Friday, July 2, 2010

Buggy in Brandon...

Recovering from a nasty splash...Poor Mara was caught standing too close to the splash pool by her older sibs who were delighted to see her standing here. She's trying to decide if she should complain or not...
Here the nutters are leaping off the stairs in to the puddle pool. They wanted to jump from the 3rd or 5th step...ah, nope, but nice try!
When you first get your walking feet, this is a huge step down...
A unique entry style to the pool...and good abs I'm thinking cuz he held this pose for a while for me! :D
Showin' his sis a little love and posing!
Someone with a soggy backside (from sitting on the grass too close to the pool), then sat in the sandbox and here she's trying to decide whether or not she should lick her hands!
Sand gone, she found a book in the playhouse, planted herself on the front veranda under the flower box and "read" her book...
Big sis, little sis hanging out on the front steps of the playhouse...
Levi, the watergun graffiti artist! He was writing his name but I'm pretty sure the "L" is backwards bud!
All cozy in her BIG soft beach towel!
What a goof!
He asked me to take his picture in this chair, just like this, becuase he told me he was waaaaaay too tired to even sit properly in the chair!

If you must stay in the city in the summer...

Then you need to have some sunny spots to relax...
This tiny park along the river is one of my spots...
And then of course there's always my balcony...
Close to water, comfy chairs, lucky lizard, fake plants (:D)...
Citronella candles...just in case...
A great recliner, more fake plants (:D), time, humidity guage and a thermometer in fahrenheit for my American friends...also a couple spiders, like it or not!

Happy 39 Years Together

Happy 39th Anniversary, Mom & Dad!
So grateful to have parents who still faithfully love & respect each other after many years...wishing you many, many more years together!

Friday, June 11, 2010

Close proximity to Prickly Porky...

So just east of Kenora, the traffic was light and I was zipping along until I spotted this shy & unfriendly creature...
He promptly & rudely turned his back and flashed me his prickly, white backside!
And after much tormenting & weird animal noises from me, it made a terrified run for the bush to escape me & my vehicle!
What odd little creatures!

Goin' to the lakeside and I'm...

in a vehicle game of follow the leader...in this long & winding line of city folk heading to the lake country...
...it's a slow paced game at times...yes, I'm going under 80kms/hr, but it was 9pm, the sun was shining and the temp was 24oC, so all is good...
...that's right, only 1 car coming in the other direction and still a whole line of us headed east...
...you start feeling yourself unwind as you spot happy camps like this one...
...and winding, solitary stretches like this one...
Ah...the lake country!

Dryden Centennial Air Show

Looking towards the crowd - an interesting crowd to say the least...
If you need to know exactly what kind of plane this was besides the fact that is it silver and could open the bottom hatch & drop bombs...you'll have to research it...cuz I wasn't paying attention...
Safely back on the ground...
This familiar looking couple I saw there...
An old war plane...detailed, I know!
Ontario MNR Waterbomber...
Mr Blue Hat - Hello Geat Uncle Howard...
Possibly called a Warthog? Loved the teeth on the front...and the explosives demo that went with it...
Bomber in action...
Fire Rescue Copter & ground crew...
Prime Minister Stephen Harper even came...and here he was leaving...on a jet plane...
Snowbirds!!!! #s 1 through...9
Going up...
and down...
and upside down...you know...I really think I should have been a pilot...I could enjoy this!
What a ride!
Loved this random pattern...
And this "fan" one...with only 7 of the 9...
And a final overhead pass...
Haven't see the Snowbirds for years - they were great and I was busy watching so didn't get too many pics of them. Super talented!

My happy place...

The new boardwalk across the hillside by my beach...
The view of the government dock from the boardwalk...
Feel free to be completely jealous of the awesome BLUE of this sky...
More of the boardwalk by the beach...
The new picnic shelter/deck at Pine Tree Park by the dock...
You are here!
The place to be in the summer!
Mom's Iris' - love them!
And I'm not really much of a fan of purple...but these are great!