every vote matters: polish presidential elections

don't have much time to write. i will just say: i've done it! here's the proof:

the world cup fever...

less than 8 hours till the very first game of the world cup 2010 in south africa. the other day, together with my roommates - jesse and talia - we geared up with a schedule which then we posted on our fridge.. :-) here's some images:

bear mountain

couple of shots from last weekend's hike up to the top of bear mountain, near harrison hot springs (150km east of vancouver). it rained and the view was stolen by the clouds, but hey! it was still a fun hike...




*pictures are courtesy of rene saucier.

pe(s)ts

so let's talk about our cute friends who share the pender household with us.

victor the mouse and his family: victor lives somewhere behind the oven, no one really knows where. sometimes he comes up from behind the microwave and wonders around on the counter, sometimes he pops up from on of the burners and then disappears in the lower drawer of the oven, other times he just runs happily around the fridge. we named the mouse victor after the company which makes the mice traps. i think that recently victor proved to be a potent mouse.. yes, we suspect that victor found the love of his life and reproduced, though nobody has seen more than one mouse at a time. we tried different kinds of traps, including the violent snappy ones (made by victor ltd.), but nothing seemed to work to get rid of victor... what a resilient mouse!! argh...

flies and bugs: these species live in and around our compost bin (both inside and outside the house), blaaa... also there is an increasing number of bumble bees, mosquitos and other flying creatures in the garden slowly leaking into the house. oh well, summer's comin'.

the skunk: the other day a skunk followed me all the way to the doorstep. he totally wasn't afraid of me despite me trying to scare him away. he returned yesterday spraying our door with a terrible odour, which got into a vent and then spread around the house. if anybody has any idea how to kick out a skunk from our frontyard once and forever, please let me know. alternatively, all the east pender residents would be more than happy to give the skunk away for adoption. we sure would deliver anywhere in the lower mainland for free. :-)

dialogue (5): the group project

so there's another blog in my life which collectivelly written by matt, erin, parveen and i. check it out in your spare time: www.dialoguehealthproject.blogspot.com. it's update daily! ;-)