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Well I managed to go a solid month without posting, unlikely a record... I've been busy it seems.

Ok, I had this big long thing written accounting for my whereabouts… lets just say the last while has been a gong show. I’ll blog a bit belatedly about a couple of things otherwise suffice to say it goes like this: work…basketball…chores….shit weather…work…work… with every once in a while SKI or SUN…

But basketball deserves a few more lines. Eric’s team, NDC Timber wolves, finished third in league play leading into the playoffs. NDC is 2A, the top two teams were Foothills Comp (4A) and Highwood (3A) our cross-town rival. NDC defeated STS to advance to the quarter final Friday night against Highwood. We have never beaten Highwood at basketball. Long story short it was an epic game that ended 64-61 NDC. First time a 2A school has made the league final since 1999. Foothills Comp is a strong team with a post who must be 6’6” or 6’8”… anyway, the final game was a hard fought 43-73 finish during which we seemed to frustrate them enough their coach was yelling at them like they were loosing. Time was we’d play them and they’d sit their starters and still roll over us. Most excellent to see that improvement.

Next up at the end of this week is Zones in Didsbury. The boys must defeat Drumheller & Brooks ranked #1 & #2 in the province respectively in order to advance to Provincials. Last year they got to Provincials by finishing second to Drumheller and due to our Zone being so tough there was a wildcard slot from our Zone. We’ll see how it goes; it’ll be fun to watch Eric wind up his High-school career playing at that level.

I only shot about a third of this years play due to my camera being in the shop for a while & some games I just prefer to watch. I’ve got a few good shots using my longer lens even though its auto-focus is frustrating. Overall there should be a good collection of shots once I find time to process them all.

What to do next winter??? It’ll be an adjustment I’m sure but I’ll bet the time will get filled, & maybe I’ll even do some snowshoeing! & more shoot’n… you can count on that.