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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.

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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 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..

Friday February 6, 2026 Quiet

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Friday February 6, 2026

Wednesday night, while walking the dogs, I saw that the near-full moon would finally break for a while from the cloud cover. I got the P1100 and took the exciting shots below. I am amazed at the size of the moon crater at the top left!

Thursday, I spent most of the day trying to catch pre-Olympic events on the many channels available. I caught some "big-air" snowboard jumping eliminations (only 1 Canadian made the cut) and tried to catch a Canada-Norway women's hockey game, but it got postponed a week.... Some curling was available, but I always seemed to catch mixed-doubles matches involving the British team of Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds.

Today, I again caught the British curling team win and awaited the opening ceremonies. But the coverage was only people doing yak-yak-yak so I turned it off and went outside for a bit to catch the other pics below.

We heard from vet John that he has been very sick and not able to accompany us to see the paragliders at Roldanillo... Drat!! Our other option was to rent a car and go on our own, but I scotched that idea as I don't need the stress of driving in congested, narrow areas...

OK, now I will go back to see if the Opening ceremonies have actually started.....

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