Friday, 5 September 2014

Dog day extravaganza

GrannyJ, Amy and Mrsgunka have sent me the same bunch of funny dog photos, so I decided to have a theme for the day. In addition to the pictures, there are a couple of sweet doggie videos. Thank you, ladies.











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Thursday, 4 September 2014

PGFan, here we go!

We received photos from PGFan, together with some interesting bits about her home turf:

I took some pictures of Naperville as part of the WTIOC tour.

Naperville is a town of 145000 located 30 miles west of Chicago. One of the main attractions is the River Walk in the downtown area. The River Walk is about 3 miles long and follows the DuPage River.

The pool is a quarry that was repurposed as a swimming pool. Adults can bring their floats and float on weekend morning, pure bliss.

All of the pictures other than Moonrise and Field of Gold were taken on/or nearby the River Walk. Moonrise and field of gold were taken along the prairie path I like to walk. The prairie has a 10 mile loop and is quite beautiful at times.

Autumn

Dog and Cat

Covered bridge (1)

Covered bridge (2)

Covered bridge (3)

Dick Tracy

Ducks in a row

Field of gold

Fountain

Moonrise

Pool

River walk
Thank you, PGFan. We live in very different areas and it's fascinating to visit faraway places. The river walk is very tempting...

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Wednesday, 3 September 2014

Birthdeh party!

Today is our dear friend 1smartcanerican's birthday. We need a theme, as usual... I chose Canada and granola as the themes for this one.

Happy birthday to a smart, health conscious Canadian!







[We're going on a virtual visit tomorrow!]

Tuesday, 2 September 2014

Good memories

I came across the work of a childhood friend with whom I lost contact many decades ago. There was a little gang of four, two boys and two girls. The boys were brothers and the girl was another neighbour. All our parents worked in television, as actors or writers, producers and directors, which rubbed on us, so we were always dreaming up new scenarios for our adventures.

The older brother and I used to produce magazines together when we were between 7 and 10 years old. We would spend hours drawing, colouring and doing all the text by hand. Our magazines had only one very precious copy of each issue. My friend pursued a career as an artist.

The younger brother was killed in a road accident when he was 13, the family moved away and that's how we lost contact. I'm still in touch with the girl, but we grew in totally different directions, so we're not bosom buddies anymore.

My friend is very versatile and illustrates children's books, but he also has some collections on other themes. Here are some examples of his "Vases" collection. I really like them and had to share them with you...






Monday, 1 September 2014

News about our next virtual visit and some pretty things

I have received some lovely photos for our next virtual visit. I'll post them when I feel a bit more energetic. Posts with loads of photos are time consuming and I can't stay up at the computer for very long stretches. I've been posting single pics from the i-Pad...

Today I'll step it up to three pictures. I find these really pretty and imaginative:




Sunday, 31 August 2014

Oops! I fell asleep and didn't post anything...

I had a bad night, with a sore throat, horrible cough and a very blocked nose. I had forgotten what a pain the neck a cold can be! I fell asleep after lunch and missed my self-imposed deadline for posts. Thank you for all the get well wishes. I'm getting better, but a bit impatient with the slow progress. Here is a cheeky photo. Laughing always helps...



Saturday, 30 August 2014

Not feeling well...

I finally caught a bad cold after nearly seven years! The last time I "tried" to catch a cold, I managed to nip it in the bud with a couple of doses of echinacea. I wasn't so lucky this time and ended up at the doctor's office this morning. I'm now medicated, but still feel dreadful. 

As you may have guessed, this is a quick "one picture" post, just to keep things going. 


 I can't remember where I saw this picture, but I like it. 

Friday, 29 August 2014

GrannyJ, here we go!

What a glorious day to pay GrannyJ a visit!

We'll start at the little beach:




What a very handsome couple!


These photos are of the large park, and waterfront area along the St. Lawrence Seaway.
The cement monuments depict some of the buildings pre-Seaway. The whole downtown core of the village was flooded when the seaway was built about 1954.






The United Church of Canada:


Main Street:


An eccentric guy's haunted house (suspense music... LOL!):


GrannyJ's flourishing new front garden:


Finally, the geese getting ready to head south. They almost look like they are planning to walk... they are actually looking south!


Thank you for your hospitality, GJ. We had a lovely time!

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