The kids are here from Vancouver!

Our Vancouver kids arrived in Ottawa on July 1st. Airline travel is a bit iffy. There are lots of cancellations. I watched on FlightAware. They were scheduled to leave at 9:20, and left at 9:38, which isn't too bad at all.

The news is full of delays, but they did well.

I was prepared. Frosty got dressed up, ribbons on the fence.

We warned the cats. They have two cats in Vancouver, so all should be well.

I filled the pool for play, a bit each day beginning on July 1st. Sadly there is a leak in the blow-up rim. If I blow it up each morning it'll do us.

They stayed with our Ottawa kids for a few days. Our four granddaughters! 

Staying with his sister, Jesse brought his Vancouver family here on July 5th. We plunked the kids in front of Paw Patrol, while Jesse and Stacie unpacked and sorted things out. Next was lunch. It is wonderful seeing those little faces around the table.

It rained all day, but we had some fun. There were some performances with the stuffies. The puppets came in handy, as well. Muffin Muncher and Sir John.

The grandies are here! from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

And then we moved upstairs to play in the castle. I read them the story about Muffin Muncher, they wondered where his name came from. Bryony sat on my lap, while Cluny came in the room.

It was poignant for me. I found Jesse had put his name in the front cover. I've read or told this story to many students, as well as our Ottawa grandies.  That's how long I've had this book. There was a whole series of these Serendipity books. The book was written in 1974, there were many more up until the 80's. It is in pretty bad shape!

We have two defunct flip phones, the girls had fun with those. Muffin Muncher was talking on the phone, too. Bryony decided Muffin Muncher was a girl, so we changed her pronouns. This is, after all, 2022!

This is the best toy, the castle. Lots of stuffies came upstairs.

Window crayons are always a hit. The windows needed cleaning anyway!

After dinner and a bath, they were convinced to go to sleep. JB and I konked out early. A good day had by all. 

Our Ottawa kids arrived in New York. Their adventure begins. Our adventure continues! 

Our Kingston hotel, dinner, and the view!

To continue our saga, we stayed at the Delta in Kingston on points. It was hubby's idea. We thought we'd go hunt for snowy owls. (You know how well that went! Owl hunting on Wolfe Isl.)
Yes, my friends are off to warmer climes, but we went to Wolfe Isl., Lake Ontario!
The hotel was amazing. Somedays you just have to get away. My cousin is taking off for two weeks in Nassau. We're just not beachy people!
I even took Muffin Muncher along.



The bathroom was interesting. There was a huge shower, NO bath tub, and double sinks.


Then there is the TV. It is hidden in a console.


The view was amazing, even if it was a cold, wintery day. A pair were doing selfies on the frozen docks!


After settling in, I suggested we go and visit my friends. This was the second part of our trip. They made a big decision to sell their home, since they have various health issues.
We popped in and met them in the foyer of their new senior's residence.  We had cocktails in their apartment, then took them out to dinner at our hotel.



We had such fun. Hubby and I made them laugh, here he is making another joke, and we shared some old times. They've known me since I was adopted in 1957. They have been acquainted for 60 years, married for 20.

The food was amazing. The bathroom sink was worth a photo, too!


I ought to take a camera class, but the night time view was wonderful, too!


Hubby was reading the room service menu. He insisted that he should order me some popcorn ($4, what the heck). Really! He spoils me rotten.

Spring, bring it on!

I don't know why I didn't publish this...
It's from March 25th!
We've had many spring storms, but it is different than winter. The snow melts and makes it easier to scrape it off. The sun peeked through the clouds. It was above freezing and it wasn't a bad storm after all!

Muffin Muncher and Sir John are ready for Easter.

Hooray for shovels!

I moved 8cm of snow off of a driveway 100m x 3½ m, and needed a good shower!
I'm sure I could figure out how much snow that is, but I'm too tired.

Poor old Frosty looks a little the worse for wear. He's going to have a fresh paint job in the summer!