September 1 - 4th

Celebrated September (pre- going back to school on Thursday for Sue-Jane) by going to Smith's Falls again - this time with Kathy and Will.  Everyone loved the food - as usual!  September 4th was Cheryl's 60th birthday, and Lydia and Addy organized a surprise at Zola's restaurant in Bell's Corners.  An awesome time was had by all - Cheryl looked wonderful and was really surprised!  I spoiled the actual moment by arriving in the parking lot, three cars away from her, just as she and her daughters were getting out of the car!  Sort of let the cat out of the bag there . . .

Birthday finery!

Lydia and Adrienne

The first of many, many tequila shots

No more tequila shots for you, honey!

Kim, Cheryl's sister

August 11th - 27th

Pretty busy month, really - spent a lot of time in my rv, sorting through the boxes I've had stored at Sherry's place for the past three years!  August 11th was Oved's birthday - celebrated with dinner at the chinese buffet in the Emerald Plaza  on Merivale Rd.; looked after Kim and Danny's dog for a weekend, in their apartment next to Lincoln Fields Mall; went to Smith's Falls for schnitzel - awesome restaurant with homemade Hungarian, German, and Bavarian food; then Judi's birthday party; then Chris' (Sue-Jane's grandson) birthday dinner at East Side Mario's!!  Also my Monday afternoon craft group at Judy's house.

Oved's birthday dinner

My Little Ponies??

Jules loves that ball!

Smith's Falls 

On the main street

Smith's Falls

Inside My Place

Judi contemplating the menu

Sue-Jane doing the same!

Laura, with her stacks of squares!

Judy's house - Hilda and Irene

Ready for the quilting weekend

The texter and the talker . . . 

Barb, Carolyn, Shawn, Tony, Erin

The dinner table

Kids on the back porch

Caught with a mouthful!

Sisters

Judi, Kathy, Barry

The Birthday Girl in all her finery!

Will being . . . well . . . Will

Will and Judi

In East Side Mario's for Chris' birthday

A picture of Sue-Jane about to take a picture of . . . 

Kids at one end; adults at the other!

July 27-31st

Finally got to see Kara and Bobby's new house!  I went to Toronto for five days and stayed with them - a wonderful opportunity to just hang out and be a part of their lives for awhile - just what I needed!  They took me to see the new Aquarium, which was okay, but not fantastic.  Not sure whether I've just seen too many aquariums, or if the one at Moody Gardens  in Galveston is just too awesome or what, but although the Toronto one was actually phenomenal in places (the part where one walks through a tunnel underneath the water, for example), I just wasn't overly impressed.  It was great to see it, though - I've been wanting to go there ever since it opened! I also got to spend an afternoon with Julia in Kensington Market - awesome!  Plus dinner in a diner with all of us, including Leon, whom I finally got to meet!  Amazing smile that man has - and the personality to match!

Bobby & Kara's back yard

Barkley's favourite place

Home of the Blue Jays

Cool octopus

Anemones

Shark!

Tunnel under water

Really cool fish

Weedy seadragon!

Piranhas!

Bobby and Kara in the diner

Julia and Leon looking askance . . . 

Almost the whole fam damily - minus Gregory and Anna

Bobby & Kara's living room

Barkley posing

That's my boy!

Julia and The Car - Kensington

Plants growing out of The Car

Typical Kensington shop

Inside the gluten-free bake shop!

Dining room

Kitchen

Front hallway

And so long for now!