Chef Sandy and New Year's Eve Charcuterie!

 Hullo!!! It's New Year's Eve and we are having an evening of nibbles!

Or as we would say... charcuterie! There's a nice wheel of brie...

And we are making bacon-wrapped dates stuffed with pecans... And bacon-wrapped water chestnuts!

We got a cheese sampler pack... some beary good choices!

And then there's so pickles and olives... some dolmas.... and a couple of jellies to put on the cheeses!

It's all looking beary yummy!

While we wait for the bacon-wrapped stuff... I really like out tree this year... with the stuffies.

Koby likes it too! As much as he likes anything. He's a bit of a grumpy-old-man type of cat!

Ah, here we go!!! Bacon-wrapped dates and pecans... yum!!

We had these at a little restaurant in Amsterdam... sooo delicious. I mean, who can go wrong with bacon-wrapped anything???!!

Wishing everyone....

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Stuffie Mail and a Special Visitor!

 We had a beary special visitor this holiday season!!!

Can you guess who it was??

She brought a gift... just for me!!!!

Ooh, a tin!! Tins are always good!

Oh, but there's something inside the tin!

It's a pin!! From Greece!

It's upside down in the photo but... it's great!!!

Thanks Rose!!!!

I also got some holiday mail!

This card is from Little Fox!

Oooh, he's hoping we get lots of hiking, honey and salmon in 2026...

That's a beary thoughtful wish!!

And I got another card!

Wishing me peace in my little corner of the world...

It's from Jerry & Ben!

Thanks guys!

Now... Rose is here, so we shared some of our stickers with her...

Cause we have a LOT of stickers...

As the winners of the Art Deco contest know!

We also met a new stuffie!! Rose got this little guy when she was in London. He is Pudge the Pigeon...

Yes, seriously... that is his name. I kept calling him Pidge and Rose said "NO! It's Pudge"!

Nice to meet you Pudge!

He's really a very friendly Pudgeon... er... Pidgeon... um... Pigeon!

And yes... in case you were wondering... we did have salmon over the holidays! Caught in a back aisle at Costco!

Yum!!! Salmon!!!

A Beary Merry Christmas!!

Wishing all my stuffie pals a beary Merry Chrismtas! And yes!! This year we went with a stuffie tree!

 

An Up Close View of the Snowbirds!

 Hullo!! So yes, we did come down to the harbour and watch the Snowbirds up close!

The weather is not bad...

Ooooh... there they are!

Er... that's a seagull?? Hello??

Interesting... my human is obviously losing focus!

Oooohhh... no... there they are!!!!

Wow! They are doing a big loop!

Up and up and...

Then they are going... over...

And coming back down!

Ooohhhh!!!

It was noisy!

Oh well, that's a good shot!

The waterfront is definitely the place to be!

But they move fast and sometimes this is all you get!

That's them firing off into the distance!

Pretty darn cool!

We learned that the guy narrating the show was Captain Richard MacDougall. He is Snowbird 11 and was involved in the crash in May 2020 ago in Kamloops. His plane was taking off and a bird went into the engine causing it to fail. MacDougall and his passenger, Captain Jenn Casey, a public affairs officer for the Snowbirds, both had to bail out at a very low altitude. MacDougall landed on the roof of a house and was badly injured. Casey landed in a tree and didn't make it.

We enjoyed the show a lot and Rose even shot some videos!

Way better than from the house!