Saturday, February 7, 2026

Saturday February 7, 2026 Pati

 

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Saturday February 7, 2026

 We waited until well after lunch for Carlos to call and advise if he was coming to finish the 3 concrete ramps or not.  He did not bother to communicate, so not....

 Our duck Pati got a nice day to strut in the backyard so she got the lion's share of the shots today with the big P1100.  That 3000mm zoom is incredible!  I even got a couple of decent shots of Tom Thumb.  This is what I kept of 116 shots..  Love those ducky feet!

Sofi showed up to spend the day with us again and play Parcheesi with Cristina.

Then I watched Canada's mixed curling Olympic team lose their 3rd in a row to Estonia, who played great, to sit with a 3-3 record.  The Canadians still have an outside chance to get on track to beat the Brits, who are 6-0 as I expected...

Next was the women's hockey team playing Switzerland who had a hot goalie against their 55 shots, most of which were of real poor quality.  This was not much of a test as the Swiss only had 6 shots, so we showed an adequate defence to go with a basically anemic offence that consistently failed to find those top corners.  Bad referee calls made us look good with powerplay goals.

The rest of the night will likely be pretty boring.

Cristina's sister Adiela and niece Lina dropped off a paraplegic dog while Cristina was off to Tulua to get more liver dog meat.  I understood that we may be keeping this poor dog for 10 days... Always surprises and more surprises...

I hope you enjoy the pictures.  That was the day’s excitement.

Al

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Larger Gecko!

Pati ruled the yard today

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Pati

Love those webbed feet!

So colourful!


Cristina probably has shoes to match

Pretty girl!

A salute from Pati!

Walking the walk

Chicken Little

Little and Big

Tom Thumb

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Lost 8-6

Sarah Fillier scores

Yes, the puck is going in the net

A final to their initial game

 

 


Friday, February 6, 2026

Friday February 6, 2026 #2 Olympics

 

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Friday February 6, 2026  #2 Olympics

OK, I took a few shots of the opening ceremonies, skillfully broadcast from 4 different locations in Italy.  Celebrities included Mariah Carey, Charlize Theron and Andrea Boccelli.  I won't mention all the former sports celebrities.

The opening ceremonies were long, as usual, and touched on many themes, including brotherhood and world peace.

Cute additions to the schedule included a skit on Italian 'hand-speak' and fellows dressed as famous Italian composers Pucchini, Verdi and Rossini.

World leaders, and even Princess Anne, were in attendance.

I figured out that I was only catching the British mixed doubles curling team because my most reliable feed for the Olympics so far happens to come on TNT Sports out of the UK..... Duh....

I hope you enjoy the pictures.  That was the day’s excitement.

Al

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Interesting start, tribute to Leonardo

The paint tubes were amazing

Mariah Carey

Which is Pucchini, Verdi, or Rossini??

Fusing the Olympic rings

Canada's athletes enter 1 venue

Then another

Then another


Then the 4th

Colombia had a tiny contingent

As did Ecuador

Leon Draisaitl of the Edm. Oilers leads the Germans

Home team Italy was boisterous

Learning Italian 'hand-speak'

Andrea Boccelli with flame holders

Passing the flame in 2 locations

Soon to light the cauldrons

Charlize Theron expounds on Peace


Lovely lady

Forming the peace dove was impressive

Our composers were everywhere!

Famous downhill champ Alberto Tomba

Lighting one cauldron

Explosion of light

Cauldron at the second location

First location was awesome

Yup, British team curling, and winning again..