2012 in Photos

The year 2012 in photographs

January

Zoe celebrated her 15th birthday January 6th

Rod also had a birthday in January

I didn't have a photo of Rod on his birthday

He is a die hard  Elvis fan

So............there you go Rod!!

The next best thing!

Signing a cloth for cancer survivors at the annual

 Breast Cancer Walk at Canyon Vistas

Gwendolyn came down with Valley Fever

She was one sick dog

'Happy to say she is doing well and off the medication now'

February

Climbing Flat Iron

Superstition Mountain

Joe  Janet  Zoe  Di  Devonna  Ken

Donna Mae  and Sue came down to Arizona for their 'annual' visit

Another trip to the Greek Monastery

Joe and I at the Arabian Horse Show

Joe about to go skydiving with his Arizona buddies

Zoe's lacrosse started up again

Hard work eh Zoe

March

We took a helijet from Vancouver to Victoria

Jennifer and the dogs took the ferry and met us there

When we got back to Penticton we had Gwendolyn checked to see

how she was doing with the Valley Fever

Her blood work showed that she was improving!

April

Easter with Nana Gail in Kelowna

We were in Surrey for Ethan's hockey tournament

Mom and Dad were away on holiday in Italy

Garen stayed with Nana Gail for the weekend

This was something new for Granny and Papa

staying at a hotel with 'little'  hockey players

Spent time at the pool with Garen while he had swimming lessons

You all remember Mugan and Casey's wedding in June of 2011

I flew home for Casey's funeral in Windsor

Joe drove home from Penticton with the dog and cats

Such sadness filled the air

May

Back home on the island

Every 3 weeks I traveled to Chatham to get my hair cut

On my way home I would check out the swan family at a pond near Port Lambton

Discovered baby owls on the island

June

Our great nephew Jakson danced at a pow wow

A proud moment for us

Every evening is beautiful on the St. Clair

Beau in Mount Clemens trying out for a Junior A team from Port Huron MI

He made the first cut

Will return in August for the main camp

July

Katy and Zoe have arrived in Canada

A Toronto trip to Wonderland

Oh how the kids love the river

It's all about family

Grandma Elaine and Papa Tom joined us at the cottage for dinner

Curt and Christina joined us every other weekend

Come 7 a m on a Saturday morning you would find Ray and Curt out in the boat hoping to catch some fish!

August

The day after a storm

Do you remember when Joe and I got caught in the storm as we came around the tip of the island?

We headed for this little cove

Jumped in the river and pulled the boat to shore

Whoa!

The Windsor girls card club  came to the cottage for a day

Here we have Sue..Georgette..Mugan..Beth..Louise..

Donna Mae..Janette

We also celebrated Georgette's birthday

Joe was the Chef and served us a delicious lunch

Annual August weekend spent with 

Stephanie and Michael

Ray and Angela

Three days of 

laughter

relaxation

and

excellent food!

Beau back in Mount Clemens for the Fighting Falcons main camp

He made the team even though he was suffering from Mono

Spending time with friends Ken and Devonna 

Looking over Lake Huron

September

Best Friends Weekend...............first BFW 1985

We were missing Janette due to illness

Over the weekend we all attended the funeral of our beloved Sister Shirley

It was a blessing that we could be together afterward for a few days

Joe returned from his visit with Stephanie and Michael and spent an evening and following day with the girls

A first for A MALE to be anywhere around the cottage during our get-togethers over the years

Curt helping his Dad get the boat out of the water

As you can see ...no motor

Remember...it was stolen about a week before closing up the cottage

The bunkie turned into a storage shed

Bing checking things out!

A trip to Chatham for my hair cut then had lunch with my cousin Shirley Ann and her husband King

I look forward to many more family visits

Curt did catch a fish off the end of the dock

Beau took us over to Port Huron to his hockey rink

Home of the Fighting Falcons

Grandma Elaine cooked a wonderful dinner

A great send off for us

The deer greeted me as I walked over to the main dock to check out why we the ferry driver was not answering the phone

HA

The ferry driver had fallen in the river with the cell phone in his pocket

No wonder the phone did not work!!!!!!!

We are heading west

I remember this truck

It was next to the gas station we pulled into when I was driving and 

 not paying attention to the gas gauge as I was too involved in listening to an audio tape

This is one of my all time favourite photos of a home from days gone by

To me it looks like a painting

Some day I will do something with this photo

We are back in Canada

We have arrived at the O'Rourke farm

Jennifer came down for Thanksgiving

We were introduced to her new dog

The name has been changed a few times since the photo was taken

but it is firm now

'Josephine'

View from the front window of the O'Rourke home

Alice hitching a ride on the quad

Picking season

Lyndsay worked seven days a week at Ruby Blues

The boys

My fascination with wildlife

They hung out in an apple orchard

Here comes the new truck 

Tight Rope

Graham and Lyndsay will launch their wine business in April of 2013

Since Joe could not work in the vineyard this past fall he took to canning jam

Garen helping his Granny fold laundry

Ethan and classmate Shane played school soccer

We have arrived at our winter home

November

November 11th

Veteran's Day

Remembrance Day 

We are back hiking

Lacrosse Tournament

Happy Birthday Joe

The Canadians were invited to the American's home for Thanksgiving

Zoe Carly and Carson flew through the air

We enjoyed a balloon festival

Zoe  Katy and I baked Christmas cookies

Stirring the fudge..........

Christmas Eve

A game of spoons!!!!

Great gifts

We count our blessings

Happy Birthday Granny

Joe and I celebrate life

On to 2013