Saturday 27th March I went out with Jackie and Graham and the team of Citizen's Crime Watch. There was a team of 16 people plus the Police Sargeant and myself. I found it very interesting and fail to understand why we, in Perth, don't have a similar scheme going. It consists of volunteers, and one Policeman,( who is paid.) It is tightly run, and if orders are followed, no one gets hurt. As Jackie described it, it's extra eyes on the streets who are in direct contact with the Police. Last night there was a 4 year old child who went missing. So the Citizens Crime watch formed a grid pattern and combed the streets where she was missing from. As it happened, the child had gone to sleep where she wasn't expected to be and all was well.
Each car is supplied with a Laptop and combs their allocated area of Vancouver punching Car Registration numbers into a special programme on the computer which tells them if the car is stolen or not . Last night there was a car parked in the street which was stolen. So the units who were nearby all convereged on that area and more or less blocked that car in until the Police arrived and furtively disabled the stolen vehicle. As it happened, the car had been there for some time and would be removed to the Impound area of the Police and the owner would be notified. A win situation for the Insurance Company!!!
I was with Graham and another man called Doug. Doug drove the car (His own ) Graham manned the radio and called the car rego nos to me who punched them into the computer. We didn't discover any stolen cars, but I enjoyed doing the Crime watch thing !!
I was also disappointed that we never saw a Racoon or a Skunk of which there are supposed to be plenty of around here !!
These Daffodils were given to Jackie by a friend who came to Dinner last Friday night.

Today, Sunday 28th March, we went out for Brunch with Jackie and Graham's 2 sons. This display of Rododendroms was by the Restraunt where we ate. They grow really beautifully over here in this cool climate. I certainly chose a beautiful time of the year to visit here. The Magnolia trees are absolutely drop-dead gorgeous along with the Cherry Blossoms and the Daffodils which grow everywhere.

I don't know what the little mauve flower is but it looked lovely next to the Rododendroms.Worth a piccy I thought.