Beautiful Vancouver

Oh! The rain is back. The wonderful, miserable juice that keeps Vancouver attractive when it is not showering. But what a beautiful week. I think we have had a week of glorious, gorgeous weather. I believe the snow is beginning to present itself. Either way Vancouver is beautiful, with rain and without.

GO CANADA! CONGRATULATIONS!
Oh and the same to the rest of the world!

Thank you Olympics

I am sitting at my computer with the sun streaming through my window. Warm wonderful sun. I remember last year, Vancouver was socked in by record snowfall. Vancouverites were not ready for it nor did we know how to handle that much snow. People were sliding all over the place. Cars were buried under several feet of snow. The snow packs on the roads did not finally leave until the middle of the spring. Drivers got scared. As soon as the weather cleared, and snow tires went on sale, drivers were putting snow tires on their vehicles. One of my friends even added snow tires with studs or spikes because he could not get up the hill to his home. He has a Toyota Hybrid car which, although is good on gas, is incapable of navigating the streets of Vancouver in the snow. So Vancouverites were prepared for snow. Big snow. This year, Our snow ready drivers are getting around wet streets, my friend having a challenge with his car skidding on the rain soaked streets like a puppy skidding across wooden floors.

Looking forward to the Olympics. This is Vancouver's time to host the Olympics. The Winter Olympics. We had so much snow last year that I think the Olympics organizers thought they had it all in the bag. Then El Nino hit and our snow emigrated to the United States. I am sure the Border guards would have stopped the winter weather from entering their country if they could, but nobody, nobody can stop the great mother when she sets her sights on a certain area in the world. Mother Nature took all the snow that Vancouver was hoping for to make the Olympics run smoothly and dumped it on the southern United States. Surprise all around.

So, I am happy. It is sunny. It is warm. The glorious beauty of Vancouver is being shown off in all it's splendor. What could be better than skiing, snowboarding, lugeing and skating in this beautiful weather nestled in the majestic mountains of Vancouver? I expect that we are getting some criticism about our lack of snow, but if Jamaica can have athletes in a winter sport, we can adjust and make the best of the fine weather.

So, here's to the athletes of the world. You are the wonderful example that we can work together in solidarity, I feel you are one of the great example for peace on earth. I would like to believe that you have all brought the big bright smile from mother nature with an early spring, baby goats and daffodils. Makes me smile.