Monday (the holiday) was spent at the cottage, hanging out, swimming and boating. Tuesday was market day, so we took a trip downtown to buy some supplies for making dill pickles.
I tried a few macro shots while I was there:
The sun was so bright that day, it made even the oldest buildings look great. This is the old Whig Standard Building that will soon be the new home to The Keg Restaurant.
We were meeting up with a friend for lunch at Stoney's patio. It was hard not to be tempted by the beauty of City Hall while we waited.
On Wednesday, we took off in the boat after lunch and went for a cruise to the back beach. It was so humid and smoggy, it looked like this ship that was escaping from the cement plant was a 'ghost ship'.
After dinner, we went to Sue and John's for a visit. When we got there, it appeared we had arrived too late:
Here is a picture of Sue's flowers by the door. Notice how the hue of the blossoms bring out the honey colour of the logs:
On Thursday, Bill spent the afternoon making pickles (a summer-holiday ritual) while I cleaned the house. That evening, we attended a family BBQ out in Glenvale at my cousin Linda's house. It was such a beautiful evening till the food came out, then the skies opened up and poured buckets on us.
Bill took this picture of one of the kids diving into the cake, amongst the arms of the adults.
Obviously the 'vacation mode' was evident in our household this past week, as even our buddy Jethro thought he was on holidaze:)
On Friday, we brought the boat home so Bill could vacuum it and give it a good bath as there was quite a bit of green scum stuck to the bottom of her. We wanted the vessel to look good when we took out friends out for a day-trip on Saturday.
And what a beautiful day it turned out to be. Shayne and Steph had a fantastic time 'doing nothing' on the boat:) We dropped off dinner at the cottage before heading around to the back beach. The winds were minimal, so we decided to travel all along the south side of the island, for a change. After Bill discovered we had left the lunch meat and all the fixings for wraps back at the cottage, we decided to have a liquid lunch. Here is a picture of Shayne and I, yapping away, as Stephanie looks on.
This is Billy, up to his old tricks. I still don't know how he drives that boat backwards:)
We ended up at the cottage for the afternoon, and ended up staying for dinner. Our friend Jimmy was kind enough to show us his new trick. Her can pull a beer bottle out of a coffee cup. GAwd I have some amazing friends:)
By the end of the day, all the guys had bonded. Here is a picture I call the three stooges:
As the sun went down, I snapped this picture from the dock...Through the railing of Rogers boat.
On Sunday, we headed back to the cottage for the day. I cant even keep track of how many times I was in and out of the water. We stalled at leaving as we knew that our holiday had finally come to a close. Once we got back to the marina, I thought I better take one last picture with the camera I had borrowed from work for the past month. This is the view from our dock.
Next weekend we will be traveling down to Confederation Basin to see the Poker run boats. Hope the weather is as good as it was this past week.
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