Waggonburners at The Penthouse

Last night the Greater Vancouver Native Cultural Society

celebrated Waggonburners at The Penthouse.

Rikki Starlight is now Chief - he put on a wonderful rendition of

Cherokee Nation.

Big Al Huston rocked the room

and

Super Hazel de Pontiac wore a splendid black and red gown.

Where was Iris?

The pool table fairly groaned with a festive feast.

The Twin Spirit of Christmas filled the room.

Smoking Celebration:return of the sync cord

I haven't blogged since August - the sync cord for my camera was lost - but now it is found!

In celebration I'm blogging about my smoked salmon.

A few days ago I filleted and deboned a couple of the salmon we got this summer.

I brined them overnight in a ziplock bag with a solution of brown sugar, salt and peppercorns.

Then, I set them up on a rack and let them sit overnight.
Over a period of two days I smoked them in my backyard barbeque.

I lit a few briquettes and threw woodchips on a bed of aluminium foil on the floor of the barbeque.

Then I put the rack of salmon on the top rung.

I sealed it up with an old bedsheet and a tarp.
Let it smoke for a couple of hours.

Ambrosia!!!

Under the Shadow of Cranes - opening

The opening was a smash!!

Friends - old and new - were in attendance

Thanks to all who bought my work

There's nothing better than looking over your show and seeing little red dots!!!

T shirts for Under the Shadow of Cranes

Thank you New Leaf for the inspiration!

I'm making loading crane T shirts to sell during my upcoming exhibition

at

The Leighdon Gallery

190 West 3rd Avenue.

The opening is this Friday

See you there!!

Block Party!!!

A wonderful block party on East 10th Avenue.

Two barbeques full of food and tasty treats from around the world - all on the block.

...and featuring

Karaoke in the middle of the street!

Building a Brick Barbeque

I finally assembled my bricks, bought some cement from Re-store, and found the perfect 3/4 fit to hold my racks. For a while it looked like a bombed out Afghani village - but with a final coating of cement we enjoyed a backyard pizza.

Yummm

Camping at Coqilhalla Campgrounds in Hope

My first camping trip in a few years.

Bill, Dianne, Pasquale and Veronica in their freshly painted Boler.

I had the sleep of my life in my tent.

Brenda and family preferred to stay the night at The Alpine Motel in heated comfort.