The Webskowskis in Calgary韋家來訪卡加利

Adam, Anne, and 3 kids (Amos didn't make it) came to visit in June. We had a lot of fun. Wish they could live closer. 

玉米田迷宮Corn Maze

Ballet Recital芭蕾公演

Fiona's ballet recital in June. 

6月，孟田芭蕾學校的期末公演。還好服裝是她最愛的淺粉紅。(有些其他班的服裝，我實在不敢恭維)

Family photo全家福

This was taken back to January 2012.
今年一月份時照的全家福。

Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre Museum卡城中華文物館

It was on TelusTV back in May. I like the texture.
I really enjoy my job in the museum a lot. Well, Most of the time! I get to meet visitors from all over the world, give them tours, chat with them, lead field trips from local schools, teach cultural programs, develop new cultural programs, promote the museum, learn more about Chinese Canadian hostory... New things and challenges everyday.
And again, I'll be on City TV - Breakfast TV tomorrow morning.
五月份TelusTV到我們的博物館做的專訪。拍的很有質感。
我其實很喜歡目前在博物館的工作。每天跟來自各地的訪客介紹博物館、跟他們聊天、接待當地學校的校外教學團體、教授文化課程、研發文化課程、宣傳博物館、與其他博物館交流‧‧‧。每天都有新發現、新感受。
喔！明天早上我又會在City TV的早餐新聞出現。

Back to the blog重回部落格

I think I still like blogging better than FB. But it's been a long while, where should I start? 

It's been more than 2 years since we moved to our own home in Hidden Valley. The space is smaller, the backyard is much smaller, but we have 2-car-garage instead of 1-car garage and a walking closet in our bigger master bedroom. After all, it's our own house!

This is Emilie, our next door neighbour. She's been Fiona's BFF (best friend forever) since they moved in Feb 2011. Aileen, Emilie's mom has become a good friend of mine as well. Two and half years older than Fiona, but Emilie plays very well with Fiona. We love her. 

This was back in June, a hot Sat. Gareth and I took Fiona and Emilie for a bike ride to Riley Park. Fiona loves the park mainly because there's a wading pool there (even if the water is always cold). 

我還是比較喜歡部落格。可是荒廢了這麼久，要從哪裡開始呢？

搬進Hidden Valley 的房子已經2年多了。家裡空間變小，後院變小，但是有了一個2個車位的車庫，和可走入式衣櫥在我們變大的主臥室。不管如何，畢竟是自己的房子。

這是Emilie，隔壁鄰居的小孩。2011年2月搬到隔壁之後，成了Fiona的最好的朋友。她比Fiona大2歲半，但是和Fiona玩的很好。我們都很喜歡她。我和她媽媽也成為好朋友。

這是6月的一個炎熱(好啦，攝氏25度而已啦，但對這裡已經算熱了！)的星期六。Gareth和我帶著兩個丫頭騎腳踏車到Riley Park。Fiona很喜歡這個公園，因為裡面有個淺水游泳池。

Yes, this is Fiona in the exactly same pool 6 years ago. We came to Calgary to visit in 2006 summer. 

沒錯，2006年Fiona大概8個月大時，我們回卡加利玩，留下這張照片在同一個泳池。

Dalhousie days: a chapter comes to an end

After 21 enjoyable years, the old family homestead in Dalhousie home is up for sale. My parents, sister and I moved back to Calgary once we left Vancouver (Richmond) BC in 1989. After some wilderness years of instability, it was nice to have a real home to settle down in. Lots of good times and memories here.

Though I moved out in 1998, I was always coming back to visit, even for the years away in Taiwan. When it was time for us to move back to Canada in 2007, Mum and Dad were kind enough to let us rent the place from them once they moved to their condo. This summer we'll be moving into our own house, which we bought back in 2005.
The garden has lots of pretty trees in it. May is the best time to see all the blooms coming out.
Fiona enjoyed playing in the tent here last summer. Lots of good BBQs and garden parties had on the lawn
Summer 2006: Baby Fiona with grandma on the deck
Vivian did a super job repainting the dark kitchen in bright white, plus adding a new blacksplash

Mayday tree in bloom
Fiona's playground. Gareth rebuilt the white fence surrounding the property back in 1998
This ancient picnic table may have come from when we lived in Cochrane back in the early 1980s. Recently Vivian's family helped us repaint it
Nanjing cherry tree in the back yard. It grows real cherries!
More blooms

Mum spent hundreds of hours developing the garden into what it is today. Dozens of perennials like these ones now come up every spring