TGIS

... otherwise known as "Thank God it's summer"!

I can hardly believe that July is almost upon us. This means that both Canada and the U.S.A. will be celebrating their birthdays.

On July 1st, Canada will be 141 years old (nothing compared to the motherlands of Europe - but still old for a child). People will be lighting up barbecue grills, fireworks and campfires all over the nation while consuming some of the nation's most popular beverages - namely beer and hoards of food.

My office is closed on Monday, the day preceding the holiday, so I've decided to take the entire week off along with (today) this Friday. In about an hour I head up to Quebec to spend some days with my folks but will only be there for about five days as I am going to begin the installation of insulation in my basement on Thursday.

My goal this summer is to complete one basement room from top to bottom and have the entire basement insulated. In September I'm also having my roof done.

sigh .... all good stuff to do, but no serious travel for me this year.

See ya'll when I get back

Celebrating 100 years of Canada's most famous novel

On June 20, 1908, Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery of Prince Edward Island (PEI) Canada, received the first edition of her soon to be immensely popular novel Anne of Green Gables.

It started small: a few thousand copies of a first novel by an author from a small provincial island on the northeast corner of the North American continent, released by a Boston publisher whose first inclination was to send Montgomery a rejection letter.

In 100 years, Anne of Green Gables has grown into its own industry. The book has been published in 33 languages; Montgomery wrote seven sequels, and a prequel was recently published with the consent of her heirs. There have been two movies for the big screen, six for television, and three television series (the first an anime version produced in Japan). The Charlottetown, PEI Festival's stage version is the longest running musical in Canadian history and is making a claim to be the world record holder in that category.

Anne has made Prince Edward Island famous around the world and is at the centre of a tourism industry crucial to the province's economy.

Personally, Anne of Green Gables was one of my favourite books as a young adolescent and so it's for this reason that I celebrate this special 100th anniversary.

Frustrated with blog videos

Hi folks,

Hope all is well. I've been trying to upload my short (less than 100MB) movies onto blogger, but to no avail. My videos are in AVI format so they should upload ... grrr

I've been busy with work, a show I was in a couple of weeks ago and house renovations (which are coming along very slowly).

This week-end I'm going to be brave with my bad arm (still) and paint the hallway. I'm tired of staring at plain white .... so boring! I'm also having friends over tomorrow night and spending time with friends on Sunday night. Oh, I'm also singing a duet on Sunday too (oh how I love singing)

Lannio
xx