a favourite shade of blue

a favourite shade of blue

Saturday, July 2, 2011

out for the day

A challenge , have fun!!

Grocery shopping early in the day then off ot Crescent Beach for the second time in a couple of weeks. It is my third son Peter's birthday tomorrow. Why am I blue here? Oh well It is a change from all the other blogs. That little aside, aside, we met Peter and Judith for lunch at a restaurant we have gone to before. Lo and Behold , it was closed. A Saturday , a long weekend and the restaurant is CLOSED!!!  Who would ever think that would be the case. So Peter said well let's go up the road for fish and chips. Off we went to the fish and chip restaurant only to find out that they only served from a window. We had gone to this one before too and they had indoor seating service. Again off we go , Peter far ahead to make sure that our next choice which was right on the beach was open for business. Peter waved us onward and our third choice was successful. So successful that the place was very busy but they did have one table for four outside on the deck. So fish and chips it was. Peter and Judith started with a marguerita and it was so pretty I almost ordered one myself. But I knew it would be too strong for me . Haha Almost any alcoholic drink is too strong for me. Judith had shrimp cocktail  and the rest of us had fish and chips. It was a lovely visit , a tasty lunch and the weather was fantastic.
Happy birthday Peter !!
Dog and his man out enjoying the day at the beach LOL.


 What a day to be outside. So we decided to carry it on and went to Peter and Judith's home in White Rock. We were introduced to their new dog Guinness. He was a delight and we certainly enjoyed the visit with him.
Guinness, cute eh!
I was very tired when we got home and lay down for a nap.
We were both really stuffed from lunch and didn't have any dinner. Anyway it's better to eat your largest meal at noon and have a smaller one for the evening meal.
I had planned to take a picture of our native Dogwood tree . The tress must have lost their flowers recently. The Dogwood Nutallis is indigenous to British Columbia and a very beautiful specimen.
This tree is a very sensitive plant and survives in the shade of other taller and fuller trees because it is thin skinned and does not do well in full sun. Sunburn maybe LOL, likely. It is not easily transplanted, there is a huge failure of transplanted Dogwoods. The Dogwood is the tree symbol of British Columbia.

Close-up of flower of flowering dogwood.

Flowers of the Dogwood tree.
 There is also a lovely dogwood with beautiful pink flowers.Tomorrow , more Dogwood news :))
Have a beautiful evening folks.
Buenas Noches.



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