Hats Off!

S is in the drum line at high school, and part of their new uniform includes a baseball cap with an awesome design on the front.  He hasn't taken it off all day.  The competition is tomorrow ... fingers crossed!

High Fliers

When the phone rang I didn't imagine that we'd be 2000 feet in the air before the day was through, but that's exactly what happened. A friend with an airplane was coming to our local airport in a Cessna Skyline so we piled in the car and met him there. Other friends were staying with us (check out cutie C with S&J) and they came too. It was so gloriously sunny and clear, a perfect day for flying. We killed some time waiting for the plane to arrive, rolling around on the grass and climbing rocks.

Then we climbed into the little plane and put on the headphones. The engine roared, the plane shimmied, we lifted off ... !!  My stomach lurched, my head swam, then I totally got wrapped up in looking down and trying to identify the places I knew, and I completely forgot about barfing.  

 J loved it! 

The view of the city was amazing! Seeing the farms and creeks and schools from above was so interesting and thrilling. It all looked like a miniature play set, complete with cows and cars and other planes flying around us.  What a wonderful adventure!  

The Circus Comes To Town

Final Touches in the Loo

You wouldn't think it would be very hard to select a mirror and light fixture for the main floor powder room, but it was! Finally, after much head-scratching, I bought a large round mirror, frameless but with a bevelled edge, which looks polished and doesn't distract from everything else in the small room, and it's width is exactly the same as the vanity, so it fits quite well. 

The light fixture was equally difficult to decide on. I was looking for something interesting and not a duplicate of the lights in the upstairs bath, something a bit modern to go with the Ikea cabinets.  And behold!  I found it at Lowes.  (Or should I say Lowes and Behold!?)  This has three small lamps, each taking a 60 watt bulb.  Nice and bright!

Tricky McTrickster

Scooby knows a new trick, thanks to lots of practice with a certain young lady with the initial K who really deserves a puppy of her own ...  hee hee.

One, Two, Three, Forsythia

 My Mother's Day present last year included a few plants, one of which is the forsythia which is sporting some spiffy plumage these days, thanks to the glorious weather and generous rainfall.  Is it too soon in the year? Has Jack Frost got a surprise up his icy sleeve for us?  The mornings have been spooky with drifting fog, and the ambiance is quite lovely.  This photo below doesn't entirely capture the solemnity of the sunrise, but I had to share it with you!

Home Again, Home Again

While we were away, our area was battered by a terrible rain storm with high winds and ferocious thunder and lightning. The rainfall, combined with quickly melting snow, was so significant in such a short period of time that there was a flash flood on our road, washing away entire portions including a piece right beside our driveway.  With the ground so soft, P took the opportunity to smooth it all out on the ATV.  

And what gorgeous weather!  Warm and sunny and smelling of spring. The upside is the burgeoning growth in the gardens: are these daffodils? Crocuses? Can't recall what I planted there!  

March Broke

March Break is done and now we are March BROKE! But it was worth it ... wasn't it?  Look at all the fun we had!

Surfing, riding the lazy river, swimming, hanging out and relaxing ... 


What a wonderful week!

Road Trip!

It's March and it's cold in Canada.  But we wouldn't know about that because we're on a road trip to the sunny south! Armed with yummy snacks, we drove for two days and we have arrived in the land of sunshines and orange trees.  On the agenda: swimming, swimming, swimming and then a bit more swimming.

Sunny Endeavors

I'm not quite sure what madness possessed me but the minivan is clean, inside at least. The sunshine was beckoning and I couldn't resist. Vacuumed, windexed, wiped and polished. Who needs to pay for detailing when Scooby and I can do such a fine job ourselves?  And who minds the few paw prints on the seats?  Not I!

We even filled the washer fluid, of which we haven't used much this season, thanks to the mild weather.  As for the outside of the van, it's supposed to rain later this week.  Who needs to pay for a carwash?