Daire takes to the Rockies

Wow! I am finally here. As a Canadian I have always been aware that the Rockies are one of the most picturesque places on the planet...above is a shot of Mount Rundell from my brother Sean's balcony in Banff. (The bottle is a blueberry and raspberry lemonade breezer that I thought would add the the photo composition, the colours have been left untouched.)

My time here has been ridiculously good. It all started with my cousin Jessica and me and a small bottle of Screech...it continued from that moment in exactly the way that I had hoped...sharing time with my family and friends...some of them old...some of them new...but all just outstanding.

Banff was as pretty a town as I have seen, surrounded by mountains and bears and elk and tourists wearing irridescent clothing in pastel colours with more pockets than anyone could ever need, getting excited about squirrels and such. (I am much the same, with more pockets than necessary and getting fired up about the local squirrel population...but have been able to withstand the need to wear lilac coloured polar fleece...so far)

Blogger doesn't seem to want me to upload anymore photos so I will be adding some to my FlickrR site tonight. (clickm on the link in the top right hand corner)

My brother Sean and Megan were married in Nakusp this weekend. The wedding was wonderful, Megan looked beautiful and Sean, well he looked like Sean...except even happier and more handsome then usual.

Our time in Nakusp was awesome, the mountains are smaller than around Banff, but no less attractive, there is a fine lake with a sandy beach that saw a lot of action in the early hours of the evening, and the locals were friendly.

At times it seemed like half of the population of Antigonish was there (ie the good half). As a team, we accomplished many fine achievements, including drinking the bars entirely empty of Alexander Keith's (that is a variety of beer...popular in Nova Scotia...for those not from Canada), and contributing to the highest cash register takings in a single night at the Leland bar in Nakusp.

Megan's folks...Barb' and Wes' are as nice as she is, and welcomed us into their family with fine hospitality anId open arms. They must be made of strong stuff, as they took the invasion of Nakusp by a bunch of O'Learys, Newfies, Nova Scotians, and wild haired mountain-men all in stride and helped everybody feel at home.

My brother Sean is better known as Heddo, aka Head, aka Head 'o Lettuce. It has taken some getting used to as being thought of as Heddo's brother, rather than just being Daire. Some of the locals have started calling me Leaf, as in Leaf 'o Lettuce. I think I like it, I might encourage it.

Daire aka Leaf O'Leary