internet called: we need to bump up our cancon
February 17, 2012
Which is an excuse to post this fine screen shot of everyone’s favourite log scavenging bum for you:
(Robert Cloutier as Relic)
It’s taken from a 1975 episode of The Beachcombers that you can watch on the CBC website in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the show’s inception. What we here at jodi’s weblog think CBC should really do is air the entire run of the show in the middle of the night so that people can DVR it. Because we’d happily watch it all again.
BONUS! Robert Cloutier was a bomber pilot in WWII. And here is a picture of him with his squadron, looking adorable. Of course I had to check and see if the flying school he trained at was the same one which later became my hometown after decommission: sadly, it was not.
Posted by jodi on February 17, 2012 at 8.30pm
bones under the tree
December 30, 2011
And the ubiquitous Olympics mittens.
Posted by jodi on December 30, 2011 at 10.15am
roller derby world cup: first jam
December 2, 2011
Canada vs. France: first jam of the first bout of the first ever World Cup of Roller Derby. Two grand slams for Canada!
Jammer for Team Canada: Iron Wench, #516
Jammer for Team France: Francey Pants, #24
Shot with the Harinezumi digital, December 1 2011.
Posted by jodi on December 2, 2011 at 7.20am
photo
November 13, 2011
The crux of my hoser costume this Hallowe’en:
Old stubby bottle fished out of the Thames River at Fanshawe Park 15 years ago (or more). I made this fake circa-1979 50 label for it and carried it around with me all day.
Posted by jodi on November 13, 2011 at 1.37pm
in which she indulges in a little bit of canada’s favourite pastime
April 18, 2011
Snow in April is hardly unheard of in Southwestern Ontario, but way down here in the Sun Parlour we’re usually the only ones not getting it. So this is a nice surprise so long as it goes away quickly, right? I may have spoken too soon this morning when I told somebody I’d rather have half a metre of fresh new snow than one more day of those 65km/hr winds. It seems some of this snow is sticking.
On the forsythia:
On the rhubarb, garlic and chives (yes, they’re too close together, I KNOW; that rhubarb is moving this year, I promise):
On the tulips!
On the irises:
Posted by jodi on April 18, 2011 at 12.09pm
cleaning snow off the car
January 24, 2011
From the vantage point of the passenger seat. Or, as Peter put it, “is that so you can show the internet how helpful you are?”. (FYI when there is lots of snow I help. Today was not much snow).
Shot with the Harinezumi digital.
Posted by jodi on January 24, 2011 at 2.15pm
self portrait with map
July 22, 2010
Little lakes, big lakes.
Posted by jodi on July 22, 2010 at 9.09am
roll up the ripoff
March 1, 2010
On first glance I thought that perhaps Tim Hortons had, after all these decades, changed their colour scheme. But, no. This Country Style Donuts coffee cup is nothing but a dashing imposter, laying its glitzy colour scheme over the well known design of Tim Hortons’ nationally beloved and highly anticipatedRoll up the Rim. Here, have a look at how similar the design is:
photo by flickr user western tragedy
(for my non-Canadian friends: the other side of the Tims cup also has little black and white photos of the SUV and the television and whatever other stuff you can win on it. Just like the imposter cup).
Posted by jodi on March 1, 2010 at 11.28pm
sing it one more time
February 28, 2010
Who owns hockey? Why, I believe that would be Canada.
You’d think this shot was from the women’s gold medal game if the score wasn’t different.
Posted by jodi on February 28, 2010 at 6.34pm
turn on the waterworks
February 26, 2010
The second and third periods of last night’s hockey game were dead boring, what with all of the scoring happening in the first few minutes of the game. But, whatever. We won!
That guy with the “GOLD CANADA GOLD” sign had a white helmet on his head with a flashing police car light on top. Somebody on flickr said that he was in the front row at every game, always with the same helmet and different signs. Hilarious. He must have spent a fortune on tickets.
I always feel so sad for the team that loses, though, because I am a sympathetic crier and can’t see people crying on the teevee without joining in (it makes no difference whether or not I’m actually moved, and in fact television doesn’t really move me very often and I’m mostly cynical even about the few shows I like; the crying’s just a visceral reaction. Or whatever the viscera of tear ducts are, I guess). I wish the Americans could have felt happier in celebrating their silver, but they all just looked so crushed that the medals ceremony was hard to watch. The Finns, on the other hand, were ecstatic, jumping around and making kissy-faces at the camera. So cute. Anyway, it was nice to see some people in the stands wearing Canada jerseys holding up American flags and shouting “U-S-A! U-S-A!” after the silver medals had been given out. Okay, actually that might have made me cry a little too. I’m a big old crybaby this week. Y’all should have seen me hoofing it up that snowy hill to work yesterday in the wind and blowing powdery snow. I was crying up a storm then, I tell you what.
Another thing frequently seen on the teevee these days that never fails to make me cry:
The Tim Hortons “welcome to Canada” ad. For the record, I’ve never cried over a Tim Hortons commercial in my life before, no matter how overly sentimental and mushily patriotic they are. This one, though, I can’t watch all the way through with dry eyes. Good thing all this hockey will be over soon and I won’t have any more reasons to watch teevee.
Awww.
Posted by jodi on February 26, 2010 at 5.51pm
