Sunday 20 November 2016

October 28 - November 19, 2016 Happy Birthday to me and my daughter Lily Sue Ellen



Mary Lou and Sue, prepping for another dinner


long time friends came for a visit Cindi and Angel … and yes we are eating again


Cindi, Mike and Lily


this year we had about 33 kiddies come Trick n Treating, but lots of
candy left over … hmmmmm


Happy Birthday to Me … Joe took us out to Yummy Yummy…
a fantastic restaurant, we will be returning for sure


for $20 each you order different dishes until you are full


a farewell dinner with Sue, Clasien, Fran and her friend and Mary Lou


Joe, Lily and I and Diesel the cat


this cutie comes for a visit every now and again, he likes my catnip patch


Lily and I did our Christmas deliveries to our neighbours, Amy and Tom


My car is now in storage, time to head south


Christmas in November, at Lily's home …




Megan opening her Xmas gifts from Joe and I


Mike and Lily doing the same


Lily and I




my  Three Musketeers 


and Happy 27th Birthday to my lovely daughter


October 1 - 27, 2016 … Thanksgiving visiting family and friends


some pictures from our Thanksgiving family get together
33 in total from the Watson/Parker family






little Elliot


thanks Maryanne and John for hosting






it sure looks like all we do is eat ….another get together with Sue, Megan, Mike, Lily


and Danielle, Bob and Lawson, Bob now owns our 26 ft Grampian, BLISS


Danielle and Lily have been friends since high school


we love to visit Jody and Val at their farm south of
Wiarton, there is a lot of cedar wood chipping going on the day we visited


we helped Val plant the last of the 4,000 garlic cloves


another nice day at the farm


this year I spent as much time as possible walking with Lily when she does her dog walking 
business .. 'Crittr Sittr"  .. another nice fall day


our latest log book
the first is a photo near Flower Pot Island, Georgian Bay
next St. Lawrence River
Rosters Roust, Nova Scotia
New Plymouth, Abaco, Bahamas
and last one Eleuthra, Bahamas


dinner with good sailing friends, Clarity and Old Rosie


visiting our new neighbours


Natalie and Kevin, have moved back to Ontario and bought a home
right next to our country home … Lily and Nat have grown up together, and it sure is nice to see
them once again




a farewell lunch with my sisters, Joyce  (Rowland) and Louise (Mike)  and niece Sara


Pappa Rowland with grandkids Niall and Lydia


sisters Louise Pepe and Joyce Gateman

September 17-30, 2016 …… Moonlight Maid came for a visit … Banyon and gardening


Alan and Heather (Moonlight Maid sv) came from Halifax 
for a visit, we took them to 2 of our waterfalls in the Owen Sound area
this is Inglis Falls and the other we visited was Indian Falls at Balmy Beach


and we had a great sail on Clarity (Terry and Kim), actually
it was a motor trip, no wind today


a lot of gardening went on this summer, I separated my day Lilies and it didn't
take long for the neighbours to pick them all up


doing some landscaping around the new deck


another Halifax sailing friends where in the area, so we met them in Goderich for 
lunch, Alex and Dave (sv Banyon), they are now back in the water and heading to the Bahamas


the best breakfast ever puffballs and bacon


our new Fur Baby Girl, Mars … Lily's boyfriends dog
she is stays put with an anchor … a cleaver idea Mike


the deck now with the wood chips free from the compost site, 
thanks Richard and Ella for the use of your trailer and all your help


my Coconut Palm sure has grown this summer,
Joe's brother has taken it to Toronto for the winter months