Friday, August 29, 2014

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT....1964 - 2014


 FIFTY YEARS HAVE GONE BY SINCE 
Francis Joseph 
O'Rourke
and
Carolyn Dianne Fisher
said the words
I DO
I DO

Kim and Karen Kiser...Barb Ross-Herner...
Charlene Dent-Pleasence
Karen Gough-Wills...Stephanie Keeley-Bunting


St. Joseph's Church
Chatham, Ontario


(August 29  1964)


A
(August 24  2014)











Sandy Easton..Gary Fisher..Dave Denomy..Allan Bondy..Larry Swift



Joe and Muriel O'Rourke
Gwen and Ken Fisher













Joe's sister Alice and husband David were living in Hawaii at the time of our wedding
They sent fresh leis
They were beautiful









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Our loves


Jennifer Susan Lyn
June 22  1966


Stephanie Karen Elizabeth
June 6  1969



Francis Joseph Graham
March 22  1971


Curtis James Matthew
July 26  1975

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Our loves

Beau Thomas Sebastian
February 14  1994

Zoe Carolyn Elaine
January 6  1997

Ethan Joseph
August 4  2002

Garen Thomas
May 8  2008

Anything, everything, little or big

becomes an adventure

when the right person shares it.

kathleen norris



HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO US
















Thursday, August 21, 2014

IT'S ALL BACK TO NORMAL WHATEVER THAT IS!


Time is clicking
Only 18 days and we'll be on the road

This is a beauty
Almost as big as.......


This passenger ship


On my last trip to Chatham I stopped by the pond on my way home
The swans are gone
I walked around the pond and found this fellow sitting on the limb
I quietly approached him expecting him to fly off but he did not


And this fellow flew over my head making all sorts of noise
I kept looking to see where he would land and was lucky enough to get this shot




The freighter passed the tall ship


The 8th annual dock breakfast put on by the Hadfield and Marsh families
Do you recognize this fine man?
Chris Hadfield, our Canadian astronaut 


Spotted this on our way home from the breakfast


Easy way to kayak
Can you see the rope?


Joe and I spent a Sunday afternoon at my brother's apartment which overlooks the river
Boat races were to start any minute
Looked down the street and this is what I saw!


They are off
You can see Port Huron MI in the background


The race is 'put on hold' while the freighter makes its way down river


They even had dingy races!!!


Oh my gosh
This boat was little but boy was it mighty





There's that little guy again!


Side by side for a minute or so




Couldn't believe it when I saw the truck coming up the railroad track.....
Looking for a parking spot



 Tracks again


One of the winners


Once the race was over it didn't take long for everyone to clear out
It was quiet once again!!


Last Thursday I drove down to La Salle to visit my friend Sue
Friday morning she was busy in the kitchen making a banana cream pie



Sue's daughter Mary Ann came over to help Mom with a photo project
She is getting a 'little massage' from Mom
While Sue was in the kitchen I sat down with Mary Ann and together we worked on a few pages of the book
We had a lot of laughs
What one didn't think of the other did!


Friday evening all the girls came to Sue's
We went out for dinner then back to Sue's for dessert
'Banana cream pie'
It was soooooo good!!!!
Had a sleepover
Donna was the first to put on her 'nightie'


Old friends
Donna Mae  Anita (Mugan) Janette
Georgette and Sue
Love them to bits


The next morning Sue got out her jewelry cleaning 'gadget'
We all went home with clean jewelry ha ha


Sunday afternoon
I was at my brother's place in Sarnia and noticed there were hundreds of tubers floating down river starting out in Port Huron
When Joe picked me up at Pier 90 we saw the coast guard and helicopter



The helicopter went back and forth in front of our cottage 
Up and down the river 
Over and over again
On into the late evening as well


Shipping traffic had been halted during the down river tubing
Joe had his radio on and could hear the Captain of the Salty wanting to pass the freighter
The freighter was going into the Shell dock so was barely moving
He said he would keep close to the Canadian side
The Salty went flying by
Busy river with the power boats and sailboats going by too
Unfortunately there was a drowning which happened during the tubing 
Such sadness



It's Monday
The river is calm once again


Replica of Christopher Columbus ship
The Nina


Ship coming up to cottage
This is the Pinta


Fall is coming
The maple leaves are starting to turn


Sweet girl Tulip


Goodbye Blue Belle
I honestly felt sad leaving her here at the dealership
She took good care of us when we were on the road
Well done Blue Belle



Hello Goober
Now...... Goober's job is to pull Miss Gypsy
ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM

The colour of the truck is Prairie Pearl
(sort of a pale green)
Can you guess who named the truck???


Oh brother
Here comes another storm


End of the storm


Sure do have green grass with all the rain we've had!


Sky kept changing


The sky last night