And we didn't even have an Indian summer !! Well, Thanksgiving Weekend was awesome, but since that time it has rained, snowed and the wind has been incredibly high. Global warming my butt!
Billy managed to save the lives of the moose around his camp this year; so his trip was relatively uneventful. In fact, it rained and snowed everyday he was gone so they didn't get a lot of hunting done. He came home on Friday and teased me by calling my cell phone and saying "You will be impressed by what is hanging in our backyard." I left work early only to find that it was our ladder, that he had brought back from the camp, hanging on a hook on our fence. Whew....No Bullwinkle in my tree:)
On Friday October 20th, the Great White Hunter and his lovely bride Tina came to the Legion to join us for dinner. They were a bit late, so I ate early then traveled home to brush my teeth and grab my laptop. Once we got to the station and uploaded Greg's music he had compiled, we got down to having some fun on the air. The next three hours went by in a blur; and before we knew it, it was 950 and time to catch the boat.
Here is the only picture I took that sort of turned out:
In my haste, I raced out of the station and left my purse sitting on the counter. The next day, I got up early and caught the 8:30 am boat back over. Tom was at the station and had a great laugh at me being such an absent-minded doofus. On my way home from that boat, something caught my eye as I approached Millhaven Pen:
The next night (Sunday) I picked up my friend Christine and off to Grant Hall (Queen's) we went. Sarah Harmer and her band were playing and the depressing downpour of rain was not about to keep us away. After finding a great parking spot in the underground parking lot, we walked up one flight of stairs and Grant Hall was right in front of us! Good thing we didn't bother with umbrella's!! The show was fantastic but the seating was bad. We didn't get there early enough to get a 'good' seat so we got as close to the stage, on the balcony as we could. The seats were very uncomfortable but I didn't care as the music was soothing and relaxing and I was not going to miss out on another Sarah show. Here is a picture of the band as they performed:
I have to say, I have never been to such a quiet concert. Everyone was silent and I felt like I had to wait to clap....Very strange.
Yesterday, we picked up Harly and Judy and traveled to Brockville to spend the day at our friends Cheri & Kenny's house. They are fortunate to live in a beautiful 150 year old Limestone farmhouse that sits on a 100 acre original plot. This home has been in Cheri's family for many years and she has a lot of documents and memorabilia to do with the history of the property. It rained all day so we basically stayed inside. We spent the entire day eating, chatting and enjoying each others company. This picture was taken as we enjoyed our first table full of snacks:
Billy brought his famous pizza dip, so that mixed well with the taco chips and salsa that was already on the table. There was also shrimp, veggies and some really tasty cheese and crackers.
Here is a picture Cheri took of me at the dining room table:
And this is Harly and Judy....as I check the hockey scores on my cell phone. (I cant be away from hockey on a Saturday night)
We got home just in time to watch the final shootout between the leafs and the Habs. How sweet it was to see the Leafs win! And my Bruins one as well, over the Sens. Thanx Big Chara!!!
Today (Sunday), we went to the Legion to have breakfast and were kind of shocked to see the crowd there. I am not sure if it is the time change or if the word is out that their food is GREAT, but that place is getting busier and busier every Sunday morning. I am glad I suggested that they open on Sundays:)
Ok, here is hoping that this work week goes fast. I don't think I have any meetings this week, so I need to concentrate on downloading a pile of music, and maybe even get a CD done that I promised someone at work 4 weeks ago that I would complete.
Yes we just passed Friday the 13th and it was relatively uneventful. Except my new manager called a meeting for 3-4 pm on Friday and at 415 I had to excuse myself. I had to get home, pick up Bill, go back to the legion, have dinner, race back home, brush my teeth and grab my laptop to catch the 630 ferry. It had been very windy for the past few days and the wind was not about to die off just because I was traveling across the north channel! It wasn't too bad going over, but coming back was another story. I was the only car on the 10 and even though I was in the stern, the waves were coming over the bow and the swells were deep. The only thing I could see were the lights from the mainland bouncing up and down. Then when I realized we were facing Millhaven Pen., the captain cranked the boat by 180degrees to the east and traveled with the waves to the ferry dock. What a feeling! I took pictures, but guess what? I mistakenly deleted all the pictures on my memory card before downloading them to my laptop! Not too bright eh?
Ok so last weekend was Thanksgiving. It was just a long weekend for us. Our son didn't come home and my brother and his fiancee were both working. So I managed to take Friday off and made it a 4 day weekend. The weather was beautiful and I was happy I borrowed a camera from work. I stopped at a park just between here and Amherstview and took some pictures. The sun was so bright and the colours seemed to be so bright!
I also stopped at Fairfield Park and took a pile of pictures as well. This is the Fairfield "White House' that was just painted a few days before I took this picture.
That night was a harvest moon. It came up from the horizon in the East and the sun dropped in the west. It was a weird view from the top of the ferry. That's the great thing about getting to know the ferry staff...I can bribe them to allow me to go upstairs for a few photo opportunities.
The next morning, we got up early and went to Morrison's for breakfast and then tripped over a multitude of people at the farmers market. MAN was it busy there! It was such a beautiful day so I am sure we were not alone in our quest for some fresh air. We drove over to visit my bro for a bit before heading for home.
We had parked right across from St Georges and I thought I couldn't let this photo op slip by without capture the colour of the trees vs the limestone.
On the way home, we stopped at our friend Sue's place. Of course I had to take a few pictures of the lake. The clouds were reflecting nicely off the cold dark blue body of water:
The rest of the weekend was spent doing outdoor chores such as painting and getting the boat ready for the winter. Instead of having a traditional thanksgiving dinner, I went into town and bought Mino's take out. YUM!
I would gladly share all my pink sunrise pictures from this past week, but I deleted them:( DAMN...I just realized I deleted our first snow pictures from Thursday evening as well! Does that mean that if I don't have proof, it might not have been real snow?
Ok, so here I sit, its Sunday night, Billy is gone hunting and I'm watching Disney?! I need a hobby!
Yes I have fallen back into the bad habit of not updating my blog...and I was doing so well!
Ok, so we went to a housewarming party at our friends Stephanie and Shayne's house in Kingston. I have posted pictures of their new digs a few weeks ago...but it certainly looked different with their furniture and computers set up! Shayne's boss and co-workers were there and were definitely enjoying themselves. Our friends Clarke and Ted showed up as well! It was a fantastic night and I didn't have to drive, as Bill promised to be my DD. (for a change)
Billy made the best version of his pizza dip EVER and it disappeared in no time! And our friend Nancy Slater was present in order to say goodbye to us all, as she has now started co-hosting a morning show in North Bay.
Here is a picture of Shayne, getting fresh with my husband:
The night of the party, I gave Shayne my laptop to take a look at, as we thought it was overheating. Turns out the cpu is at a perfect temperature but I had a virus and a lot of spyware issues. Tuesday morning I went to pick my unit, and drive Shayne to work. On the way there, I had some time to kill, so I pulled off at the Collins Bay Church and took some pictures as the sun was coming up.
After dinner that night, I had to catch the 630 boat for a 730 meeting at the lodge on Amherst island. Of course I had to bring my camera (as it never leaves my purse) and take a few pictures as the sun went down. This one was taken from the waterfront, in front of the lodge:
On Friday, I worked till 3, then met my friend Louise and off to Ottawa we went. We had tickets to see the red Hot Chili Peppers since May, and yes they were burning a hole in our pockets. On the way up we stopped in Carleton Place for a bite to eat. When we pulled in to a Harvey's, I was confused by a sign right beside the building:
The show was AWESOME, and I will only bore you with one picture....The rest can be viewed by checking out my photobucket page, and clicking on the slideshow button:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v294/cchristmas/2006%20Pictures/September%202006/Red%20Hot%20Chili%20Peppers/
This picture was of Flea and Anthony K hopping in unison:
After getting home at 1am, and having a partial nights sleep, I decided to follow the men into the ChiliFest for the day. The sun was out and I wasn't into hanging around the house and cleaning all day! As soon as I got there, the guys were ready to rush off and test the many different booths. I stayed back and watched Mikes car. This '38 Chevy looks like a gangster car to me:) Check out the grills:
The day was sunny and I had to capture the moment somehow:
On Sunday, we went to the Legion for breakfast, ran into Mike, Louise and Andrew there and were fed quite well! Then we went down to the marina to see if the boat ramp was free for us to take out boat out for the season:( Of course I had to take a few pictures of this event. It was a calm day but the sun played some funny tricks with the camera. This one looked like a rocket had blasted off:
I liked the way the sun was reflecting off the water in this one:
And here is Billy, preparing to drive the boat around to the boat ramp one last time:
We weren't home an hr and the sky opened up and started to pour on us, again:
Then as quickly as it appeared, it drifted off and the sun came out. It was the best time to take a picture of the vine on the side of our house, that has turned such a beautiful shade of red:
Maybe this weekend I will get caught up again and get a chance to update. That is, if anything exciting happens in my life:)
