Ripped Off ...

You're To Kill a Mockingbird!

by Harper Lee

Perceived as a revolutionary and groundbreaking person, you have
changed the minds of many people. While questioning the authority around you, you've
also taken a significant amount of flack. But you've had the admirable guts to
persevere. There's a weird guy in the neighborhood using dubious means to protect you,
but you're pretty sure it's worth it in the end. In the end, it remains unclear to you
whether finches and mockingbirds get along in real life.


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at the Blue Pyramid.

Stampeding … the flying club had their breakfast and I am always impressed when this visitor arrives. The folks at Sunwest Aviation drop by and it is eye candy for some of us. My big sister and I went to the grounds on Sunday and I think I managed to out eat her … maybe not but I know when I went to the gym I had a higher number showing on the scale than previously … yeah …. Water retention, that’s it, it was water retention and had nothing to do with the candy floss, beef sundae or other indulgences.

We spent quite a bit of time at the Stock Dog trials, and no, the dogs were not being taken to court but WERE being timed with respect to their ability and the ability of their handler, to pen sheep. Sheep, like kids to day, (she says sanguinely) were openly defiant at times and refused to be directed. Actually I had never seen this level of foot stomping demonstrated by sheep and I suspect they were well aware that the dogs would be disqualified for nipping or gripping them, although there sure deserved it at times. It was all quite absorbing and fun. The barns had tons of horses, mostly the “gentle giants” like Belgium Percherons and Clydesdales.

The rest of my week will be taken up by the CBAA and with luck I will have some pretty sexy pictures of some gorgeous planes. The Dassault VII IS coming and that is pretty darned exciting. This year I am managing Ground Transportation and I have a “mike” and three Vans under my observation (certainly NOT control) and I’ve got the buses to worry about, although the details for their functioning has been set by the time the convention commenced. It is all good and a learning experience – stuff useful for preparing the CWIA Conference in 2009 … and I keep asking people to help …. yep, nothing shy about me in the “asking” department.

Movin', Movin', Movin'

Once upon a time Springbank Airport was pastoral, quiet and you could do a "forced approach" just about anywhere around the place. Times, they are a changing and I'm finding myself wishing for the "good old days". In fact I am thinking that I am becoming quite resistant to change and there have been several with respect to my flying or formal flying activities not the least of which are/were the Katanas - which I yet to fly.

I digress ... YBW is becoming a busy, busy place. Oftern we wait for flag folk to usher us here there. There is dust, noise, the roads are terrible - this is a good thing? Ultimately progress will be good it is just tough getting use to it.

Half A MInd

Nice long weekend, but where did it go??? Had a delightful supper with my big sister the artist, my brother inlaw fixer of all things and the "chillins" fresh in from Singapore. Wx here is too good to be true and certainly too good to be working through. Speaking of which ... here it is, the end of the weekend, I'm looking forward to work yet my personal To-Do list is already behind. How does this happen?

As soon as I figure that out I will let you know. Better yet, ask the cats, they seem to know everything or at least they think they do

Capsule Comment

Nothing is ever as easy as it seems. Take this blog entry for example. It has been weeks since I wrote in my blog, not because I didn't want to but because I had no time and it seemed that the preparation to write was overwhelming as I wanted to share some pictures from the Conference.

Yes, I am probably the only person that would do close up of sea gulls but seriously, as a prairie person I don't have much of an opportunity to see real sea gulls and this guy/gal was very, very nervy so deserved to have a photo on the internet. The Conference was facinating from the lights at night

to the floats of all varieties, including the kayaking crew in the early dawn

to the "I'm either gonna kill something or hit this ball" golf game

There were tons of other pictures and people and I was so impressed I came away wanting to re-create the thing in good old cow town.

This is my way of indicating I could sure use some help pulling this off. We have a dedicated cadre of folk on the committee but there are a whole lot more people needed. Lets do CWIA 2009 in YYC .... yeeeessss!