Being the creative type, I can't leave the website alone for very long -thus, the new main image change.  Of course, I always like to feature my favourite model -willing or not.  This one I played a bit with a nostalgic look and added a bit of texture.  I think it fits the feel of the old dock & water jug. 

I love my job!

I feel like the biggest gardening loser for not being able to grow green beans this year!  My first try, planted in the ground about 4 weeks ago are pretty pathetic -only half came up, some the leaves were plucked as soon as they sprouted, and the last couple are barely hanging on.  I decided if we want any bean harvest at all, I'd better start a new batch inside; so I pulled out my teeny shot glasses, enlisted the aid of my little helper & we planted 8 more seeds.  These seeds are from the healthy harvest we had last year, so I'm hopeful.  

C'mon little beans!  These are usually the easiest things in the world to grow!

When the heat & humidity of Barrie gets to be too much, we are fortunate enough to be able to escape to a wonderful cottage on Lake Muskoka.  There, we find plenty to keep us occupied.

Like float away the day.

Discover where the river runs.

Share some lunch on the dock with a new friend.

Have a little swim with some new friends.

Eat some more.  Must keep the energy up.

Enjoy some morning sunshine blowing bubbles with Grandma.

And of course, being a little squirt.

Thanks to Marcia & Sam for having us up, all our friends & family who came to visit, and all the Health Club members for yet another memorable Muskoka vacation!

My enterprising young son is looking for ways to make money -he's saving for a trip to Disneyland, you know.  Apparently his "Chore Chart" isn't raking it in as quickly as he'd like.  At around 9:30pm the other night, when we thought he was long asleep, he came out of his room to announce that he had a "great idea to make money", a Kissing Booth!  Of course... that's how one always thinks to earn extra funds...

Despite cringing at the mere thought of strangers or neighbours actually kissing him on the mouth, and stressing to him that friends kiss on the cheeks, I couldn't resist the potential photo opportunity. He made $1.10; one loonie from a neighbour who kindly let me reap the rewards in the form of 10 juicey kisses (entirely worth the gravel imbedded in my knees), and 10 cents from Daddy.  He lasted all of 10 minutes in there.  Alas, much to his disappointment, none of Gavin's "girlfriends" had any cash on them that day.  What am I going to do with him?  

This will be the quickest post ever, but I just had to mark the occassion.  This blog has received over 10,000 visits as of today!  Unbelieveable! 

I've only been posting since October & never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I'd be getting so many regular visits.  Thank you to everyone who keeps coming back for more & thank you to those who take the time to leave a comment.  I'll keep posting if you keep visiting.

Canada Day is one of my favourite holidays, call me patriotic; but something about all that red and white and graphic maple leaves, just tugs on my pride.  This year, Gavin designed his own t-shirt -I think it looks really great, don't you?  It was an easy craft -just draw with crayon on a piece of sandpaper, then iron it to the t-shirt -easy peasy.

Canada Day wouldn't be Canada Day without chocolate ice cream.  What?  That's not an official tradition?? 

By the way, not wanting to lug my heavy baby (camera) around all day, I tossed my trusty Canon Powershot Digital Elph into my purse.  This little treasure is 8 years old -one of the first point & shoot cameras on the consumer market -all 2.0 mega pixels of it.  That's right, you can get a great, well exposed, colour balanced,sharp image from a *2.0 mp point & shoot camera* if you take the time to learn how to use it.  

There was a Native singer on stage & Gavin decided to help her out by drumming out the beat with her.

An annual tradition, self portrait with uncooperative son.  Awwww.  May I mention, this is why I won't shoot you in direct sunlight -I like my clients, friends & family to look 20 times better than I do.

And finally, ended the day with the neighbourhood kids and two packages of jumbo sized sparklers.  Who could ask for a more celbratory day to honour this great country?

Oh yeah, if you didn't know, Canada Day was over on Tuesday at midnight, so enough with the fireworks at all hours, okay?  Thanks.