My first blog that I visited was Guitar Legend 69. I learned that he lives in rural Victoria, Australia. He is a guitar player and his favorite band is Guns and Roses. Guitar Legend 69 also loves the big rides at fair grounds like the roller coaster at the P&E in Vancouver. He also has some cool pictures of guitars on his blog as well.   This is the link to his blog   Guitar Legend 69.

The second blog that i visited was King Eagle 15 from Hong Kong.  He is into sports like soccer and  track.  I also learned that he is a Canadian and his class is doing a unit on garbage. I liked his blog  because it has a good mixture of school and other subjects.  You can check out his blog at:  King Eagle the 15th .

Living in the Trenches of Flanders Field

The soldiers walk in the zigzagging alley-ways carved deep in the soil.

The soldiers look across “no mans land” on the shell scarred area where

no man stands.

The soldiers stagger in rain filled trenches in stagnant water.

The soldiers sleep in funk holes, hardly even resting.

The soldiers hear the bullets cracking, frightened by the sound.

The soldiers stand their ground, preparing to go over the top.

The soldiers leap from hiding, and face oncoming battle.

The soldiers help each other, carrying their wounded across the bomb scarred field.

                                  Image  Roadside Managment by Fatbokykie

My cat Roary usually stays in during the day and out during the night.  One day he didn’t return from his night prowl in the morning.   I was wondering what had happened to him.  I had to go to school  wondering where he might have gotten to.

  After school I came home to find out that Roary had returned but things were not all the same.    He  came home around 10:00 in the morning looking like a slimy rat and smelling like a hamburger.   Covered in bacon grease, ketchup,and mustard he was not a happy cat!   It looked like Roary was doing a little dumpster diving.  

 My mom and dad called the vet to find out how to wash the stuff off and they said to use dish soap and lots of water.  My mom got into the shower and locked the door!  She had rubber gloves long pants and long sleeve shirt to protect herself from the cat’s claws.   Roary went through the suds and rinse cycle three times before making his escape.   As you can see in the picture Roary is not too pleased.He did not feel well for a few days – too much junk food?  Roary is back to his regular self now but we always wonder what he is getting into at night.

Our class won a contest and we were invited to watch the Olympic Torch Relay come through the Comox Valley. We had lots of fun, but I have a feeling a lot of us will be having cough drops for dessert, because we were screaming so much when the torch came in.

We took a bus to Lewis Park. There was Coke and a lot of neat things. Coke was a sponsor for the 2010 Olympics.  There was loud music,dancers and the torch!  If you get a chance to be involved with the  Olympics, do it!

When my family was renovating our house we wanted to find some good art for the walls.   So we went to Brian Scott’s studio in   Black Creek.   He has been painting for over 30 years.  His art is vibrant, colourful, awake and has a unique style that is fun.  We walked around his studio looking all the works   the had at the time.  He showed us his method of painting which starts with painting the back ground one solid colour.  Brian like to have stories associated with his paintings.  If he is making a particular picture for someone , he asks them to write  a story about the object or scene.   A funny story he told was about when he lived in Cumberland and his nickname was “Too Much Blue“.    Check out his website at Brian Scott Fine Art .

First book in the Inheritance seiries

The Inheritance series by Christopher Paolini is really good  so far. I’m on the first book Eragon. The first book is a really good one so I don’t want to give too much away in case you were thinking of reading it.  But I still will tell you something about it. Eragon lives on  the edge of a town with his dad and his older brother. One day he goes out hunting in the Spine – a ridge of mountains.  Just as Eragon was about to shoot a deer a blue rock came out of the sky and hit the ground scaring off the deer. This is the beginning of a great mystery and if you want to find out where it all leads to. Read the book!

picture by Josh

Temptress was our first boat as a family. She was built on Stuart Island north of here in 1962. I cruised on Temptress every summer, since I was one year old .  I had many fun times checking out new beachs and anchorages.

Hi  every one I thought you would like if I put a link to one of my favourite websites. Here it is… Sailing Website. It is all about small hobie cats and if you have any questions  I will try to answer them.

Me and my family have a Wauquiez Pretorian sailboat called Indigo. Last weekend we had sailed to Jedediah Island. While we were there I discovered a couple of old rafts. It took a little work but me and my dad fixed them up. After a little excitement which involved me rescuing one of the raft after it got away while we had lunch, me and my dad had a race across the bay. The race was close but my dad won because he had used a sheet of plastic as a sail which made him not to have to pole all the way across the bay. The picture is of the race start!

1. I live in the Comox Valley.

2. My family owns a sail boat.

3. I am in a sailing club.

4. Last summer my family sailed around Vancouver Island.

5. I have a cat named Rory.

6. My family owns a border collie called Took.

7. My favorite kind of boat to sail is a catamaran.