Category Archives: photos

Destination: Sound!

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

It always seems to take me a while to write blog posts about my favourite trips, probably because I’m in denial about them being over. So the fact that it’s taken me almost a month to start writing this post … Continue reading →

Posted in camping, Canada, drunkenness, food glorious food, kayaking, nature, photos, travel, videos | 16 Comments

Trees do the darndest things!

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Like celebrate their British roots: and, um, be intimate with fence posts: Both photos taken by me within the last week. Evolution in action, or just an overactive imagination (and a dirty mind?) (I did try to write a proper … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, photos, silliness | 14 Comments

A walk in the woods: choose wisely

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Which path would you choose? Would the adjacent sign affect your decision?  (Shmeegs?) Would you consider the relative scariness and likelihood of this… …compared to this? (Photo source). Would the sight of vultures circling overhead affect your decision making?  (is … Continue reading →

Posted in bad people, camping, food glorious food, music, nature, photos, travel | 15 Comments

Smile through the tears

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Is this supposed to cheer you up while you chop onions with your eyes streaming? It certainly cheered me up no end while grocery shopping! Thank you, Nesters Market on Main Street, for making my day today!

Posted in food glorious food, photos, silliness | 14 Comments

Catho the Sane visits Canadian Tire

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

In So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish, the fourth of five books in the Hitchhiker trilogy by Douglas Adams, our hero Arthur Dent travels to California to meet a man called Wonko the Sane. Wonko’s house is inside-out, … Continue reading →

Posted in camping, environment, freakishness, photos, rants, shopping, silliness | 39 Comments

SIR YES SIR!

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Would it be wrong to interpret the first two words of this list as a direct order?

Posted in photos, silliness | 6 Comments

GRRRRR-ant

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Or should that be g-RANT? Today, at 4:15, I finally submitted the Grant With No Deadline. Or, more accurately, the grant that had no deadline… no deadline… no deadline… no deadline… for months, and then suddenly HAD to be submitted … Continue reading →

Posted in career, grant wrangling, personal, photos, science, silliness | 10 Comments

Happy 4th of July to my American buddies!

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I hope you have a good one! I’ll be at Morgan’s first birthday party. I can’t believe it’s been a year already! Morgan and Lilah on their first ever Canada Day!

Posted in photos, the 2009 baby boom | 3 Comments

"I don’t want to talk about it"

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

“now leave me alone” Football sucks. When does the hockey season start? (I joke, I joke. I’m still watching. I’m supporting Ghana, Holland, and Germany, in that order).

Posted in furry friends, photos, sport, technology | 3 Comments

Beeb Boob

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Oh dear, BBC. Oh dear. (Thought I’d better get this up before someone notices and corrects the images!)

Posted in photos, silliness, sport, the media | 9 Comments