212/365 Miss Eva and Miss Norah

At the playground today.

211/365 Happy Birthday Mark

Happy Birthday Mark. Thirty-Five years ago I was thrilled to hold a little bundle like this. It seems like yesterday. It won't be long before you will be getting hand written birthday cards from Lucy.

210/365 Bounty

This is a delicious time of the year and I love handing these very fresh, organic carrots to the grands as a snack. They gobble them up!

209/365 Runners

Hey, check out my Big Girl Runners!!

208/365 Friday Evening Walk

These three munchkins kept us on our toes tonight!

207/365 Hashamals

Grandma got an education on Hatchimals today. We had a busy day with playing, errands, library camp time and finally ice cream cones and Hatchimals. Got to love summer. These two didn't stop giggling all day. :)

206/365 Sunflower

Our organic fresh vegetable delivery from Our Farm has been wonderful and we are enjoying every fresh bite. For the past two weeks the delivery has included a sunflower and they sure brighten up my kitchen.

205/365 Hosta Blooms

Several of my hosta are blooming! Despite constant winds whipping them around and dust from brick work and three weeks of grading the park beside us, they are doing quite well. I will be glad when we no longer live in a constant construction zone. My garden will too.

204/365 Welcome!

Look what these three adorable mop tops did to our front steps. They are pretty creative girls. :)

203/365 Sisters

Love these girls....

202/365 Happy Anniversary!

Carol and Bob met when they were 16, married at 21 and this week they are celebrating 50 years of marriage. What a blessing!  Today I photographed them and their beautiful family.
Congratulations Bob and Carol!

201/365 Theatre in the Park

As usual, "Theatre in the Park"was a success and the kids thoroughly enjoyed the production.
I am loving the "pearls"

200/365 In the Game

We were paying cards today - Scum - the girls favourite game. Isla of course wanted to be part of it. She kept saying "pass". :) So I have designated a deck of cards as Isla's - she gets to do whatever she wants with them while we are playing. Mostly she prefers to grab the cards out of my hand and throw them down. so Grandma holds two separate hands - the real one and the Isla one.

199/365 Yawn

Life is grand!! 

198/365 Grandma

I am loving this Grandma gig....

197/365 Loved

Someone is awfully special.

196/365 Kisses

Feeling blessed beyond measure that this little one is here safe and sound and so perfect.

195/365 Lucy Marie

We flew to Winnipeg today and finally got to meet Lucy and she is perfect in every way!!
We have fallen in love with this new grand-daughter. Here she is three weeks old.

194/365 Boundaries

Isla is testing her boundaries.

193/365 Driveway

So yesterday the back patio was put back together and today the driveway is being repaired. This driveway work is backbreaking - only for young twenty somethings putting themselves thru University. It will be downright boring around here when all these trades finally disappear.

192/365 Goats Beard

I planted this last fall and it is doing wonderfully - more them doubled in size. It seems to like this east garden with the Hostas.

191/365 Purple Prairie Clover Bloom

Isn't this flower incredibly intricate? Found it growing in the swale.

190/365 Daylily

The visiting Grands have left so back to photographing the garden. It is coming along well. I have photos of several blooming plants tonight but I will post the Daylily

189/365 S'mores

Perfect way to end a busy day!

188/365 Hikers

The B.C. girls left this morning. I am going to miss having these four girls around and watching them have such a good time together. It didn't matter what we did, they enjoyed doing it together and wanted to spend as much time together as they could.
This photo is from our walk in the swale last week (I didn't pick up the camera today). We only picked up one tick on this hike thru tall grasses. :)

187/365 Get Grandma!!

Lots of sprinkler, water gun  and pool fun today. It was hot out there!

186/365 Scrapbookers

This was a project they all really enjoyed. We were at it most of the day with just a two hour break to attend Library Book Camp and have a picnic lunch on the lawn.
They each decorated 12 pages using 14 photos of family and cousins.
We will have to repeat this next year.

185/365 Scooters

They still love the scooters and this path behind our house is proving to be a real convenience.

184/365 Builders

Grandpa helped the girls make bird houses. They really enjoyed this activity - especially painting them. 

183/365 These Girls

I love getting these precious ones together. We can't wait to add Lucy to make the group complete.

182/365 Happy Canada Day

Afternoon walk with some of my favourite people.