February 2014 is coming to an end and it has been the snowiest February since we’ve been here! Reminds us of Canada :).
Finland win the Bronze medal at the 2014 Olympics
To our surprise (& joy) Finland whooped the USA in the bronze medal game! Jari got an early birthday present (actually 2!).
Phillipa is back in Nova Scotia for her second year :)
New room – new view!
Phillipa finishes her first year at Uni
Pippa has already finished college for the year. Exams are done & we wait with bated breath for your results. I can’t believe that the year is done already – it’s not even spring there yet!!
Phillipa graduates High School
On June 9th, Phillipa graduated from High School and now embarks on the next chapter of her life. She has been accepted to the University of Kings College, Halifax, Nova Scotia & will be starting her college career at the beginning of September.
Phillipa is in the Top 10% in the US National French Exam
Well done, Phillipa. We’re all very proud of you and your achievements 🙂
Mark Knopfler
Another concert – May 7th (Philadelphia this time). We went to see Mark Knopfler (Ex Dire Straits) in a small theatre. It was a great concert and that guy can REALLY play guitar! I love him….
Some pics are vertical and get cut off in the slideshow – if you click on the image square in the bottom right corner you can pull up the images “full screen” and see them in all their glory!
Peter Gabriel in NYC
On Monday 3rd May, Jari & I went to NYC to see Peter Gabriel and his New Blood Orchestra. It was a wonderful concert and the orchestra was great. Us “old fogies” are really enjoying this new trend of classic rock with orchestral backing/arrangements :-). Unfortunately my memory is so bad I don’t remember all the songs that the pics come from so you’ll have to bear with me.
A highlight (of sorts!), at least for those of us who loved him in the 60’s and 70’s, was the guest appearance of Lou Reed for his version of Solisbury Hill. Not quite the same tempo as the rest of the concert, but a thrill to see him live, nonetheless.
I do have some video too but can’t quite work out how to upload in a small enough file size, so may need to FTP it to another page and link it.