New Year's Eve Party

Today I did a New Years Eve party for some children at the Library. One of the activities was a set of home-made Pinatas. It was interesting to see the difference between the boys' behavior and the girls'.

Ladies Who Lunch

Here's Eb , Margie and myself having lunch at the Spicy Thai.

Wind Storm

A big wind storm on Sunday knocked over an evergreen at Colleen and Scott's place. Here's Scott inspecting the situation.
Colleen sent a picture to CHCH news and they used it on television. Fortunately, the tree didn't damage anything.

Christmas 2008

Fran sent me a DVD of a crackling fire.

Here's Christian with his new transport truck

I helped Colleen make dinner.
Christian had so many presents, he didn't see this Mechanic's workbench that I gave him until the next day.

Beamsville will be Hockeyville!

On Saturday, Ted and I went to the rally to support Beamsville's bid to be the Kraft Hockeyville for 2009. There were outdoor rinks for the kids....

......Facepainting and entertainment (note the tree decorated with Kraft Dinner boxes)....

and hockey jerseys for sale.

Birds

The Mourning Doves are waiting for the little birds to do their work.

Juncoes, sparrows and finches can eat from this neat feeder from Lee Valley.Now we can all eat!

30 Years ago

Brendan sampling the wrapping paper on his first Christmas

Handel would be proud

Last night, Eb and I and another friend went to Grimsby to see Chorus Niagara's presentation of the Messiah. A wonderful performance! Here's a link to their site: http://www.chorusniagara.ca/

Library Christmas Party

House Tour, Niagara-on-the-Lake

We started at the Old Rectory

Then we saw several rooms in the Prince of Wales Hotel.

George Bernard was keeping warm on Queen Street.

Our Birthday

On Sunday, both Christian and I celebrated our birthdays at Colleen and Scott's place. Here's Christian looking at the Elmo cake Colleen made

Here's the cake!

I'm trying to persuade Christian to blow out his candle.

Catching up again

The last roses of summer. I picked these on November 16.

At the Royal Winter Fair

Here is Eb deciding what orchid to buy at the St. Catharines Orchid Show.

My Japanese maple in early November.

Halloween

Here's Christian in his monkey costume. He was not at all fazed by seing the other kids dressed up, and loved going around to my neighbours.
Here are some of us at work. We dressed up for the United Way.

Halloween is coming!

Here's my Jack-o-Lantern

Some October scenes

Kinsmen Park, Beamsville

Chrysanthemum Show, Gage Park, Hamilton

Devil's Punchbowl, Hamilton

Edgewater Manor, Stoney Creek. A very posh restaurant!

Craft Show at Balls Falls

One of the exhibitors - lots of bling

Christian testing a gourd.

SculptArt at RBG

Christian was very impressed with the masses of chrysanthemums

This is called "Unzip the Earth" by Beamsville artist Floyd Elzinga

Christian tries to get a better look at a heron fountain.

Christian stays at Grandma's

The cupboards needed rearranging

Holiday to Agawa Canyon and beyond

On Sunday we set out through Michigan to Sault Ste. Marie. On Tuesday we took the Algoma Central Railway to the Agawa Canyon. I climbed 300 steps to the Lookout, where I took this picture.

Back in the Soo, we visited the Roberta Bondar Pavilion, where Ted took my picture beside some of this bear's friends.

We came home via Manitoulin Island and took the Chi-Cheemaun to Tobermory.

Sailing in Kempenfelt Bay

On Saturday, we joined Ted's son Jim and his partner Lorraine for an afternoon of sailing on his boat, the Allegro Andante.

Here's Jim and Lorraine

Wine always helps.

Hobnobbing

Last night we attended a University of Toronto Alumni Reception at Stoney Ridge Winery in Vineland. Here are Ted and me with David Peterson, Chancellor of the University and former Premier of Ontario.

Beamsville Fair

Watering the Bunnies

At the midway

Catching up on my Blog

Today, Eb and Margie and I went to Balls Falls for a picnic and a hike. It was a change from our usual evening suppers.

On Sunday , we went to the Cirque du Soleil at Copp's Colliseum in Hamilton.No picture-taking was allowed inside.

Ted's cousin Gail married Bob on Saturday. Her oldest granddaughter - blue dress -was her attendant.

The annual pilgrimage to the St. Jacobs market.

It is so colourful at the end of August. Now I know where all the best Niagara peaches go.

Jim Bradley and myself at his annual barbeque

On August 24, we saw the Red Sox (narrowly) defeat the Blue Jays in 11 innings. The game started with the dome closed, but we watched it open when the weather cleared.

Tonya Berbeek put Beamsville on the map, with her wrestling win at the Olympics

Then Fran came for a quick visit.

At the end of July, Ted and I took the Canadian Empress Cruise from Quebec City to Kingston.