laugh…

29 Tuesday Aug 2017

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had to skip walking on the treadmill this morning so I could water the plants in the garden…

it has been amazingly hot over the last few days… I don’t like to water in the evening, so was happy to take the time early to get the job done…

the morning glories are exploding everywhere… the ones that are trying to come up through the table make me laugh…

for years we have had Virginia creeper growing along the north side of the garage and it never had berries… it has grown over the pergola into the south side and since that has happened it started to produce the berries…

this morning I got a few nice shots of some of them…

too bad we can’t eat them, lol…

campfire…

27 Sunday Aug 2017

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read a post on a friend’s Facebook page about smelling like a campfire…

made me giggle and think back to our recent camping trip… once I got home I had to wash everything because all of the clothes smelled like the campfire, lol…

when I smell a fire in the neighbourhood or someone’s barbecue, it takes me back to all the delicious meals we ate…

I think my favourite was the morning that my son-in-law produced sunny side up eggs for my breakfast… on the campfire… amazing…

of course, steak and lobster and kebabs were other highlights, lol…

what fun we had and great memories we made;-)… maybe we will be able to fit in one more weekend…

as it happens, the neighbour is barbecuing as I write this, although it smells like it might just be hot dogs…

move…

26 Saturday Aug 2017

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continued with the preparations for my trip…

ran out this morning to pick up a bit more chocolate to take with me…

on my way out I, of course, had to take photos of the morning glories that were blooming…

everything was rather thirsty but I didn’t have time then to water…

picked up treats at a few stores, including lunch for when I got home…

it was delicious…

my grandsons stopped by because I was hoping to move some furniture and needed a bit of help… sadly, after we moved a few things, we discovered that the biggest piece wasn’t going to make it through the hallway… oh well, so much for that…

since then I’ve spent time napping, watching some sports on tv… and fixing my Fitbit app so that my steps transfer to MyFitnessPal… hurray…

chocolate…

24 Thursday Aug 2017

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beginning preparations for my visit to Ottawa soon…

gathering items to take with me and on the list is chocolate… my daughter is becoming an expert on the subject…

she has a few favourites from various chocolate shops around town…

today I picked up a few things from Morden’s…

arrived two minutes before they closed as traffic was bad because of all the construction… they were so gracious and provided excellent customer service, even at those last few minutes before closing…

picked up a few bars and the darkest chocolate they had… also got some of their cashews…

George loved cashews and they made me think of him as I was snacking on a handful tonight…

on a roll with chocolate today… last night on our way home we stopped at a new bakery in the neighbourhood and I picked up this chocolate ganache tart…

took it to the office, cut it into eight tiny pieces and shared it with my colleagues… this works very well for me because I get a taste of something but then don’t have tons of it… and it’s fun to share…

still have a bit of time to get to her other favourites so I have the necessary items when I arrive there, lol…

looking forward to the shopping and the trip…

kids…

16 Wednesday Aug 2017

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really impressed with the teenagers we spent time with over the last week…

they were polite, helpful, kind and caring…

not what one always thinks of seventeen year olds…

they had such fun together and with our younger boys… clearly most have younger siblings…

they played with the younger kids, had real conversations with the adults, did dishes, cleaned up, ran errands, paid for supplies, and took turns with the fun activities…

the most impressive thing for me was how they encouraged one another, rather than tease or make fun of… jumping off the rocks was quite stressful for some, as was learning some of the water sports, but they only ever encouraged…

what a lovely group of young people and what a treat to spend time with them…

Nutimik, day five…

15 Tuesday Aug 2017

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our final day of camping…

we woke up at 5 am to the sound of a critter under the camper trying to eat something… it was a skunk and it was trying to devour the chocolate cookies which we had missed putting away along with the marshmallows last night… not sure if we breathed for the thirty minutes it wandered around the campsite…

I got up around 7:30 and spent a quiet time enjoying my tea, reading and thinking of all the great moments over these five days…

once everyone was up, the last meal we cooked on the campfire was chicken and bannock…

packed up the camper, dropped the boat at a friend’s seasonal site and headed home in three vehicles filled with very worn out individuals…

back in the house by 3:30 and busy unpacking and organizing supper and tomorrow’s lunch for work…

had an awesome time and made lots of wonderful memories…

Nutimik, day four…

14 Monday Aug 2017

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our last full day here…

we got up early and the younger boys, the daddy and I went fishing…

we arrived back with 2 pickerel which the daddy filleted, and we will have for a late night snack…

brunch was ready and we had bacon pancakes with chocolate bits sprinkled on top… pretty tasty…

cleaned everything up and met the kids at the diving rock…

had a fun day as one person learned to wakeboard and others had turns on the wakeboard and the kneeboard… and snacks on the boat…

total of six seventeen year olds along with the twelve year old, the eight year old, three adults, and one dog…

amazing how well we all got along…

supper was tacos in a bag, one of the boys’ favourites… not quite the gourmet meals we’ve been enjoying, lol, but we are planning on pickerel and bannock as a late night snack…

four teenagers along with the mommy and daddy went fishing and the younger boys have been keeping the fire burning using only small logs, twigs, and bark which they have been finding in the woods… been very entertaining…

gonna miss these guys tomorrow night, lol…

Nutimik, day three…

13 Sunday Aug 2017

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vacation is such a wonderful time…

big breakfast of sunny side up eggs with hash browns and bacon… again, on the campfire…

then another glorious day on the water…

tubing, cliff diving, wakeboarding and beach time…

for dinner tonight’s menu was steak, shrimp, lobster, potatoes, mushrooms, green beans and peas…

dishes are done and we are roasting marshmallows…

quick trip down to the beach to post this and then off to bed…

Nutimik, day two…

12 Saturday Aug 2017

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started the day with tea and a book while the rest of the family slept…

last night as we were getting ready for bed we discovered dozens of spiders in the camper… the youngest had the eagle eye that would spot them, the middle one would catch them, while daddy found dudu coils in an attempt to smoke them out… my job was to shine my flashlight wherever they were spotted… we were all kind of creeped out but in the end managed to sleep… don’t think we will ever forget this trip, lol…

after a simple breakfast the younger boys, daddy and I went fishing while the rest of the crew went on a hike…

it was entertaining to see their process for putting on sunscreen…

my son-in-law caught a 26″ pickerel… it was very big and the only nibble we got but we had a fun time together…

after lunch the younger boys and I went on a short hike to the bridge that goes over the river/creek that we had fished on… it was a lovely walk, but hot…