Last Week

Last Friday - rather unexpectedly - Denis got a phone call to say that his van had been repaired and he could pick it up.  The repair shop had told him Tuesday - so it was a nice surprise.  However, it meant that they decided to head back to Canada on Saturday.  Liz prepared one last meal.....

........ one of my favourite things.... her breaded meat.....

....... Denis opened the wine and mashed the potatoes........

....... while Poppa read the paper (and I ran around taking pictures!)....

....... the bears had one last visit........

.... we had one last swim........ and.........

........ shortly after lunch time on Saturday they got dressed in chilly weather clothes and we wished them a "Bon Voyage" on their trip to Canada.  We got a phone call on Tuesday to let us know that they had arrived without mishap - we were happy to get that call!  They also said it is very cold up there, making us very happy that we were still in sunny Florida.

Also, last week I sent these socks to Auntie Colleen.  She bought a couple of new shirts and one of them was a plum colour.  She was disappointed to discover that she had no socks to match that shirt and really thought she needed a pair, so.....

...... the third pair of socks I made in Florida looked like this.