August 28th Very Lazy Day

Today was a very lazy day. Anja was.nt feeling well and my arthritis was hurting real bad. The weather was cold and damp. I did make a set of ATC's for the swap I'm in. It is also the only picture I took today.

August 26th Anja's Gift

Today we went to Woodstock, ON to the scrapbooking store. As usual I spent too much but what the heck. This is Anja when she got her present from me. She was happy to get A child's Life. I can't wait to play with hers, LOL. We then went to dinner with my friend Deb. We went to the Lakehouse for dinner. It was a very good meal and great fun.

August 25th Niagara Falls

Anja, Heather and I went to Niagara Falls. It was a blast and very tiring. I was trying to capture the lights on the falls and most of the pictures were really awful. This is the best one of the lot and I'm kind of pleased with it.

August 24th New Machine

Today a farm machine I had never seen before showed up. It mulches the straw so it can be worked into the ground. We had so much rain this year the straw didn't get bailed and now it's no good.

August 23rd Quiet Sunday

Today Anja, David and I went to the Flea Market in our area. It of course rained. After the flea market we went to Red Lobster for dinner. I ate way too much as usual. It was kind of a nice quiet Sunday.

August 21st Anja and the Pickle Tree

Every year pickles are made under this tree. We started calling it the pickle tree. Cucumbers are chosen by their size and added to large (new) garbage can along with the other pickle incgredients (I don't know what they are as I HATE pickles, lol). The can of pickles is place inside an old cut off plastic barrel and cold water from the well continuously runs to keep the pickles cold. When they are ready a few jars are canned as people request them. But they are mostly just picked out of the barrel and eaten.

Anja got to try the pickles today. She approves.

August 20th Marsha in Marysville

Our final stop in the U.S.A. was to visit Marsha. Marsha organized the swarm last year where I had so much fun. Unfortunately shortly after that she became very ill. Marsha is much better now (but not back to 100%) and we really enjoyed our short visit with her.

I was so happy that Anja had a chance to meet her.

August 19th Truck of Honour

On our way back to Bev's we saw this "Truck of Honour" and stopped for pictures. This truck travels all over the U.S.A. to participate in parades. It is a memorial to all who were killed in 9/11 as well as the veterans in the wars. I found it very moving. I choose two pictures for today. The first one is a view of the whole truck (as much as I could get in).

This picture makes me feel like I'm right in the painting.

It was a busy day. We went with Bev and her sister and grandchildren to a huge outfitters store. When Shazza was went to this store she called it the "dead zoo". It is full of stuffed animals and great to see. I have about 200 pictures to scrapbook of this day only.

August 18th Golden Safe

Anja was in the bank yesterday and took a great picture of this safe. Well when I had to go to the bank and change my money I couldn't resist also taking a picture. It was so beautiful. I have never seen a bank vault like it. The vaults in our banks are cold gray ugly things.

August 17th Stone Church

We were in a town called Tecumseh when I spotted this beautiful old stone Church. I love stone buildings. My picture is of the church (which is now a museum) but have also posted a picture of the plaque that was at the door.