196/365 Todays Art Project

It involved water colour paints, glue and a lot of salt. 

 195/365 Cooling Off

 194/365 Children's Encyclopedia

These moments bring me great joy. 

 193/365 Pool Time

Great times in the pool with 2nd cousins on a very hot and humid day! 

 192/365 Ta Da!! 

Finished! He did it all by himself.

 191/365 Calla Lily

My Calla Lily bloomed!! 

Last year no blooms - probably d/t 5 days in a hot moving truck and late watering. As well,  I did not realize how little sun they would get at the front of the house. This year they get great sun by the pool.  I am so happy to see the trumpets appear. There are five right now. 

 190/365 Kinetic Sand

Always good for an hour of fun. 

 189/365 Hours of Fun! 

 188/365 Emma ~ I see you Gramma

 187/365 Happy Summer

Lucy was here for the day and we painted. We put together some lego, played "Go Fish", and spent two  hours in the pool too! ...and ate blueberries...and potato chips.

 186/365 It stopped Raining

So we spent the afternoon stocking up on Vit D...and risking my cell phone over 8' of water.

Thankful for beautiful summer days like today. 

 185/365 Cowboy Jesse

Having fun with AI. Have to stop by the thrift store and pick up some cowboy stuff for Jesse. 

 184/365 Studio

Five of the grand daughter have been photographed in this little pilgrims outfit we picked up in Plymouth many years ago. With the move, the studio has been in all packaged up and it has been well over a year since I set it up. I miss my big studio in Saskatoon but it was time to photograph Lucy in the outfit before she outgrew it so we set it up yesterday in the kids playroom. It was tight and it was a challenge to get the light right, but we got the shot..... and a whole lot more fun shots. I forgot how much fun it is to photograph the kids in studio - and they LOVE it. We had a FaceTime call from the Texas gang while shooting and they all expressed how much they miss our times in the studio capturing fun poses. 

 183/365 Scum

We taught the kids how to play Scum/President.

 182/365 Happy Canada Day

 181/365 Tempura

 180/365 Sooke Harbour

Quick trip to Sooke this weekend to see the grandkids.

 179/365 His Happy Place

...until the mosquitoes arrived en masse.

 178/365 Watergun to the face

Some dad's take it all! 

 177/365 Happy Birthday Jesse

Our sweet Jesse boy is 6! What a blessing to be able to celebrate with him and his family! 

 176/365 Sleepover

We painted, did lego and made root beer floats.

 175/365 Coleus Planter

 174/365 Rain Rain Rain

 173/365 Creating Wonderful Memories

Our backyard has been very, very busy. We had five kids in the pool for swimming lessons today. 

 172/365 Happy Father's Day

To the hardest working dad in the world who is adored by his three children. 

 171/375 The birthday Party

And those amazing cakes their Mom makes. 

 170/365 Lucy

Happy 8th Birthday Lucy! Our spirited red head, gymnast,  swimmer, reader, speller extraordinaire, caring older sister is growing up. 

Her new swimming mask was a hit! So was the lego and the new balance beam. Life is grand! 

 169/365 That's a wrap

Last day of soccer and they got their medals! 

 168/365 Haskap Berry Juice with Mint

David and I stopped in for lunch at Pineridge Hollow post 5k Birdshill Park walk. The plan was to just pick up bread at Hildegards Bakery, but when you are retired, you can act on these whims. :) 

 167/365 Pool Views

I spent a couple of hours floating around the pool with my iPhone today trying to get some unique perspectives so as not to bore you too much. 

 166/365 He Scores!!

 165/365 Splash! 

How much water can 6 teenage boys displace from a pool? Apparently quite a bit! 

 164/365 Helper

 163/365 Emma

Sometimes I am so focused on getting the shot at Jesse' soccer game that I forget this sweet little girl is right beside me cheering him on. 

 162/365 Peek-A-Boo

Found some cherry tomatoes hiding in the greenery. 

 161/365 Goalie

He takes his job very seriously and does a great job! But so cute! 

 160/365 Hail

160/365 Hail
Wasn't that a storm with multiple tornado warnings over a couple of hours. One did touch down about 30 km away. Hail was a good size too and damaged a good number of cars I am sure. We grabbed this one piece to remember.
And so much water!! There is a lake in the park next door and the pool is to the top at one end. The tomatoes took a beating with the 110km/hr winds.
Love a good thunder storm.:) Prefer not to have tornadoes.

 159/365 Red Eye Virio

There has been a Red-eyed Virio singing in the trees in the back yard all day so I grabbed my camera, my long lens and a handful of M&M peanuts because this could take take a while. 

I got out there and set up and he was gone. Not a sound for 15 minutes. 

 158/365 Pool View

Risking my phone over 10 feet of water....again.

 157/365 Lily of the Valley

I have a lot at the back of the yard - a blessing and a curse. It's very healthy. 

 156/365 The Pool

There is something very relaxing about hanging out around water. Another beautiful summer day on the prairies. 

 155/365 Mint

I see some Mojito's in my future. 

 154/365 Summer Memories

This is summer. A swim in the pool followed by supper on the deck and Root Beer Floats

 153/365 Breakaway and a Goal! 

 152/365 Summer is here! 

Emma made the design with the pool rockets and rings. 

 151/365 Pool Fun!

The boy who was terrified of the pool last year. 

 150/365 Cannon Ball

It is pool time. The weather is perfect! Our second season with our pool and we are loving it! 

The kids are too! 

 149/365 The Pool is Open

And this year Jesse is diving under the water, no longer needs his puddle jumpers and will soon be swimming in the deep end. What a huge difference from last year at this time when he would not get in the water.  This weather is amazing!! 

 148/365 When Daddy Gets Home

 147/365 Home just in time for Jesse's soccer game.