ATV

Heidi and her girlfriend

love to go ATVing.

Her friend Stephanie sent these pictures. I am glad they wear their helmets, but I still cant say I like her out there doing this!

Visitors.

On Tuesday we were invaded by this lovely little family!

My youngest sister and her entourage have come to stay with us for a few weeks.

They are moving back to England, and are spending some time here vefore Cathy and the children go,
James, my Brother in Law, will be leaving this friday to nail down a job, he already a few leads and interviews. He will also be finalizing the purchase of their new home in the south of England.

They are all so photogenic. I am having a great time getting lots of pictures. These were all taken at a couple of our local parks.

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Why am I grinning? Feeling just a bit chuffed at the moment.

A couple of weeks ago I was approached by a local realtor who was looking for some phography of Maple Ridge to enhance her website. She happened across my blog in her internet search and asked me if she could use some of my images! Now the web site is up and running. You can view it at this link. All the photos at the top of the web page are mine. Fame and fortune are lurking on the horizon yet! http://pameladanz.com/index.html

The Beautiful Game

With the world cup starting soon, and Canada dismally absent, I will be rooting for England, the country of my birth. I don't claim to be in the know on anything to do with the teams and players. But I do enjoy watching when it comes down to a big tournament like this.
So our first game is against the USA. Which will be fun to watch, being that they are our geographic neighbours. Out of curiosity, I looked up the USA roster and there are only FOUR(4) American team players listed. The rest of the USA world cup team are mostly English! one player even from Bolton Wanderers, my home town team. So am I really that far off when I say it looks like Team England will be virtually playing against itself? Currently Canada only has one team in the Major League Soccer, that's Toronto. However, as of March 2011, Vancouver Whitecaps will be reborn into the MLS. So is there a chance we can send a Canadian team to the world cup in 2014?
For Canadians, CBC will have full coverage of the World Cup. England faces USA on June 12 at 1130 local time.

USA ROSTER
Coach: Bob Bradley
Goalkeepers: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa/England), Marcus Hahnemann (Wolverhampton/England), Tim Howard (Everton/England)
Defenders: Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes/France), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover/Germany), Jay DeMerit (Watford/England), Clarence Goodson (IK Start/Norway), Oguchi Onyewu (AC Milan/Italy), Jonathan Spector (West Ham/England)
Midfielders: DaMarcus Beasley (Glasgow Rangers/Scotland), Michael Bradley (Borussia Moenchengladbach/Germany), Ricardo Clark (Eintracht Frankfurt/Germany), Clint Dempsey (Fulham/England), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles), Maurice Edu (Glasgow Rangers/Scotland), Benny Feilhaber (AGF Aarhus/Denmark), Stuart Holden (Bolton/England), Jose Torres (Pachuca/Mexico)
Forwards: Jozy Altidore (Hull/England), Edson Buddle (Los Angeles), Robbie Findley (Salt Lake), Herculez Gomez (Pachuca/Mexico)

ENGLAND ROSTER
Coach: Fabio Capello
Goalkeepers: David James (Portsmouth), Robert Green (West Ham), Joe Hart (Manchester City)
Defenders: Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Michael Dawson (Tottenham), John Terry (Chelsea), Matthew Upson (West Ham), Jamie Carragher (Liverpool), Ledley King (Tottenham), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Stephen Warnock (Aston Villa)
Midfielders: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Shaun Wright-Phillips (Manchester City), James Milner (Aston Villa), Aaron Lennon (Tottenham), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Gareth Barry (Manchester City)
Strikers: Peter Crouch (Tottenham), Emile Heskey (Aston Villa), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham