Rainy February night

Who would believe that in the middle of February, the temperature outside would be 1C (34F) and it would be raining. This shot isn't the clearest, but with the light from the car, it's actually possible to see the rain bouncing off the pavement (no shutter speed control on this camera). Too bad for the tourists in town for Winterlude, the canal is now closed (may re-open depending if we get another cold spell), but tomorrow the weather is supposed to go up to 10C (50F). That's incredibly warm and a tease if you were to ask me! However, I don't really mind it warming up a bit, but I wished it would have waited until Winterlude was done as I didn't get a chance to go check out the snow sculptures.

Robbie Burns Day ~ Rebecca Blake Day

I had already posted my photo for today, however, after meeting with some friends to celebrate a good friend's birthday, I figured I had to put up a few more photos.



My good friend Rebecca was celebrating her birthday at the Royal Oak on Bank, and since it's also Robbie Burns Day, they were having a special on scotch, where you could taste a flight of half once portions, so I decided to try three different scotch's. The three scotch's where Oban, Dalwhinnie and Lagavulin.



I decided to drink them in the order of age, going from the youngest to the oldest and a friend at the table suggested I wait to drink the Lagavulin last which made sense for me as I'd start with the 14yrs, then go to 15yrs followed by the big and bold 16yrs which as it states on the sheet: "intense".

Oban	Dalwhinnie	Lagavulin
Sweet taste, almost a bit like apple cider tasting	smooth going down, good after taste that make your taste buds come alive	strong! an experience, something I wouldn't go first, but I imagine that MAYBE with time I could like

Soccer team (Captain Pony's Rainbow Squad) and beers...

Tonight, was my regular Thursday night soccer night with Captain Pony's Rainbow Squad. I joined the team just over a year ago. A friend suggested this team, and I joined and it's been a good year. Tonight we tied, it was a good game, we played well and like we do often, we go out for a celebratory drink at a local pub. I told the teammates that I was doing this blog and taking photos, so they suggested I take a photo of the team, there's a few guys and gals missing, but here's the most of us.

I also decided to take a few other pics, that I figured I would add as notables. Since we were having some beer, I figured I'd catch a neat shot of a beer glass and the last photo is an unexpected photo of a decoration in the bar. We noticed this oddity a few months back and since we had a new player on the team, I said did you see the small statues on the wall. Did you see how the men of Henry the VIII protected themselves. If you look closely at the picture, you'll understand everything. Kind of funny, but at least you know the men of the time knew how to protect the valuables!