors tried to stop the bleeding from his lung but they were not able to do so. Zac was whisked off to Halifax (he lives in Fredericton NB) because they have the best thorasic doctors.

To make a long story short, we could not get a plane out on the last day of the Olympics and had to be satisfied with the red-eye arriving in Halifax at 7 am. When we arrived at the hospital, Zac had been in a coma for 5 days and not getting any better or worse. On Thursday he finally started fussing and it seemed he was trying to come out of it and finally on Friday morning, he opened his eyes, spotted his grandmother (April) and he said "Well look who it is!". From then on he has been getting stronger every day. He got out of hospital and was home on Mar 8th. More testing has been done since then but there is still no reason found for the bleeding and the doctors do not know what caused it.

We did get to play for one day and took a trip to Peggy's Cove. It was bloody cold and as windy as I have ever seen but beautiful, clear day. We enjoyed the break.

FLOWERS in and around Vancouver, BC

It is awesome to live in this paradise!!! Having just travelled from Nova Scotia to British Columbia and noticed there are no flowers yet in Halifax and so many in Vancouver, I feel blessed to live here. Winter blues are being chases away by bright, colourful flowers !! Hey, Mother Nature, keep up the good work !

NATURE'S DOODLES

This rusted post is fascinating. Nature has certainly been doodling through all the layers to make these beautiful designs. I love rust as an artistic expression. It is so random and yet has a pattern. Peggy's Cove, NS

ZAC IS HOME...

Zac is home and sleeping in his own bed!!! There is a bed, nurse and doctor shortage in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick like here so the patient gets to go home as soon as they can get him out of the hospital. He will have to go for X-ray and a broncoscopy in about 4 weeks, just to make sure he is ok. And he is on antibotics for the pneumonia.

What caused the bleeding? The doctors do not know. Is anyone researching this, Probably not. No money, researchers or time. So we may never know.

Sherri and Darren (parents) are finally coming down from the roller coaster ride. Imagine, one week ago we were all sitting a waiting room in the ICU, tears in our eyes, not knowing whether Zac would live or not. The prognosis was not good! And today he is home, weak but still home, walking slowly and a bit unbalanced but he is getting better and stronger every day. He is a fighter and a survivor and well loved. Thank you to everyone who sent their hugs and prayers. It worked.

I will keep you posted on Zac, on his progress and I will let you know if anything new comes from the doctors.