Author: Ian

Yes, I figured Vivian might be looking for the Bala weather, so I added it. Turns out she was going to ask for it anyway. How’s that for service from your friendly Webmaster? I did some research on the turtle, and it indeed does look like a “Common Snapping Turtle”. Quite old actually, judging by…

Calgary has declared a “State of Emergency”, but it’s not really effecting us directly. Fish Creek has totally overflowed onto Banister Road (if you remember where that is…right by the Funeral Home on McLeod). In fact, Quinn and I tried to go down to Fish Creek to take some more pictures of the latest flooding,…

…today. Looks good. I don’t have any pictures ready yet, but I’ll get some up when I do. In house news, they have about half the siding off and replaced with insulation. There seems to be a bit of a break in the weather now so they decided to get the roof done. They’re done…

Yesterday morning I drove down in to Fish Creek Park to pick up the guy I always carpool with, only to find the “creek” running across the road! I have NEVER seen Fish Creek that high. So last night Quinn and I went back down to the park (along with a hundred other people) and…

We have had constant rain now for several days now (of course I caused this by trying to get my roof and siding replaced). Towns south of us are in states of emergency and all the rivers are VERY full. Lots of fun. Quinn was supposed to have a lacrosse game in High River tonight,…