Thursday, August 23, 2007

Queen Elizabeth, Estrogen, and Harry Potter


















I went to Queen Elizabeth Park a few days ago. This is the highest point in the City of Vancouver. It was an old quarry that has been converted into a park. Isn't it beautiful? I think so. The first picture shows Mount Seymour. The second is a flower bed along a walkway. There is a restaurant called "Seasons," and a botanical garden which was not open the day I went because of the strike by civic workers. There were some children playing in the fountains near the botanical garden building. I took a lot of gorgeous pictures. I know he would have taken a whole pile of pictures and would have enjoyed the park.

I read in the paper that some scientists did some research and you'll be surprised to hear that a lack of estrogen in menopause causes women to gain weight! Any woman over 50 could have told them that. I suppose these scientists got a government grant to come up with that brilliant conclusion. What a waste of taxpayers money.

I just got the last book of the Harry Potter series. I'm going to take it with me to Victoria. I heard that some people go immediately to the last chapter and read so they can find out who dies. I'm not doing that. So if anybody out there has read the book, don't tell me how it ends...No, I'm covering my ears...La la la la...I can't hear you.

Well, time to say goodnight. Pleasant dreams, all.

Ron Weasley: Hermione, you are truly the most wonderful person I have ever met and if I'm ever rude to you... Hermione Granger: Then I'll know you've gone back to normal
(Lines from the movie Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)