Opapiskaw, Sunday…

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another beautiful day in paradise…

early this morning I walked down to the beach and got a few great pictures…

in an effort to find a good internet connection I walked down a very narrow trail to get to a spot where there was LTE service

the trail brought back so many memories… all the years we camped at Falcon and Birds Hill and went on many hikes along trails that were just like this one…

at the end of the trail were some pretty rocks which I clearly am not going to be able to take home, sigh…

there are many poplars here and the sound of the wind blowing through them is also a reminder of camping in Birds Hill with friends…

missing my beloved… he would have loved this…

Opapiskaw, Saturday…

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up early and, after the rather long hike to the bathroom, spent some time at the water’s edge… beautiful view as the fog rolled across the still water and I could hear fish jumping just out of sight…

nice way to start the day… tomorrow I might take a chair down to watch the sunrise…

breakfast made on the campfire, followed by fishing, tubing, wakeboarding and kneeboarding…

in amongst all that I had a boat driving lesson and did quite well…

Opapiskaw, Friday…

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Labour Day long weekend… last camping trip of the year…

three of us grocery shopped, hooked up the trailer, filled up with gas, and hit the road for Opapiskaw…

when we arrived we set up the trailer and fetched the boat from a friend’s seasonal site… the other two arrived a bit later…

we are now working on supper, doing some relaxing and exploring… a few of us played catch and some went for a walk to check out the water… it was so calm…

hope it is like that when we want to go wakeboarding and kneeboarding tomorrow, lol…

trying to figure out how I can take some of the rocks home, although they are a bit big…

now to walk down by the water so I can post this;-)…

strap…

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last year, on our final camping trip of the season, the strap on the kneeboard broke…

the board came from my son-in-law’s grandparents and he is very attached to it… new boards are designed differently and he doesn’t like them…

so, recently I started searching for someone who might fix the strap…

found strapping and Velcro and spoke with a local upholsterer who agreed to do the sewing for us…

once my son-in-law checked out the strapping we realized it wasn’t quite right… he found some from a ratchet he had at home and we dropped off the Velcro and strapping to be sewn…

now we have a nice new strap… it should get attached to the board in the next few days;-)…

eats…

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had some delicious eats today…

picked up a loaf of bread and some croissants at La Belle Baguette on my way into the office…

the car smelled amazing all the way downtown and the croissants were a hit with my colleagues…

at lunch I made a tomato sandwich, and a cucumber one as well, with the fresh bread and a ripe tomato from a colleague’s parents’ farm… used basil instead of lettuce… oh my, it tasted wonderful…

for my supper I finished off the shrimp from last night and the last of the mango slices I picked up the other day…

yummy day…

sight…

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yesterday when I was shopping I picked up an orchid

I’ve been remembering times with my beloved a lot lately…

hot tubs and morning glories and orchids

wonderful memories

recently I heard someone ask if people believed in love at first sight

I do…

the first time I met him I knew he was the one for me… and I was right, he most certainly was;-)…

coolpix…

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I am really missing my camera… on the first day of our camping trip it died…

the zoom opened, but then would not close… I tried all the possibilities – turned it off, turned it back on, took out the battery… sadly, nothing worked…

this is how it still looks, sigh…

at this point I don’t think it is worth repairing… I’ve had it for at least ten years and it has been repaired two or three times… don’t think it is worth the money… current technology is so advanced that now is the time to look into a new model…

I’ve been looking into replacing it and had hoped it would last until Christmas, but no such luck… it feels like an old friend so it is sad to see it go… will have to save up for a while to get a replacement…

it is quite amazing how much you can miss something or someone….

whisperer…

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been a full day… up early to get to my doctor’s appointment…

from there went to get Indi washed… she’s happy to be clean after all the bugs and dirt from camping… I think she was a bit embarrassed to be seen while she was so dirty;-)…

on to Polo to pick up meds and a warm pretzel as a reward for a good appointment…

home to put everything away and then walked to the Park to meet a friend and her baby for lunch and a walk around the Gardens… sure do love baby snuggles

maintained my baby whisperer status as I managed to get her to have a lovely nap as we wandered around…

stopped in at an upholstery shop on the way home to see about getting some sewing done…

now to rest