This is the bottom of the hill up to the fireplace.
You have to go across the property to the other
side of the cottage where here door is.
A long jaunt to carry those large pots..

Behind that wooden cupboard is a brick fireplace
that my Dad biult years ago. My Mom and Dad
rented this cottage for the summer off of the person
who finally sold it to my sister..
When they had the tornado last year and no hydro
for 5 days my sister used it to cook all the meat in
hers and her daughter cottage next door.
She had to boil all her water up there.
It quit a jaunt from her cottage door to the fireplace
with big pots of water. Lets not forget she fills her 15
hummingbird feeder twice a day with boiled sugar water.
I don't know how she did it...

Look at these 2 beauties. We are going back there
some time in the first 2 weeks of August after our
family reunion. So you know I'm bringing some
white cotton the wrap around these. The rusting
will be stunning, I can't wait to see it...

This little guy was always sitting on the basket.
He has a nest above the light at the side of the
cottage. His home is in the next pic .

Here is the nest the bird lives in. The babys flew
out the week before we got there..

Love this shot with the raindrops on the table..

Well I got 3 of them in the pic some. times
there are 5 of them at the 2 feeders.
They fight so much thinking the feeder is theirs
and they move so fast it hard to get them all
in the pic at the same time..

Last one, on the way home in all the swamps
thousands of Lilly pads with their beautiful flowers
I would have loved to get a handful of them..

NEW DECORATED TREASURE BOOK

The front, I tried to paint the sides
to match the top, it wasn't easy
and doesn't match perfectly..

The side..

The inside, I covered the sides with
gold lame and some hand made
paper on the bottom..

Here's me taking a pic of the top.

I had some slivers of paper from

the poured ink I made, so they fit

right in the top part. I attempted

to color the sides the same:):)

THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY

Cathy the anniversary girl having big fun.
Her brother David is behind her and her daughter..
No pics of her husband Tom came out pohoo:(:(
Sandy these pics of the party are for you..
It hard to belive they have been married
that long, I can remeber Cathy and I playing
when we were young. Time just flys by..

This is Tom's brother Jim Whitter.
You might have heard of him.
He is one of Canada's big Country Music singer.
Also his beautiful wife Becky..

This is Cathy and Toms son Tylor with his fiance.
Young love, they were stuck to each other all night.
They took all the jokes about it very well:):)
Their daughter pic below...

My Great niece Arden and Rick her boyfriend.
She looks so much like her Mom when she was young.
Arden use to have realy long hair, its just growing
back in now, she cut it bald for cancer.
She is so pretty she even look beautiful
with it bald..

This is my niece Lori and my great niece..

Crapy pics, I know most of my pics didn't come
out, not sure if I need new rechargable batteries.
I had to show the food that was amasing.
They had the dinner ordered in. Salads wrapper,
spring rolls,salads and all kinds of meat kabos..
The Chef sets it all up including dishes.
They come back and take it all away.
Now thats how to do food at a party,
no cooking or dishes after:):)
It was fantastic...

The deserts were plenty, they even had a fountain
of chocolate to dip the fruit in. it was all too yummy..

HOLIDAY WEEKEND

Its Canada weekend, so Shiela and I went to the
It's Your Festival at Gage Park to see a friend of mine play
Russ Wilson and his band opened for the Stampeders.
The have food from around the world, music at different
parts of the park. This is the big Band Shell for the bigger acts.
All the local artist have booths selling their art.
I got to see lots of people I hadn't seen for years.
The weather has cooled off still hot but our humidity
is gone thank goodness I so I could go.
We had a great time...

Russ with his lead guitar player..

Some of the other band members..