Beach day

Just under two hours from Ottawa is Bonnechere – a lovely provincial park with a sandy beach, many amenities and large pine trees giving comfortable shade on a hot day. It’s been a long time since I swam in an Ontario lake – and what a treat to do so. This lake is not deep….

Took a test drive

I returned to test drive the MGB….dream is dead! I don’t know what I expected, but my head goes above the roof. My eyes are level with the top of the windshield. Basically I’m too tall for the car. How on earth? Are the Brits that much shorter? I wish I fit, but I don’t.

A wonderful visit

The Eagle has landed, that’s what I was thinking of posting on Facebook a week ago, as Mom and Cath landed in Edmonton to spend a week with us. And suddenly the week is over and they are on their way home. They left blue skies and a temperature in the mid 30’s to return…