Another really full week. A major birthday is noted by honking geese out in Owen Sound Bay. Then off to Stratford for memories of Aunt Mary and honking swans in the Avon River. We saw "Crazy For You" on the main stage --- absolutely exuberant, talented, non-stop musical fun. Five stars and many smiles, don't miss it!
Back in Toronto, the last major upgrade at Wineva was completed as the dark-cork pattern flooring was laid down. The new materials are easy, soft underfoot, and look great. So there's time to go downtown and enjoy the city at it's best. Open-air bus tourists, ice tea and mango beer giveaways, bustling patio life after a brutal winter. The Luminato Arts Festival featured a Cuban-inspired Cardboard Beach among the office buildings! Other huge events coming soon include the 2 jammed Jazz Festivals. Toronto is also hosting giant World Pride, the first time ever held in North America and fun for everyone. On a sad nostalgic note, Toronto's last old style strip joint, Jilly's, is closing --- who will have the honour of slithering on the last pole? Or is that Pole??
Back at The View, a full moon on Friday the 13th was awesome and spooky. Our not-as-much-needed firewood row is being replaced by a variety of bushy plants to grow under the cedars. But spookier than the moon was the appearance of a snapping turtle in the pond! You expect to look into tranquil waters but freak out when you see a creepy snout staring back. (Where did it come from??) Knowing that it devours fish and frogs, we panicked on how to get it out, even imagining draining the pond again. In the end, a lucky scoop with an old landing net made the turtle angry but the netters relieved. That lucky turtle avoided the soup pot by going for a ride to the same bay mentioned in the second sentence of today's blog. Move over, geese!
June 15 is Father's Day (and also coincidentally the day my mom had her stroke 30 years ago). Pat and I reminisced about Roy and Walter with tears and laughs. Remember, as long as you say their names out loud, they are still with us --- try it on your loved ones right now. Dads were playing with their kids in the Beach; like them, we remember the time we had together, with love.
Back in Toronto, the last major upgrade at Wineva was completed as the dark-cork pattern flooring was laid down. The new materials are easy, soft underfoot, and look great. So there's time to go downtown and enjoy the city at it's best. Open-air bus tourists, ice tea and mango beer giveaways, bustling patio life after a brutal winter. The Luminato Arts Festival featured a Cuban-inspired Cardboard Beach among the office buildings! Other huge events coming soon include the 2 jammed Jazz Festivals. Toronto is also hosting giant World Pride, the first time ever held in North America and fun for everyone. On a sad nostalgic note, Toronto's last old style strip joint, Jilly's, is closing --- who will have the honour of slithering on the last pole? Or is that Pole??
Back at The View, a full moon on Friday the 13th was awesome and spooky. Our not-as-much-needed firewood row is being replaced by a variety of bushy plants to grow under the cedars. But spookier than the moon was the appearance of a snapping turtle in the pond! You expect to look into tranquil waters but freak out when you see a creepy snout staring back. (Where did it come from??) Knowing that it devours fish and frogs, we panicked on how to get it out, even imagining draining the pond again. In the end, a lucky scoop with an old landing net made the turtle angry but the netters relieved. That lucky turtle avoided the soup pot by going for a ride to the same bay mentioned in the second sentence of today's blog. Move over, geese!
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