Saturday, October 13, 2012

LOTS GOING ON

 
Right on
There's lots going on......
 
Thursday afternoon Papa Garen and Granny went
to Ethan O's friend Ethan G's grandparents home to pick apples
Papa is going to make apple jelly next
Garen is trying his hardest to jump up and get an apple from the tree
 
What did I see hanging between two apple trees?
Ethan O and Ethan G's hockey team jerseys
Grandma and Grandpa G are in charge of washing the jerseys
 
Around the corner was a hockey bag
Funny
It doesn't matter if the bag belongs to an 18 year old ......'the boy'
or
A 10 year old ...........'the young boy'
or
Ethan G
THEY ALL SMELL THE SAME
and
You know what
HOCKEY PLAYERS
LOVE THE SMELL!!!!!!!!!!
 
I asked Grandpa G
What is this?
Oh...just a mask to scare away the birds
Wonder if the birds see the hawk on the helmet?????
 
They have a beautiful view of the lake as well
 
Strawberries too
 
I met Graham at the pool
I stayed with Garen
Graham dropped Ethan's freshy sharpened skates off at the rink which is right beside the pool
 
Do you think Garen can see out of his goggles????
 
His little swimming mates all took turns coming down the slide
 
They did their strokes
and
Bobbed for trinkets which the instructor
put on the bottom of the pool
 
Happy to say
the children all passed their test
 
I love this photo
 
YESTERDAY MORNING THE CLEANING LADY ARRIVED
Joe Di and Gwennie hopped in the truck
and
headed for the hills........
 
 
 
 
 
From the truck I saw this sweet face
 
Climbed out of the truck
Up the hill I went
on
Grayback Mountain Road
 
Sadly we came across this home where there had been a fire
Can you imagine???
Horrible
 
I remembered from another time that there were horses on
Spellar Road
Sure enough when I got out of the truck
They all came up to the fence
 
After they said hello they headed over to the forest area
I wonder if next time I can bring them an apple??
 
 
Hey.....we're looking for a little trailer
 
Way way down there is the O'Rourke farm
 
Cool eh!
 
This little critter lives at 147 Falconridge Road
 
The scenery is totally different up in the hills
 
Came down the hill past the dump
P-U
HA HA
 
My son corrected me.......
In the blog a few days ago I had said this was a white tail deer
It is a mule deer
I went back to the orchard to find the deer
There they were
 
 
She probably said.........
Oh no
Here she comes
AGAIN
Just look at her little front legs!!
 
Graham came home with 1/2 a cake
His co-workers at Mission Hill finished off the other half
The other half showed
'a fishing pole'
His work at Mission Hill has come to an end
Graham and Lyndsay are launching
Tight Rope Winery
 
The wine will be available in April of 2013
 
 
This is a gift Graham recieved from Mission Hill
It is a Vinturi wine aerator
 
Zoom Zoom
Up the hill comes the
NEW TRUCK
This will now be known as the
Tight Rope Winery Truck
 
Garen was beside himself waiting for Dad to bring home the new truck
 
I picked Ethan up after school yesterday
We were on a mission
He was to find a white dress shirt
and
TIE
Ethan was very particular!!!!
He knew what he liked and what he didn't like
Good choice Ethan
Well done
He wanted to have the 'Vees' colours
 
Hockey today
End of the first period
 
Up you go!
The boys won
7 - 1
Ethan got a goal and 2 assists
Good job team!!!!!!
 
To be continued tomorrow.........
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Thursday, October 11, 2012

AN AFTERNOON WALK

 
Yesterday afternoon I put on my 'walking shoes'
Grabbed my camera
Grabbed my sunglasses
and
Away I went
 
It was a beautiful suuny warm day!
 
I left Gwendolyn behind as I would be climbing some hills and knew she would get out of breath
We are anxious for her to be tested re her Valley Fever
That will be done as soon as we arrive in Arizona
 
I would have loved to have taken this apple off the tree!
 
Passed the Black Widow Winery
 
Working my way up the hill
 
Heading along the path
 
The house is way down there
 
Logging trucks kept going down the road
 
 
What a view
 
Some chickens and 'bees' at an orchard
 
Someday.........
 
Hillside Estate
 
Beauty everywhere
 
Coming up to 3 Mile Winery
 
It looks like they have a Gallery as well
 
 
3 Mile Road
 
Came across a few sunflowers
 
Up the drive
 
Up the hill to the house
 
Off came the shoes
Got myself an Iced Tea
Got my tunes
Got my book
Got my Gwennie with me
 
LIFE IS GOOD
 
Got my boys
 
LIFE IS GOOD
 
Off to the rink with Lyndsay and Garen
 
Garen was all smiles
He went right out on the ice
YEAH
 
He's up
 
Way to go Garen
Tiny steps will get you there......
 
Joe started his canning
Low sugar Elderberry jelly
 
Can you guess what jam this will be?????
 
Soaking up the sun and taking an afternoon nap
Sounds good to me!!!!
 
This morning I took Garen to the dentist
He came back home to spend the day with his Granny
as he has a cold and not up to going to school
 
Smile!
Don't smile!
 
Funny with little children
As soon as they get in the house
Off come the socks
Off comes the T-shirt
Don't know if it is just a boy thing
or
An O'Rourke thing
but
It happens in this house all the time
 
LIFE IS GOOD