The blue sky returns to the GTA for awhile this week. The sun managed to hang around a bit after the cold snap and heavy snowfalls in late December and during New Years. The heater was suddenly on and suddenly we broke records in Ontario for warm temperatures. I was listening to the radio and I vaguely remember that we had only 48 hours of sunlight in December of 2007 - talk about seasonal affective disorder! I tried to confirm the amount of sunlight on the web but couldn't find anything but a satellite image of the world sunlight map. The picture above is of me in a high voltage transmission station enjoying the sunshine. At dusk the sun started to drop below the Niagara Escarpment as I made my way home to Acton.

Erin starts her winter under 13 soccer league in the Acton indoor soccer arena. The facility is excellent and it is surprising how quite the arena was. Usually with kids soccer the parents are screaming encouragement to the kids. Maybe this will change after time. They put in a good effort and won their first game.

We had a great night when Martino (right) dropped by - including having a few cocktails. The cool belinis have created a layer of frost around the metal martini glasses. Maybe it wasn't a great idea to have a cold metal near our tongues! Martino has returned from an extended vacation out west and also into France and Switzerland. He has started work building La Rocca's Creative Cakes (mmm good cakes) new facility in Richmond Hill as a super working for Urbacon. Sobeys sell La Rocca's cakes and I must admit that we have bought a few of them (mmm caramel crunch).

After the latest snow melt we return to winter in Ontario - Noooooooooo! On Monday morning we awoke to a few inches of fresh new snow (here in our backyard covering the adirondack chairs). During the weekend the temperatures drop like an anvil in an aquarium with temps hovering at -13 degrees celcius during the day. Watching the weather channel showed that the prairies were hitting temperatures of -45 degress celcius so we aren't as bad off as they are.

We had discussions with Joe and have decided to go together to Quebec City, Quebec in June to take in their air show (QIAS) and among other things go watch some whales in the St Lawrence River at Tadoussac. Quebec will celebrate it's 400th anniversary this year and the air show will have an amazing gathering of flying teams, musical talent and fireworks. While we have only been to Montreal in the past we have long heard of the draw of Quebec city with it's historic and cultural attractions and the air show just adds another reason to visit. Ann has also always wanted to go see whales and while the location is some distance away from Quebec City it is a possible once in a lifetime chance for us that we don't want to miss. Plus the people in Quebec have been very nice to us and we look forward to returning to the Belle province.

If you know of any great deals, can't miss places to see or wan't to give us advice about Quebec City, the whales or the air show please don't hesitate to send us an email.