We were at my parents’ place for dinner on Thursday evening, to celebrate my Dad’s birthday. We had a great dinner, and for dessert was Dad’s favorite – Red Velvet Cake; made famous by the Waldorf=Astoria hotel in NYC. Everything was fabulous, and we ended up taking home the leftover buttermilk from the cake, with...
What do these 3 things have in common? Our visit with Annie & Shane on Sunday, of course! Shane and Annie popped-by for a BBQ on Sunday evening, and Shane had his arms full of amazing fresh produce from the garden, as well as some preserves (Strawberry Jam & Homemade Pickles). Annie is expecting any...
It’s been killing me for 5 weeks now. I bought the lumber to build a deck at the new house on June 5th, and the combination of busy summer weekends and rainy summer weekends have been keeping my garage smelling like gorgeous Western Canada cedar. Last weekend we finally had a small opening, and Addie...
Packed-up the rig and headed off to beautiful Cedar Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park this past weekend – for the 2nd year in a row. We grabbed the same island site in the East end of the lake, and unlike last year, we had spectacular weather. The 1st morning was particularly gorgeous, with cool air...
