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