And on and on

A great blue heron at Sunset Beach.

Ah, weekends. Best thing about them no doubt is to be able to be with Dragon, and today was for a change good weather. Today is my "candy day" so I started with a breakfast I've been dreaming about since we got back from LA - pancakes. I made some wondefully fluffy American style pancakes (Axis of Ævil knows what I'm talking about), served them with fresh strawberries, vanilla youghurt and maple syrup. Just as good - or even better - than it sounds like.

Later we decided to go to Granville Island - it's never ever a bad choice and there's always something new and interesting to see. This time we didn't spend that much time in the market itself, but went around the little shops on the island. We found a shop that sold lot of live seafood - and we were tempted to buy some oysters that are dirt cheap here (around $1 each) but preparing them seemed too difficult so we left it for now. Will be back though, if nothing else for the mussels.

We visited a bookshop (I got myself a pocket sushi guide to figure out what on earth all those different sushis are) and a garden shop (got myself a little trowel) and numerous others where we just browsed. From the market we got some bison steaks for lunch, and I got a dozen dognuts to take to see the match tonight (we're going to see UFC 52 with Dragon's friends). Did I say I have my candy day today?

And then we got home only to find that Mr. and Mrs. Pigeon have started measuring the balcony again. By some vigorous shooing and rearranging the pots and soil sacks, we hope to have created a wonderfully pigeon un-friendly setting. We keep hoping.