The count down is happening, 11 days to go before Opening Ceremonies. The crocuses are blooming and the daffodils are up 6” and in some areas they are blooming. It is the winter Olympics but it seems winter missed Vancouver this year. Last year there was weeks of snow on the ground making the roads impassable and more like frozen tracks on hilly roads, great fun. The city of Vancouver is not really equipped for winter. It happens so rarely that there is snow on the ground for any length of time it really isn’t worth it to invest in a lot of snow removal equipment. It is one of the things I love about the west coast. The grass is green all winter but I can drive 20 minutes and be in 5 feet of snow. Not this year though. Cypress Mountain which is one of our local mountains that is hosting some Olympic events is frantically stockpiling snow so there is enough to get them through.

I am fortunate enough to have been able to buy tickets through the online lottery so we are now planning our Olympic outfits. I think it will be lots of embroidery work and time on the machine but I figure it’s probably the only Olympics I will be attending. I had fun today making embroidered soap for the bathrooms.

The Embroidery Dinosaur

Beverley Field