ANOTHER O'ROURKE ANNIVERSARY

FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF

CURTIS AND CHRISTINA

JULY 24, 2010

Christina's siblings

Curtis' siblings

Stratford friends

Sarnia friends

WE ALL WISH YOU

A

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

TODAY AT WEST 22 STAG ISLAND

It's hot hot hot

Gwendolyn having a cat nap

She has had many 'swims' today

to cool off

I must say I have been in the river many times today as well

This is such a comfy chair

A great place to sit with book in hand

I brought the chair home from Arizona

I brought the planter home from British Columbia

The bunkie is all set up

Any takers for a sleep over?????

I know

the boy

the girl

the young boy

and

the little boy

would jump at the chance

The hot weather has really brought out the best in the flowers

The Ruby Blues wine barrel 

makes a great planter

The flowers are spilling over

The colours are so vibrant

A few nails and a salvaged piece of wood will do a good job of patching the breakwall

Bing came out to see what Gwendolyn was up to on the dock

I think there are a couple of noodles sitting on the chair

Earlier this afternoon Joe and I walked up to the tip of the island

put those noodles under our arms and floated down river

to the cottage

The gardens are full of beautiful smelling lavender

All the flowers are leaning toward the sun!

Mackinac is this weekend

We have seen quite a few boats go by the cottage already this week

The race is this Saturday

There are about 200 boats that take part in the race

The boats race from Port Huron Mi to Mackinaw Island

Joe was a busy man today

Last year he found this chair by the path

He brought it to the cottage

painted it yellow

added

flowers

ants

moths

butterflies

and

various other little things!

The "seat" was cracked in half

so

 he glued it

he screwed it

VOILA

Someone was enjoying the evening

Guess who's done in for this evening????

I think they are gearing up

for Thursday's sizzler

THE DAY THE EDMONTONIANS CAME TO TOWN

Our nephew Dan and his wife Louise

are travelling for a month

They are staying on the island for a few days

LUCKY US

Last evening we had our cofffee and dessert

out on the dock

Enjoyed the boat traffic

and

a wonderful soft breeze

We are flying the Alberta flag

When our son Graham was home in June

we flew the 'British Columbia' flag

however

it was the Alberta flag

Did anyone pick up on that?

We didn't until we went to get the Alberta flag

and figured it out then!!!!

GEE WHIZ

We'll have the Alberta flag flying again

the end of August when our son Curtis comes home for a  visit

Homeland security was flying overhead

Joe took this shot early this morning

Quite the display of red and white!!!

Joe made us breakfast this morning

We had poached eggs with

peameal bacon

cherry bread..... toasted

mango and greek cheese

 mango/strawberries/grapes

and

figs

AFTER BREAKFAST WE HAD FAMILY OVER TO VISIT WITH THE EDMONTONIONS

Don't you just love the hat

And this hat

'nice sun glasses too'

Our niece Susan

her niece Jessica

(our great-niece)

Not sure what is happening here

Is

 Susan thinking?

Carole listening?

Jennifer concentrating?

Pat is grinning

Dorothy is smiling

We were explaining to Carole today

who is who

in the O'Rourke family

The first child was Joanne

She was the mother of Susan

the mother-in-law of Jennifer

the grandmother of Jessica

the husband of Jeff

the second child was Marion

She was the mother of Dan

the third child is Dorothy

the fourth child is Joe

the sixth child is Billie

Here we have the sixth child Billie

with husband Pat

Here we have Jeff in front

his daugher Susan

his granddaughter Jessica holding Clemintine

and his daughter-in-law Jennifer

Here we have the fourth child Joe

his brother-in-law Gary

his friend Carole

and

his wife

Lastly we have the Edmontonions

Dan and Louise

NICE WAY TO SPEND AN AFTERNOON

WILLIAM STREET CAFE

We have the re-opening of the cafe

after a fire in the apartments above the cafe

closed it down way back in September

Susan and her crew were given a little space

at the back of the building

Just enough room for a few little tables

This has been a long time in coming.....

This was my lunch

A roasted chicken sandwich

It was sooooo good

It was prepared in this little prep area

Love their work t-shirts

There is a sign in the cafe which says

KEEP CALM

AND

CARRY ON

Their shirts say

KEEP CALM

AND

CATER ON

How neat is that!!!!!!!!!!!

(they are into the catering

business as well)

Here is Jessica

Actually she is the one who gave her Aunt Susan

the sign

It was given to her after the fire

and graced the wall in their little temporary 'cafe'

Not Stephen's day to work

however

he was called in as it was so busy

YEAH

and

they haven't even advertised that they are open for business

Susan is making a reservation

for Saturday July 23rd

A special lunch for four girls

This is the 'order' area

So unique

The colour scheme is awesome

Yellow and Purple

WOW

A fireplace in the corner

How great will that be this winter!

 Joe and his brother-in-law 'Jeff'

having lunch

and

a good visit

The fellows remember

this area as being

Bates Pool Hall

Must add that both

Joe and Jeff spent a great deal of time in the building!!!!!

A great view of the cafe

SUCH A WARM AND COZY PLACE TO EAT

SUCH A WARM AND COZY PLACE TO SOCIALIZE

IT'S JUST A WARM AND COZY PLACE

The sign was going up today!

THE WILLIAM STREET CAFE

KING STREET EAST

CHATHAM ONTARIO

CANADA!