Heading home

After 3 great months in Florida we had to pack up and head North.
Linda, our wonderful neighbor, did not want us to go and let us know it.
Have a great summer Linda and Harry - we'll be back!

Happy Easter!

To everyone back home - have a great Easter. Looking forward to seeing y'all soon!

Canada vs. U.S.A.

When we heard that our friends Kay, Chris, Nancy and Carol won first place in this year's TGO bowling league Del thought it was a good idea to challenge them to a game.
What was he thinking??? Del and Olivier hadn't played in over 30 years, I never played 10 pin and Kathy's team finished somewhere near last place.
Kay and Chris decided to turn the evening into a Canada vs. US event (even though Kathy on our team is from Maryland) and their fans showed up all wearing red white and blue and waving US flags. We were grateful when our friends Peter and Mary showed up to cheer for our team (even though Peter left early after I accidentally almost hit him with my ball- honestly Peter - it just slipped!!).
Needless to say we came in a solid second in both our games but a good time was had by all and we agreed to a re-match next year.

The Wetlands

This is our 3rd year staying at The Great Outdoors and we never realized until a few days ago that just a few yards away from our place is the entrance to The Wetlands, a beautiful nature trail with all kinds of animals living in their natural habitat.
Maybe the fact that the water treatment facility is closeby was a deterent ( a little smelly at times!) but the wind was blowing in the right direction today so we decided to chance it.

Leftovers

As we are preparing to close up here and head North we are trying to use up and give away the leftover food. Getting rid of the leftover bread was easy enough though. We try to feed the Sandcrane family everyday now and look how the twins are growing!

Preparing for Easter

It's getting close to Easter and everything that doesn't move around here is getting decorated for the occasion including these rocks!
Happy Easter Everyone!

The view from our backyard

Last night an Atlas V rocket was launched at 8:31 pm. Now in orbit, it will it will improve the communications capability for the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now that's a noble mission!

Happy Birthday

Another TGO pork BBQ was the perfect way for us to celebrate the birthday of our friend Therese. Paul invited us back to their place for cake but after everthing they have been through, Ron and Maureen seemed happier to celebrate with Irish Cream!
And not to forget the people back home- all of us here wish Tina a very Happy Birthday today!

Out of Focus!

When Ron and Maureen said they would stop by on there way home to Kitchner we thought it was a great idea and were certainly looking forward to it. However, when a car literally came flying at them from the other side of the median we knew that fate had other ideas!
Thankfully they were not hurt but they are left out of Focus - Ford Focus that is. They still managed to come for dinner after their car was towed to Titusville and we have been eating well ever since!
Their plans are still unknown - all in the hands of an insurance adjustor who hasn't shown up yet. But as I am writing this Olivier (the shrewd negotiator) is with Ron at the Ford dealership.
They told us things being the way they are down here, they are practically giving the cars away- yeah, right!