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Am BUMPING this thread, because ... well ...... Did anyone else see the VERY short series, The Witcher: Blood Origin ? We just did. And it was done in .... wait for it ..... FOUR EPISODES! I mean, wtf? NO SPOILERS here .... but, well... we knew it was four, and it was packed with 'stuff'. Still. Felt a bit cheated, that it lasted only a very short little while. Gotta love TV.

So Season 2 of the new hit series Wednesday will arrive in ........ 2024??? I might die, waiting. Which is a good thing for this series, sort of.

"Be Sweet" Japanese Breakfast

....and crowned by... "When Doves Cry" ~ Prince.

Followed by ..... "Billie Jean" ~ MJ

"Can You Feel It?" The Jacksons.

^ Ooooooo that looks (looked?) good!

^ OMG talk about awesome timing, huh?? So nice of them to let you tag along for the tour 'backstage'. And a lot (again) of great photos to show how the construction of LUNA is going, too! Thanks for going, and getting these great shots, Marcus!

Thanks for all these great photos of Liseberg, Marcus! Unfortunately, I think the only 'word' I could make out in all those photos with signs in them (or on stalls) .... was Biergarten. Happy New Year Marcus, and all the best for a Much Better Year ahead!

Been awhile, but ...... Orkanen Fårup Sommerland (Blokhus, Nordjylland, Denmark) 2014 TPR Scandi Tour

Barbara Walters, just passed away, at age 93. And what a career this journalist had! Too much to mention here.

Football (soccer) legend Pele'. And Canadian Folk singer Ian Tyson ("Four Strong Winds") RIP, gentlemen.

Found this recent shot of ZOOTOPIA construction that somebody took and posted (thanks). The iconic buildings of each district of Zootopia are looking good there, from what can be seen from within the park.

The morning after...... "I have to take it off, now???"

Have a Merry One, Everybody!

Please explain ..... 5D? No really, I'd like to know some kind (any kind) of an explanation that fits.

There are so many different cultures, religions, people out there in the world... I just want to wish everyone a Happy Holiday Weekend .... and beyond, however you celebrate ..... or not. And maybe next year, we can all come back together, and celebrate together ... our being, our voice, our heart. Hugs for all.

It's good to see the train back in operation, now.

Here's one for the season....

We got a couple of heavy snowfalls, this past week. So, mail delivery is on hold, garbage and recycles aren't being picked up... A Non-Typical Vancouver Winter, lol! From the front porch...... Happy Solstice Everybody!

Today's the day!

Feliz Navidad Celine Dion & Her Family

For all you KD fans out there.... (And this was not an April Fools joke,. either. They were/are really selling the stuff!) And yes, there's the flavor of cotton candy. All in one of those handy dandy KD packets! Don`t know if these are available, any more.

"Let's Continue On, From Where We Left Off..." Backing up to The Show we saw, at the Coliseum. Being paired with SUPER DOGS!!!, were the Peking Acrobats Show. Something for everyone. We'd seen the dogs' show a number of times. Lots of fun. But it's usually the second 'act' that appears in conjunction with The Dogs, we're really interested in. One year, they did a convoluted touring show of "Peter Pan." Back in 2019, it was a Hypnotists Act. But they cleverly gave 1/3 of the end of the stadium rink, for the show, the back of the stage being the stage front for the Dogs, and the rest of the floor for the Dogs. This time however, they put the performance stage for Peking waaaaaaaay over on the other side of the floor. Which looked really strange once their show started up. It's like all the expensive seats decided not to show up. And PNE staff were there to shoo away anyone walking up to the stage, closer on the Dogs' show mat, etc. Even kids that wanted to get closer were gently turned away, too. It was all wierd. The show was great, by the way. Just far, faaaaaar away, lol. After the show we went thru the livestock buildings with nothing really new to see, since last year. Then we ended up in Revel District where we got our two kinds of ribs, and sides. And a couple of beers for me. Then we finished our visit, by walking up through Playland, stopping for one last beer at the Side Car Bar (or whatever it's called). Paid our respects to SkyBender (didn't work for the whole two week fair!), then exited out the Playland Gate, to catch a bus home. We decided not to stay late, even though they were doing (again) this great night time show with fire, drones, and fireworks. But we were one-and-done by late afternoon. Maybe next year's visit, longer? We'll see. Here's the rest of the photos... OMGOMGOMG! We're back where we left off! Anyway .... Pardon in advance for the photos I took. I wasn't used to such long distance shots. How far we actually were, from the stage. with the SUPERDOGS!!! mat in between. Before the show, I had bought this new case for my camera at an outdoor stall. She was good at what she was doing up there. Good old spinning plates act. This guy was fun. Playing it very 'casual' on the wire... Then, he'd go and do something like this. The Finale starting up. A 5 - 6 - 7 - 8! Wire guy comes back for his bows. And they all wave to us waaaaaay across the floor. Good show. The PNE "House Band" performing out front of the Coliseum. Took a look in here at the livestock/horse competitions. Unfortunately, nothing was happening there. Heavy horse? ....... okaaaaay. Like I said, nothing happening "at this time". Trivia: my dad took me to see the Moscow Circus here. Back then. The Livestock Buildings. Nothing new, but some good shade as it was a pretty warm day, that day. #One BBQ spot. #Two BBQ spot. We tried ribs and sides from both. Always get a kick out of the Gator BBQ Menu. Yum. We got too much corn bread, though. And we forgot slaw, too. Next year, better prepared with notes! Getting one more beer, and a last look at a non-running SkyBender. <sighs> Haven't ridden Coaster yet, with <ugh> the seat belts. Maybe next year when they open for the season in June.

"Tis The Season .... to post Late TRs, ho ho ho! Actually, this report isn't too late. It's the one day (Thurs.Sept.03 which would have been "Out At The Fair" Day for us, as in the past few years). David and I went to the annual PNE, which then includes Playland (and mucho raised ride wristbank/single tix prices). They had expanded the exhibition site from last year's Fair, now including all the buildings at the East end of the park (or front-of-the-Fair, when you look at a map of it all). So the Showcase was back in the Forum Bldg. And the Rollerland bldg. had something different: The PNE Prize Home. Although not exactly The Home itself. They decided to forego having the actual home onsite, allowing walk-thrus by the gp, and instead recreated a couple of it's rooms, and used a lot of media to show off the house itself. So this was a quick one for us. We literally tried not to backtrack anywhere, and headed to the Livestock Bldgs. Nothing new there, so I took no pix. But, we missed the Central "Foodtruck Alley" that others walk thru and figure out what they want to eat. I think we missed a couple of trucks with food we wanted to try. Our loss. We next headed to Revel District where our BBQ was. Two of them, this year. Both good BBQ and sides. We liked both. Couldn't choose between them, lol. After that, it was up through Playland, noting that SkyBender never opened for the Entire - Fair. I got to ride it back in July, but geez ..... Anyway, checked out Coaster and sure enough, set belts were on. Also found out from an older couple nearby, that their grandson "waited up to two hours to ride this thing." I laughed. So we had entered at the Main GAte. And we left the PNE at the Playland Gate. Here we go... the Front Gate Entry. And immediately to one's left, is the MARKETPLACE bldg. Which we immediately entered! This was a cool find. Pre-mixed for veggie/protein/vegan dishes. We bought a few of them. I love these kinds of "greeting cards". Brilliant, really. More of these lovely cards. I didn't buy any, as there is a place downtown I like to support, buying their cards. Still ....really lovely work. A Piece of The Map, on display again. It's from a HUGE plywood creation. The original was wonderful to see. Red line is the Canada-US Border. We're all north of it. We find something we wanted to try: Deep Fried Oreos. We got a 5 piece. How they looked. Not bad. But thy really needed a nice cold glass of milk with them. Lotsa BLING for sale here. Amusing to watch people freak out and fall off these things. This IS "Reality Entertainment"! This was neat to watch. She rolled clay, basically, combining colours, then cutting and melted in the basic oven (!) and .... .... to make these ... or ... ... to make THESE beautiful creations. I bought one of the round tin boxes, like the ones in that bowl there. An exhibit area to show more of what's happening all around our city. Many, many exhibits here. And a lot of stuff for kids to do, too. I'm not too sure if this was mainly for kids, or families or ... ? Didn't stick around to find out. Best. Onsite Food truck. Ever. We really get a lot of food trucks here at the PNE. For a good number of years, now. Awesome! Henri's BBQ was there, too. Always tempting, but we do have a lot of great chicken cuisine, beyond the PNE. One of our finds was this taco truck. with (it's at the bottom there) PHO BEEF BRISKET. We ordered those ones. Not much left of it. But they were good tacos. Big display of motor homes etc. here. Awesome to check some of these $$$$$$$$ out. (o: Pretty. We didn't queue for it. We're fine where we are, thank you very much! And this part of the TR ends, with A Big Chair Photo. (To be continued...)