July 17th to 19th

Off again - to Cheryl's house for a few days! Love her garden, house, dog, etc., etc. - always very calming to the soul to visit here!

The pee tree . . . 

Cheryl and Henry!!

Mennonite farm, complete with horse and buggy - and wonder

July 1st to 16th

Canada Day went on without me this year - I really did nothing . . .  This brutal heat wave is really sapping my energy.  In fact, I've been spending a whole lot of time in Sue-Jane's air-conditioned house!  Managed to get to Bayshore and buy a pair of Fitflop sandals which I'll be wearing fulltime - hopefully they will continue to live up to the wonderful comfort of the pair I bought in Courtney (thanks to Elaine, who introduced me to them); got my tanks emptied at the Filtration Plant, preparatory to leaving on Tuesday; a couple of nice Sunday services at Southminster;  lovely dinner at Donna-Fay's house; absolutely stunning Rutter concert at Dominion Chalmers Church (I took Tony with me, which was a great choice, since he really enjoyed it too) featuring The Magnificat, we well as other Rutter pieces, all directed by Rutter himself!!  This Ottawa jaunt ended up with a birthday dinner for Sue-Jane!

Dominion Chalmers United Church - soon to be the property of Carleton University

John Rutter!!

Ruth brought balloons to the party!

66 and full speed ahead!

June 29th, 2018

Oved's high school graduation!  Hard to believe that little Oved has grown up - and Gabby, too!! Grad was held in the auditorium of Gloucester High School - and we went out to dinner that evening at Tucker's restaurant on the Market - really good buffet!

May 18th to June 28th, 2018

Back in Ottawa - trying to find things to do!  I sang my duet with Julia, which was great fun, and got two services in (one directed by Robert) before the summer schedule.  Attended the Ottawa Veg Fest, displayiing vegetarian foods; visited the Diefenbunker, which I had never seen before;  spent some relaxing time at Hogsback falls; experienced driving rain (briefly) from inside the house; visited Louise's awesome cottage near Val des Monts, on the Quebec side.

Good, good snacks at Veg Fest

Crowds at Veg Fest

Lineup to get into Veg Fest

Inside the Diefenbunker - command central

Computer., back in Diefenbunker era

Hogsback falls

Sunset over Athans - from my rv window

Louise's lake

Looking up the road from Louise's cottage