Terry and I recently joined our son and grandson for a lovely meal...
It was totally last minute!
We started out heading to a food truck that had a hamburger special - only to discover that they had run out of hamburger!
(Did we want anything else?!)
Another option was a nearby brew pub we had been to once before - years ago - in Ashton...
The food was delicious!
The view from the screened porch looked down the hill (cliff?) to the river.
(But the beams looked SOLID!)
Glad we were impulsive!
One of my friends has a patio oasis I love to sit in.
There's a pond nearby...
Lots of potted flowers - plus the sound of running water makes it a peaceful place to relax or chat..
My kids used to enjoy "Where's Waldo?" type books.
I remember a Richard Scarry book where an ant or a "lowly worm" appeared on every page - and we used to hunt for them.
Also - trying to get them comfortable in French - I bought a book called "Ou Est Pere Noel?" ("Where is Father Christmas?") with lots of Santas on every page... and we hunted for them, too.
Hunting for bees (or wasps?) on this photo of Japanese anemones reminds me of this game. I pointed the camera in the direction of bees buzzing around flowers. I MUST HAVE captured a few... But where are they?!
Last week Jericho had a few days of "Grandma Camp."
Out came the toys!
Actually, it was Grandma AND Grandpa camp. Here they are coming back from checking out a giant blow-up gorilla...
Grandpa led the field trip to Arnprior...
We all enjoyed the visit with the chickens at the Needham Farm.
There was also Lego fun.
Jericho showed us that he was also skilled at washing dishes by hand! All in all, a fun and busy few days!
Today is my parents' wedding anniversary.
The wedding ceremony took place in 1944 at a church in south Edmonton, Alberta.
The reception was at my grandparents' rural home - just south of the city.
The top picture is mom and her bridesmaids at her parents' farmhouse...
This picture shows my mother's wedding cake - which she baked and decorated. She kept the top layer on display in the china cabinet for years - until we moved to Kelowna, in fact. That would have been about 15 years later. I remember her sadness at saying goodbye to the cake, a special souvenir of her wedding day.
I really have no idea how long top layers of wedding cakes were kept - but it was a tradition to keep them on display. I don't think they were intended to be eaten. The icing never attracted mice or ants, to my recollection!
Here is part of the group who attended the wedding. My father is standing to my mother's right.
I wonder if my mother and her family prepared all the food - or if friends contributed gifts of food...
I never thought to ask.
Month by month the flowers change - just like my carefully planned perennials do.
Planted by nature - wind, birds and squirrels - they're always beautiful!
I should post regular photos of roadside (or wayside) flowers... just as I do photos of my own flowers - and the sky.
Terry and I were planning a day of "Grandma Camp" with our grandson.
Among the activities I suggested was a visit to a pick-your-own-vegetables farm that Terry and I had visited last year.
I looked forward to picking - and eating - tomatoes fresh off the vine.
I also remembered some exotic-looking free-range chickens wandering around.
Would they still be there?!
They were! Jericho enjoyed hanging out with them.
Then he found an egg - smaller than ones we buy at the grocery store. He took it over to give to the lady in charge.
You can have it, she said.
What can I do with it? he asked.
You can eat it, she replied.
He wasn't sure about that! He held on to it all the way home. A little crack eventually developed.
When we got home, we asked him what he wanted to do with his egg.
Tomorrow, I'll open it. If it's an egg, I'll eat it. If there's a little chicken inside, I won't.
Nice to see that he has figured out a plan!
