Christmas

I have discovered the true purpose of canine teeth. Luckily for me mine are very pointy!



My new family:) Man I have a lot of brothers!!


Check out this awesome Christmas tree.


Graham's mom taught me how to make a French cream pie. So tasty!!


Family walk by the Bow River near where we live.









The brothers Calhoun.

Casualties of Winter

This is what happens when you leave a full water bottle in the truck at minus 20.

Winter Has Arrived!

It's so cold here that people actually have to plug in their cars. Crazy!!



My walk to work the other day.



Stephen Avenue in a frenzy of snow.



A couple of morbidly obese dudes immortalized in brass making a deal outside the Bay.








Calgary Tower view from Stephen Ave.

First Day of Work!

After my first day of work I came home to this handsome devil cooking me dinner!



Glass of wine already poured. What a guy! :)



Deer sausage, Asian coleslaw and new potatoes. So yummy!



Leftover cheese cake (3 kinds) and M & M's for dessert. I might have to call Jenny soon if he keeps this up!

Halloween Hicks

Graham & I decided to be a "Shotgun Wedding" for Halloween and really scare all the trick or treater's this year!!



And yes, it's true, I carved a Calgary Flamers pumpkin but not cause I'm a traitor, I swear! I was secretly hoping that some hoodlums would come and smash that sucker in the night. (Insert evil laugh here!)


We only had around 40 or 50 kids, a far cry from the 500 or so that I'm used to - so that meant a lot of leftover candy. Ack! So good, yet so wrong!



Graham hunting for dinner in the living room.



Gotta love a redneck yokel that can cook!








Mmmm....roast cooter!



Our roomate's dog, Sindell. Best dog ever! So sweet:)

The New Surroundings....

One of my first days living in Calgary I decided to head downtown on a gorgeous September day and I stumbled off the bus right on to Stephen Avenue, the most popular street in the City, and ended up wandering around town and over a bridge into Prince's Island Park.




The sun was shining, the leaves were changing colour and all seemed right in the world.




This was not the ugly brown, redneck-cowboy hat wearing city I had anticipated before my departure.




It is a surprisingly beautiful city and funnily enough most of the people I meet here are transplants from other places in Canada and around the world. They are drawn here for whatever reasons...work, love, etc and from what I can tell most of them stay because they love it here so much. Now I understand why.








Here is our sweet pad. This is the front room...complete with a deer farm.








Our kitchen, with my beautiful "Welcome to Calgary" flowers.




Dining room with a sexy Gold Devil Woman.







The downstairs living room, complete with a wood-burning oven. So nice from about October-June from what I can tell! :)








Nice view in the shop!




View driving home from Cochrane.