Hello!

Whew - we've been quite busy running around and doing errands and getting people to appointments.  Finally - here I am with a few spare minutes!  We went up north to visit Aunt Muffy and Buddy.  Poppa loaded her summer tires into the back of Monster.

We stopped for gas in Gravenhurst - a lovely little town north of our place.

They build huge chairs there!  The gas there was about the same price as at home - and we grabbed an Egg McMuffin at the nearby McDonalds, and carried on northward bound.  The scenery on the trip was beautiful!

And eventually we arrived.  We met Aunt Muffy and Buddy and proceeded to a service center to get the tires installed for them.  I had a hard time getting Aunt Muffy to stand still for a photo....but, I did manage to sneak this one in the parking lot.

On the way back to Aunt Muffy's place we saw this critter...

After a nice visit with Aunt Muffy and Buddy, we made our way to the hotel and turned in - weary after a long drive and a big supper!  I checked out Aunt Muffy's little finches - she has a lot of them, and they are really cute - different colours and quite chirpy!  Their apartment is really nice - a large living room, large kitchen with dining area and even a laundry room!  But, I digress.  We had a good rest - the hotel was very quiet and we slept soundly.  Early next morning we stopped in to say Good-Bye to Aunt Muffy and headed south.  The scenery on the way home was equally spectacular.

Imagine spending weekends or summers in that little cottage on your very own island!  The whole drive was scenic and enjoyable - except that we ran into about 10 of these....

Long lines of stopped traffic - due to men working - yep - construction zones where the traffic was reduced to one lane on a two-lane highway - which meant delays of course.  However, the good side of that was the chance to finish a pair of socks while we drove along!  I guess that's the first pair for the next sock giveaway!  But - that'll be a while yet.  Meantime I have four people signed up for slippers; Gramma, Granny, Mommee and Auntie Colleen.  Anyone else interested?

Meantime - I bet you are wondering how Poppa finished off that room for the little boys.  Well here is the next stage.

A co-ordinating paper on the bottom and then some moulding to highlight the two patterns.  Then some border for the ceiling....

....move in some furniture.....

........we had a few more finishing touches before it was complete, but it was getting closer!  The final pictures will be in the next blog - since they're still on the camera right now!

Here are a couple of pictures from Munchie's last visit with us..........

.......Munchie tried on Poppa's slippers.........

........and Little Smiley tried out the Pooh rocker.  Oh my - they grow so quickly!

And finally..........here is an incredible picture from Uncle Shaun's camera.

Auntie Colleen says: "While Shaun was out walking, he had a sensation of being watched. So he looked around and look who he spied! She'd already spied him. She let him take photos and then a video. He was the one who walked on, not wanting to stress her. We wonder if she stayed because there was a baby nearby. Isn't she beautiful."  Indeed - she is!