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fawn…

26 Monday Aug 2019

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so far we’ve seen a fawn, frogs, geese and a pileated woodpecker… and we’ve only been here since noon;-)…

we’ve hiked around the campground and taken a few photos from the bridge that is usually in my pictures…

we’ve fished, or more precisely, practised casting, lol…

and are currently sitting around a campfire waiting for it to die down so we can cook hotdogs for our supper…

why is it that hotdogs taste so delicious when cooked over a fire…

pretty fine day considering we were led to believe it was going to rain all day…

forty-nine…

01 Thursday Aug 2019

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I spent the day with my youngest grandson and we had lots of fun… we also talked a fair bit about Grandpa…

he was just three when my beloved died so it is quite amazing what he remembers, although I do try to talk about him often…

hard to figure out how to commemorate what would have been our forty-ninth wedding anniversary…

one of the things we did was find the memory stones that my eldest daughter had put into one of the walkways at Assiniboine Park…

he was even happy to do some selfies which doesn’t always happen…

we saw the butterflies, stingrays, snow leopards, and had a wagon ride… it was hot out… we remembered visits to the zoo with Grandpa and the fun we had…

my eldest grandson arrived after work and we barbecued steak and lobster for our supper…

great way to spend this special day…

league…

31 Wednesday Jul 2019

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last night I got to watch my son-in-law and oldest grandson play soccer…

my son-in-law recently joined a mixed league… they were playing last night and this was my first opportunity to watch him…

the team needed a spare so my grandson came to play…

such fun to watch the dad, who has coached a number of the boys’ teams, actually on the playing field…

I really enjoyed seeing them play together… what a treat…

moss…

29 Monday Jul 2019

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woke up at 6 to pouring rain… by 8 it was done and the sun came out, although it was windy… we spent the day on the water…

early morning water drops on the boat…

throughout the day we spotted many geese, a pileated woodpecker, two deer and a fawn, an eagle, maybe an American Three-Toed woodpecker, and one very large Jack fish which my son-in-law caught…

bacon, eggs and hash browns for breakfast and steak, baked potatoes and onions, with mushrooms for dinner… pretty fine eats;-)…

cool temperature-wise but a great day;-)…

the flowers were at the dock… the moss covered tree is at the campsite…

stuff…

28 Sunday Jul 2019

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started my day in the hot tub… rather quiet as the waterfall is turned off while awaiting repair, lol…

walked to the grocery store; consulted with Hilda the Gardener, who then did some amazing clean-up in the side garden and tidied the main garden; and packed up all my stuff for another few days of camping…

ended the day watching boys jump into the lake from a rather tall rock, which we climbed, and now we sit by the campfire…

did manage to get one flower picture as well;-)…

been a full day… think it might be an early night…

quickly…

20 Saturday Jul 2019

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last night my grandson came over for dinner…

I cooked a roast, as well as a combination of potatoes, onions and mushrooms on Barbie, the barbecue;-)…

came out perfect and delicious…

after supper we sat in the garden and my grandson decided he should catch the goldfish that we had popped into the top of the pond hoping they would grow a bit before joining the other fish as they were very small… they have grown quite nicely so we thought they could move to the other section of the pond…

those little fish move very quickly we discovered… he was able to catch and move two… rest of them are going to stay there until they get bigger, and possibly easier to catch…

resting…

12 Friday Jul 2019

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had a good sleep in my own bed and spent a restful day recovering from my camping trip;-)…

back to usual patterns and started my day with a fruit smoothie, thanks to the frozen fruit my grandson had picked up while he was house sitting…

lots of tv, reading and napping…

walked over and got my hair cut…

tiniest bit of purple left in it, lol…

it was a beautiful day and I enjoyed the walk… even got a few flower photos in the process… the St. James Biz have done a great job with the planters…

back home I had lunch and did more resting;-)… enjoyed time in the garden, listening to the waterfall…

cooked some pickerel for dinner…

it is always nice to come home…

Camping 2019, Day 4…

10 Wednesday Jul 2019

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well, the excitement carried on last night… as we were getting ready for bed we almost walked into the kitchen tent where a skunk had taken up residence… we hadn’t taken out the garbage;-)…

it had started raining at 3 pm yesterday afternoon and it didn’t stop until 7:30 this morning… soggy…

I was a bit tentative about going into the tent to make tea when I got up,lol… happily it was gone… I spent the next half hour cleaning up the garbage that was strewn all over…

when everyone else got up we had a lovely breakfast and packed our snack bag before heading down to the boat launch…

we prepped our minnows ahead of time… apparently they should be dried out with salt…

we took a friend of the boys’ and had a great time…

only caught two fish but lots of fun was had… at the end we were fishing from the front of the boat and swimming from the back, lol…

once back at our site, everyone played a game on one of their phones;-)… very unusual as the normal pattern is for everyone to play on their own device…

fun to watch…

supper and a campfire and then early to bed as there were no naps today…

Camping 2019, Day 3…

09 Tuesday Jul 2019

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well, the weather has not been particularly cooperative, sigh…

it was a bit overcast when we first got up but we decided to head out as it wasn’t raining…. kept the cover half on so we’d be ready if the rain came, lol…

saw a loon as we were leaving the bay… caught a few fish… sadly, not me… also saw a three-foot sturgeon swim beside us;-)…

spent about four hours on the water before it started to spit… the scenery is beautiful…

came back to the campsite and had a picnic under the canopy…

then there were naps and more games… supper was tacos in a bag… perfect easy prep on a rainy evening…

back inside for the evening… some are watching a movie on a phone and others playing games…

wishing for sunshine tomorrow;-)…