We assume the position in Mission

Wednesday December 11^th

So…. what were you thinking? Sorry – nothing torrid here – it’s all about alliteration.

Off to Mission to get stamps and to do a little walk around a residential neighbourhood.

First – the obligatory church picture… (Our Lady of Guadalupe of course)

We set off for the constitutional (read: keep arteries from hardening) in a northeast Mission suburb. What we noticed most is the variety of styles – in what seemed to be a 60’s to 70’s area the styles were all over the map. Here are a few examples:

Hedging their bets everywhere

Big wide streets are the norm

Homes in this area range from Northern knockoffs like this one….

Looks like Barrie. OK it doesn't have a basement but...

to this…

Nestled in the subdivision is this “estate”. Huge home with a seriously large property.  Across the street from the little guy above.

There is a huge home hidden back there

Norene was impressed with the bamboo grove.

Just 2 blocks from the "estate" we found a gamut of styles:

Who needs front windows?

Looks like someone got "shape" inspiration from a cardboard box for this one...

Of course we couldn't pass up some unique fauna... "Quick Honey - take a picture of that pretty green bellied bird up there!"

What bird?

Got out the electron microscope and checked it out.

Here's the green bellied bird Norene saw...

After seeing a few of today's pics Norene casually asked (at a politically correct later moment of course) "Do you still want that camera with the great zoom lens for Christmas?"

It worked.

Our mutual suffering will soon be over.

Yesterday afternoon Sol returned.