I am finally caught up (mostly) and this one will be fairly quick. I thought I share some pictures of the roof deck, a really funny (short) story and a quick post on our first trip to the Nat for the summer to see the Vancouver Canadians play baseball! Summer is finally here!

So first up, the jungle that is our roof deck! Despite everything being left out over the winter (there are quite a few plants I’d normally bring inside, but couldn’t because of the reno), the garden is flourishing. So I thought I’d share a few pictures.

These flowers we planted last year. I’m not sure I expected them to come back but they’re flowering already.

I think it’s the third or fourth you for this one.

I was really worried about the jacarandas (they are subtropical) but they have bounced back OK.

A look at the full deck.

The new wisteria is also doing well!

The herb garden is overflowing.

The garden box is also starting to really come along.

The greenhouse has really worked out well. I’ve been able to start lots of plants for the garden on the island.

Squash, tomatoes, cucumbers - lot’s of good things going strong.

Off to the Nat!

We like to attend baseball games with our Vancouver Canadians at Nat Bailey Stadium during the summer. Fairly last minute I decided to buy tickets to a game, so after work we decide to hop on the bus and head over to the game. That’s where the fun began. 6th Avenue, just outside our front gate is a very major street - one of the primary east/west arteries. Normally there is a lot of traffic, but it generally flows OK. We came outside to complete grid lock! As we crossed the street to head over to the bus we discovered why…

Yep… a mother goose and her goslings had the entire side of the street shut down - with a police escourt!

It was a full escourt!

When they got to the side street the police officer stopped the car, got out and tried to coax them off the main street and onto our side street.

Mission accomplished!

They started to head our way.

And then stopped on the road and started drinking from a puddle.

Our bus came so we left the geese to do their thing. It’s about a 20 ride up to the ballpark and we were in lots of time to grab some food, a beer and settle in for the game!