Happy Canada Day :-)

Stretchy, comby hairband thingy?

Help!

I've been trying to find a specific hair accessory (I don't think I've ever use that phrase before!).

It's a headband but it's also like a comb. It's like a round comb with all the fingers pointing into the centre... and it's stretchy like an accordion... and you wear it like a headband... and it's great for keeping your hair off your face when you're working out.

They were a bit of a fad in the early nineties (I think?) around the same time as the 'banana comb' trend. Actually, what I'm trying to find is sort of like a banana comb...



... but instead of looking like a big vagina is biting the back of your head, it's position on your head is like a headband and it's stretchy, not ridged like a banana comb.

Am I making any sense? I can't seem to describe it, so I've not had any luck finding a pic of one online or what it's actually called to find someone who might sell them. I've looked everywhere locally and have come up empty-handed.

The last time I saw them was in the Co-op where I lived in England. I bought oodles of them then but they've all gone to 'stretchy, comby hairband thingy' heaven. And like the dork that I am, I forgot to look in a Co-op for more when I was in Scotland.

Does anyone have a clue about what I'm looking for? If anyone can find me a stash of these things I will reward generously!

Cadboro Bay

A few days ago I went to one of my favourite areas of Victoria; Cadboro Bay.

It's a very nice area with a nice beach:



A pub:





An excellent independent book shop:




Varied types of housing:





Residents selling flowers, veggies and plants from their gardens:



And, of course, there's Caddy...

Though this is the only version of Caddy that I've ever seen:



Still. I believe....

Do you?

Eat shit and...

Today I went to Fujiya (a local Japanese grocery store) to buy some stuff. Though I'm pretty familiar with Japanese food (I worked in a Japanese restaurant/sushi bar for five years) I still like to browse the aisles and see what's what.

Today, I was in for a treat! Tah-duh....



Mmm-mmm! Nothin like a nice little box of Collon! And for just $1.65, Canadian, I just had to buy it. When I got home, I opened the box... ooooooh! pink interior and a brown wrapper... lol...



Then I opened the brown wrapper... oooooh! Wee little colons... just like on the box!



After reading and re-reading the list of ingredients, I tried one... mmm! very nice. Very similar to those Belgian rolled wafer cookies, but not as sweet. I suspect they'd be very good with mug of coffee... and there's a coffee enema joke in there somewhere I'm sure. I'll leave that to you regular readers.

;-)

For Inukshuk Rob

I made an Inukshuk at the summit of Bealach na Ba!


This Inukshuk points to where one can find a pub. ;-)

I googled and found this groovy clip from a motorcycle ride of the road. The pic above is at about 4.20 of the vid.



Now I want a motorcycle...