Away

  I seem to lose momentum when we have been away.   We were in Saskatoon from the 4th till the 9th of September. Our kids with Heather as the driving force organized an anniversary celebration for us.  We spent a wonderful evening at Zachary and Heather's with family and friends enjoying their company, a beautiful evening and fantastic food.  Carmen and Heather even had peach roses for us, both a bouquet and on the cake.  To be politically correct I use us, but I am sure if Pat ever knew the significance he wouldn't have remembered. They were my choice for my bridal bouquet, but due to an airline strike they didn't arrive, I was lucky to even have flowers. 

 Their gift to us was a family photo shoot. A party and family photos what a fantastic memory of our 35th anniversary, what fantastic adults our kids have become.

  We spent Saturday morning with the girls at the Broadway Street Fair, what fun.  By 10:00 we were eating ice-cream and the girls were having their faces painted by a very talented young women.
  Sunday Pat helped Ian with a couple of house owner projects and Carmen and I did one of our favourite activities - Lunch and browsing at McNally's.  We also took the girls to a park on Sunday.  There is a play space by Lathey Pool.  Wow have they changed from our kids day.  Climbing, running and swinging seems to be the focus. Plus, this whole play structure is on a spongy rubbery kind of base.  Much softer and safer than sand and  perhaps more important unsuitable for animals.

  I must bring you up to date on the baseboards/trim.  They are in our garage.  Delivered two weeks plus a day from the day they were ordered.  The problem now is that we have moved into the rooms, we are not in a rush to get the trim on and have decided that there is outside work that needs doing and will do the trim work when the ground is frozen. So now, after waiting so long for them to come, we have to store them.  Each time we clear floor space in the garage with the idea that we will park both the car and the skid steer in there; something interferes. 

I am including a couple of photos of my studio.  It still needs some more storage and I need a more sturdy table for my machine, which a trip to Ikea should take care of.  We received an Ikea gift certificate because we ordered our cabinets during their kitchen event.  It is burning a hole in my pocket.

Today is the full moon and the autumn solstice is Saturday. When the equinox and the full moon are close together you get a harvest moon.  That means there will be a huge golden orange orb rising over our ravine tonight. That is if the clouds clear off.  The forecast is for clearing and of course low temperature's.  We can deal with the cold I just hope it clears.  We have half of our Slow Book Club arriving this afternoon to spend the weekend and watch the moon rise with us.  We also have a little work lined up for them, because as you know, why just visit, when you can work and visit.  They did offer, although perhaps we should make work bees a part of the Twin Oaks experience.