Is it a plane, is it a drome...or is it a flying camera?

Happy Sunday Everyone!  Many people are enjoying a long weekend, with Family Day being tomorrow in many parts of the country.  Our Sunday is a quiet one and a cold one at that, although sunny.

As promised, I can now reveal what we got Russell for his birthday.  A GoPro action camera.  It can be attached to a moving vehicle, a helmet when riding a bike or motorcycle and it can also be attached to a "QuadCopter" as seen on the attached picture with a remote control "flying" it.  Russell will be able to take aerial video and still photography.  Pretty cool.  As I am writing this blog, he is practicing using it and it hasn't crashed yet although I heard a couple of bumpy landings :-)  So, we look forward to many interesting videos and pictures in the coming months.

We didn't do much this past week.  Matt was over with some of his crew to finish the carport and some odds and ends in the house.  As a result, our final house inspection will be done this coming Tuesday.  Russell's birthday was a good one although we decided to stay home rather than go out for lunch.  The weather was not good and the roads were icy. We had a nice day just the same.

The weather last week was actually quite crazy.  On Monday, it snowed quite a bit and the temperature was rather mild.  I was able to make my snowman just before it started raining.  The snow was extremely heavy and I must say that it was hard to roll the snow ball.  I had fun making it all by myself and had even more fun decorating it with whatever I could find.  Cooper barked when he first saw it but once he got used to it,  all he wanted to do was eat the branches.  I attach a couple of pictures that we took.  The snowman didn't stay up very long.

Last Monday, Cooper, Russell and I watched the Westminster Kennel Club Havanese breed judging LIVE on the computer.  It was a great show and Cooper enjoyed watching his counterparts strutting in the big ring.

The rest of the week was uneventful.  The sun finally came out yesterday so we went for a nice walk on Avery beach.  The trails were quite snow covered but we managed to walk our way through them anyway.  Cooper was hopping and prancing, as he always does when there is a lot of snow.  Last night, we did something that we rarely do:  we watched a movie.  We rented Skyfall.  What a great movie.  I am not a huge fan of the Bond movies but I will say that this one won me over.

My mom went home for the weekend.  Needless to say that she was happy to be back in her own surroundings, even for just a few nights.  She returns to the rehab centre tonight and may come home again this coming weekend.  She probably has another 2-3 weeks of rehab still.  So, it's all good on that front.

DJI Phantom with GoPro Hero3 ready for maiden flight.

Nice snowman...if only I could chew off an arm!

Tasty!

Live streaming of the  Havanese in the spotlight at the WKC Dog show!

That's about it for this week's blog. Enjoy your Family Day tomorrow and make the most of it!  Have a great week.