Cold night? ...

No problemo! ....

View from the Souper Jazz bandstand

The Swing Dynamite crowd at their dance opening the "Shag Explosion" weekend, Jan 9-11.

Sad economic and artistic news ...

Waterford Crystal in Kilkenny, Ireland has just gone into receivership. Anna picked up this little chunk last September.

Most recent publicity stills of our boyz

In their favourite cold-weather hangouts. In chronological order of their joining our colony, we have:

Paikwa:



Keegan: (he just doesn't do winter)


and D'Arcy:

New Year's 2009!!!!

Here is my first performance of the New Year!

Turn up the sound! Enjoy!

Xmas Day

Look what we can see now from our dining room ...

Xmas Eve

Bright Lights, paper weights, illusions ...

Snow Angels, anyone? ....

After hearing a thump on our window, we looked out to see this "snow angel". Looks like the hawk is hungry again.

... and if it isn't -21C

... then it snows. Thank Dog that snowblowers were invented!

Dining out is a lot of work ...

for a hawk.

This guy didn't like being stared upon whilst he dined so he decided to take his repast elsewhere. It's a lot of work.

Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down ...

Here's something most people don't have in their front yard very often. Maybe you should ask the kids to leave the room ...

... -21C is really no fun ...

At least there's something to look forward to in February ...

... still -21C in Ottawa ...

Or maybe we should be chillin' on a French Quarter sidewalk listening to the tunes and sucking on a cold carry cup beer ... there's a plan... let's DO IT!! THIS APRIL ... HOO HAAA!!

-21C in Ottawa ... ....

I find myself looking back on useful things to do in January, like sailing on an America's Cup boat in Puerto Vallarta ... maybe next winter ...

,,, a growing boy

D'Arcy looks in on Paikwa and asks, "So who's the big man on the block now?"

The Boyz getting treated ...

Anna gets all three together for some treats!

Rememberance Day at the Bell's Corners Legion

We joined Bev & Gerry for a schlurp ...

Useful Props

Sometimes it's more exciting to chase your tail around a ladder rung rather than sliding around on the floor.

Nap time for the Dynamic D'Arcy

After a full day of flat-out exploration and confrontation with Keegan and Paikwa, the batteries need to be re-charged ...

Here's something new for us! - D'Arcy

Thanks to the people at the Friends of Abandoned Pets (FOAP from now on), D"Arcy has found a new place to hang out: Our place! Check out the video for his monster PURRRRRRRRR.

Here he is arriving:

... and he checks things out:

... and then he settles down to check us out (turn up the sound):