What is it?

This is an example of how people with lower vision may interpret something we would see everyday in the country. Do you know what it is?

Girls Night : Le Text

Thanks girls for a fantastic dinner out and fun time curling. Might I suggest that our next evening out be on a Saturday so we've got a bit more stamina to keep up to you Karen. Below are some shots from dinner, the wine was fabulous and love the Caesar salad. If you get a chance to go the winery order the Muscat and the Ceasar, you will leave a with a happy belly and glowing cheeks. Just look at that girl in the pictures below, doesn't she look care free and happy, love that shot of you G. Cheers!
~ monie

www.grandprewines.ns.ca/

Girls Night

Strange Brew

This one's for you girls

*laugh*

~monie
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZyCVpM43MU&feature=related

curling fun

colour

Its that time of year we need to add a bit of colour to our lives, to pick us up and get us into the Holiday spirit.

Here's me, adding colour to this blog. Love the black and white, but its time for more colour! More colour to come. Cheers!

good luck

Good luck trying to get a posed picture of your kids.....I'm learning to cope with the fact that it is was it is. Kids are kids and no matter how big the adult trying to manage them, they're going to do what they want when they want. Take this photo shoot for example, the kids would not cooperate. The girl didn't want to have anything to do with it, can't you tell? And the boy was too busy telling me when to take the picture to focus on listening to my photo posing directions. So, here are my kids, and here is their "formal Christmas picture" for this year. It about sums up the kids and how they are this year, all over the place, into everything, curious about things and wanting to do they're own thing. You can dress them up but you can't take them anywhere. Have fun!

shoes

One of my favorite things to do is add color to a black and white image drawing your eye to the colored object. I also seem to like taking shoe pictures these days. 20 years from now these kids will be saying...."remember when crocs were all the rage...." How Fun. I have boring brown Crocs, although it was a toss up between brown and hot pink. How boring of me to choose brown. I will choose better next time.

happy monday

A well-spent day brings happy sleep.
~ Leonardo Da Vinci

happy halloween

Charlie's Trail

It's mosaic monday. Today's pictures are from our favorite trail in the area. We usually bike it, so as I walked from the opposite direction, I saw all kinds of new scenery. Of course, when I bike it, I'm going really fast and its all a blur.

trailer fun

morning drive

we colour everyday...

Make each day your masterpiece. ~ John Wooden

trail

pink

These hip sneakers caught my eye during a family photo shoot. Love the pink and black together. I would wear a pair of sneakers like that.....how fun are they!

play

Recently, the boy was playing with these toys. Remember these kitchen toys? My cousin kept them all this time from when her kids were small now the next generation is playing with them. Looking at this makes me feel 4 again, takes me right back to pretending to drink chocolate milk out of that brown bottle to playing with the chicken, opening it up to find a surprise egg.



Isn't it funny what memories a silly picture like this can trigger.
Just another reason to take pictures of everyday things.

yum

along the walk

mirror shot

sunflowers

Here's some pics of my favorite flowers. There's just something about the yellows, such a happy flower, reminds me of the sunshine.

hug

After a busy while trying to teach your little sister how to climb out the door, why not show her you love her with a big hug?

barefoot

Love the feeling of walking around with no shoes or socks. There's nothing like summer living.

mirror

I'm enjoying taking pictures in my mirror these days. You just never know what you're going to get. This was supposed to be a self-portrait but look at the boy sound asleep in the back of the truck. So cute.

Poor Boy

Don't you feel sorry for those people who end up with a nice farmers tan in the summer.

old barns

Here's a look at the scenery from our lovely drive home last Sunday. What a LARGE day it was! You could almost bounce off those fluffy clouds.

splash, splash

Had to share this funny picture with you. Its a serious job splashing in the kiddie pool.

us

Sometimes you have to take pictures when an opportunity presents itself. So, here we are dressed in our country attire at 9am this morning. This hay wagon has been in the field across from us for a couple of days, I thought it would make an interesting place for a family shot. The photographer....me....and the self timer. Try it out sometime, you can get great shots.

34 C

Thank goodness for pools and popsicles on a hot day. Nothing is more refreshing than feeling all hot and sticking only to be relieved by diving in the water. Here's some pics from the family pool we visited over vacation. G and C had lots of fun swimming. One of us had more fun playing a bucket of water than the pool (guess he didn't like jumping in with me). Popsicles are a new treat in this household (although I'm going to make some of the dripless ones)...check out those cute oreo boys.

scenery

Here's a look at some of the sites we see while visiting the family in New Brunswick. The Saint John River is beautiful and not unlike our valley here at home. While visiting we see different crops, potatoes of course and my favorite, sunflowers. Check out the covered bridge, always fun to drive through.

crazy

This snapshot about sums it up around here lately. CRAZY! Summer time is always busy with our jobs and such, then throw in the two youngins and you get a zoo! The boy runs around in the evenings like a wild man and the girl competes by squealing at the top of her lungs, they're both seeking whatever attention they can get. So, here I am enjoying the peace and quiet reflecting on my day....and crazy describes it! I am thankful for a quiet evening to recharge for the next round.

friends

generation Y & Z

Here we all are, friends from High School, and now moms. When we graduated 11 years ago, we never would have imagined our piture would look like this today. Time sure flies by quickly.

Thanks for a fun afternoon of catching up and fun times meeting the next generation....so cute. Good work girls, our best achievements yet!

fireworks

car

Thanks to Grammie, this car now has batteries in it. Caelin loves it, he's been sitting on it now for at least a half and hour. Yesterday, when it was time to get dressed he wouldn't get off, two temper tantrums later the car disappeared for the day.

Welcome Home

Welcome home Mr. D'Arcy, have a nice relaxing vacation.

See you soon, and Thanks for all your hard work.

P.S. There's this crazy woman from Clarence who really needs some attention ;)

hookin'

Worked on a family heirloom today and had a lovely day without the little darlings. My goal is to get this rug done before the end of September. I only started hooking it about 4 years ago and its still not done. I just have to finish the border, simple right? Would be simple if I didn't have so many other fun things to do. I'll finish it for Georgia, guess it will be her's someday.

If you haven't tried hooking, its like colouring on burlap with pieces of wool, and the results are nice, old fashioned looking rugs or wall hangings. Just one of my hobbies :)