At home, Brian reads, while the geese feed. Yes, they are still here, munching away on my clover. GLorious September! Brian sits reading, on a lovely afternoon. Still, the geese visit. I went down to sit with him. Unfortunately, Oliver came down with me. He ran towards the geese and scared them off. They are 3 times his size!
So glad the geese are still here. The water hyacinth, which they decimated in June, have now died. The temperatures are just too cool. They will leave us soon.
A snapping turtle crossing the road! Nothing like my big snapping turtle from July!
Don't self-publish... it only costs you money! The ad, selling it from your car, tearing around trying to flog it.
After my big book signing, we decided to go the the Bala Bay for dinner. Right now they are open W/Th/ and on the w/e.
Soon, they, too will be closed. There were a lot of people all dressed up. It was rather fun!
Lo and behold, it was over run with wedding guests! I had dressed up and wait staff thought we were wedding guests, too. It was a bit noisy, we were quite fatigued, and we pretty much ate and ran leaving the young people to their party!
What a great event, the Fall fair. I have written elsewhere, that participating in a sport is a great way to keep fit.
For young and old, you need not be able to run a marathon. But these young people learn to respect their horses, their coaches, and learn discipline. There are many places where they do volunteer work to help the disabled learn to ride. You are so mobile on a horse!
Learning to dress well, grooming the horse, practice, practice, practice!
It is not an inexpensive sport, but then hockey isn't, either.
Fall fairs are a great way to celebrate the end of the season, look at the fruit, flowers and veggies, and so we headed off to the show.
Young and old have a grand time.
We travelled to Coldwater to watch my cousin, Darlene, in this show. It was so much fun.
We met Faye & Mike, who also competed at the horse show, at the Bracebridge Fair. Darlene earned two 4th places in the show.
Mike, placed a first.
I love the photo below, as both horse and rider looked in one direction at the same time!
But the most priceless, was the sticker on the trailer!
While the fundamentalist right are quite different in the US, I have been the victim of a parent's group in Ottawa who did not like me teaching kids to meditate. They forbade me teaching a book that was fantasy. It was 1991, and have things ever changed!
Muskoka will be welcoming more countries than expected this June. Prime Minister Stephen Harper officially announced this morning that Canada and South Korea will be co-hosting a G20 Summit in Muskoka... The federal government has invested some $30 million in infrastructure in Huntsville.
Already, townsfolk and tourists alike are battening down the hatches. What will happen to those who must go in and out of the area? We are going to have more visitors on land, sea, and in the air, while those trying to do their business are going to be left out in the check points, trying to get into town. The Privy Council Office has been merrily planning their way through this.
UPDATE: Bonnie asked a good question: I thought it worth answering here! Well, Bonnie! Agencies and businesses are meeting with the G8 team to determine an understanding of what they need, and determine the protocols. Medical staff, Family health practitioners, EMS crews, those who work in homes, VON, visiting caregivers, hospice volunteers, -- all will be affected.
Private citizens are busily making vacation plans, while renting out their homes/cottages, others just plan to be out of town, while hiring a security firm to watch their place!Huntsville residents have their own site:
Deerhurst, where the event is coming down (rooms @ $650/night) , is at the north end of town, but these single (at most double) point entry, with winding roads, mean that families are going to have to go through a check point to go to their cottages. There will be an effect on roads, for hospitals, jails, and so on. The OPP is one of the most visible groups.
To give you an idea: here are photos from CranFest, 2008!
The OPP 2009 PROVINCIAL BUSINESS PLAN 2008 ANNUAL REPORT File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
"Central Region, Huntsville OPP Detachment and various OPP provincial support programs are actively involved in major event planning for the upcoming 2010 G8"
You can see them in various locales in Muskoka, and you never know when you will be affected by their actions. In March, 2009, we were stopped on the highway for no apparent purpose, with a plane overhead, and several OPP crews zipping by, stopping traffic for about 5 minutes.
tens of thousands of political and security aides are standard G8 baggage
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...The 2010 G8 Summit will be held June 25 to 27, bringing together leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Update: These are photos from 10/10/2008. Two weeks later than in the year than this post. Time for a confession! But do hurry and visit, as the colours are progressing nicely!
It was a long canoe ride. It is difficult to watch the sky, while the trees wear their Autumn finery!
Around every bend in the road is another painting. Rain to come next week, and cooler temperatures. Enjoy every day. Clear blue skies, reflected on a calm, clear lake, with the odd cotton puff ball clouds. Even a drive to town is a glorious trip, punctuated by clouds. I imagine the angels floating by, revelling in their cream cheese, as they keep watch on us below.
This photo will appear in the Fall Cavalcade of Colour brochure. Stay tuned.
Underwear as outer wear. Nipples and butt cheeks as evident as smiles. Some hunched over in that style of 'I don't care' about you. Nobby knees, with with models you're afraid might break an ankle just walking down the aisle. In 2007, a number of size zero models died of starvation, prompting the creation of the Model Health Inquiry.
Most of us are not anorexic. It would be so nice to see these fashions of real-sized women. Otherwise, how do I know what might look good on me? My life changes have had a profound effect on me, as many women. Hormones, 3 kids, aging, wrinkles, and gray hair. What can I say?
With the wonderful dove commercial,
1 min 14 sec - 15 Oct 2006 -
Reginald Pike's Yael Staav takes us from model to billboard in under 60 seconds
and shows (and hosts like Gok Wan), 'How to Look Good Naked', and the positive messages of Stacy & Clinton on 'What Not to Wear', we have to realize we much dress for now, not the ideal size we want to be. I am going to my closet to clean out the things I hope to grow back into! Time to declutter!
I am much impressed with the new Mark Fast Spring/Summer show. He has a totally outraged the establishment by including models who have my kinds of curves (About 1:10 min. in: video embedded below)! Not all of them, of course. Now, he still has the nobby knees, but and one, about 2 min. in who looks like she might fall of off her shoes, but he has put some real women on the runway.
BY Amy Eisinger Mark Fast used heavier models to walk the runway in his designs during London Fashion Week. The decision to use plus-sized models during
Unfortunately, there is nothing there I could wear, say, shopping, or to a book signing event, and do not have anywhere to wear my inner wear as outer wear, but it is a move in the right direction.
I much prefer clothes that smooth my curves, and leave a little to the imagination. I have some wonderful friends who are still in the single-digit sizing category, but I am not. I do not advocate for obesity. I do advocate for those
What could cause a traffic jam on highway #169?
d up. It was rather fun!
