This past weekend was Labour Day and as usual I greeted it with trepidation. Could summer really have flown by so quickly…as usual? I’ll tell you what I didn’t do…I didn’t go to the cottage or sit on the dock overlooking a beautiful lake. There was no Cape Cod trip this summer…we haven’t had one for quite a few years but hopefully next summer will bring us to the ocean and a cottage hidden in the woods. I did get together with friends, went to a Kentucky Derby party in Montreal with my daughter and granddaughter. Hubby and I sat on our front porch nearly every evening with the usual cocktail, saying “hello” to passing neighbours, ordering the dog not to bark every time another dog walked by. I allowed myself the luxury of hiring a wonderful gardener who transformed the messy back garden into something quite beautiful. Too bad there were so many bugs back there and too bad Colby, our German Shepherd loved to romp around the freshly tidied plants and flowers because that was a tad irritating.. I spent lots of time with my granddaughter who is delightful! I worked very diligently on making new lampshades (www.gingerartlamps.com) for the upcoming Cabbagetown Arts & Crafts Fair, I started horseback riding for the first time since my hip surgery last summer and that was definitely a good thing. And there are lots of things that I did but can’t remember! So I guess it was a good summer and even though it’s still officially not over Labour Day means that the leaves will be turning colours soon, and kids will be thinking of Halloween. As for me I know it’s over when sis-in-law and I discuss what we will be cooking for the High Holidays and I go through my wardrobe and try to decide what I will wear to Synagogue. I took lots of pictures and very recently treated myself to a new camera. I upgraded to the Canon T2i which I’ve only had for less than 2 weeks. I think I love it so far, but haven’t even looked at the manual yet to see what it can really do. Following are some recent pictorial highlights…. Last week before David went on holiday he came over for breakfast and a visit with my granddaughter. David is an avid newspaper reader and it looks like Evie might be too.
David loves to read and catch up on the news and while he weas doing that she looked for articles about anything that concerned babies..
When suddenly she spotted an article about pureed prunes and went into a frenzy of excitement!
She shared the article with Uncle David who thought that she should have the experience of eating a page or two!
But I didn’t think it was a great idea – for one thing the article she was starting to taste was about Rob Ford and Don Cherry and I really didn’t approve so I said “no” and she wasn’t happy!
So back to square one and life returned to normal!
