Swan's a-swimming

This is the local Mute Swan in the (as-yet-unfrozen) lagoon. All went swimmingly as I met my first classes this week...Well, actually, today was a real comedy of errors. I nearly missed the ferry (they waited for me as I ran down the road with my little flashlight in the early morning dark); it was a total stress-out to get from UBC to Kwantlen between 12:30 and 2:00 on transit; then the room I booked at the college for my big lecture class was occupied by PING PONG TABLES, with a TOURNAMENT IN SESSION so I had to relocate at the last minute...and my later session was booked from 4-6pm, but the college closed at 4:30 and we all had to leave!!!! Fortunately, at least we got through all the absolutely essential materials...as for the bells and whistles--maybe that sort of thing was going on in the ping pong room! Meanwhile, Miranda had a great day at home: went on not one but two big walks with her Nana, & Steve had a chance to do some post-storm yardwork. Tree surgeons were supposed to come to remove the Leaning Tower of Pisa (see background in "Walk on the wild side" post)--but didn't show up: practicing triage (with the accent on "tree") no doubt! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrroan! Timmmmmmmmberrrrrrrrrrrr.....