With Labour Day falling early this year (September 1), I head back to school earlier than usual (September 2). This means, that two weeks from now, I will be officially in BTS mode.

Next week, my DH & I are heading to Virginia for a week's stay with friends - a colleague of mine & his wife. Plans to visit the Smithsonian are high on the list of ( Read more... )

This weekend, the "Civic Holiday" weekend, marks the middle of my summer vacation ( Read more... )

Wow... I can't believe that I've already had four weeks of my summer vacation - next weekend, the August Long weekend, normally devoted to our annual Tobermory trip, is being used for camping instead. We will return to Tobermory next year.

What have we done with our summer?

• We camped on Lake Erie just before school ended ... although, it isn't ( Read more... )

Ah, Labour Day weekend. The unofficial end of summer - particularly for a teacher who's been off since just before Canada Day...

The one question I'm hearing most often lately? "Are you ready?" Nothing specific attached to that - it's assumed, correctly, that I know they mean "for the first day of school".

I am. I think. I can get through ( Read more... )

This morning dawned cool and wet - we'd had rain overnight, and at first it looked like it would be a rainy day. It did improve, and while cooler than yesterday, it was a sunny afternoon ( Read more... )

Traditionally, this weekend marks the start of the summer, at least here in the Great White North. We don't have a long weekend every month, unlike some countries I know ( Read more... )

Here come the pictures:

This is the view of Flower Pot Island from our dock (it's the big one behind the little one).

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So, you already know, if you've been reading previous entries, that on the August Long weekend, a.k.a. the Civic Holiday or Simcoe Day, my friends and I head for a lodge in Tobermory, Ontario. Now, Tobermory is probably best known by divers - lots of shipwrecks can be found, and there is even cave diving nearby ( Read more... )

For several years now, my friends & I (loosely called by my friend Anna "the Scouting Group" because that's what drew most of us together initially) have spent the Civic Holiday weekend together. For a while, it was camping, but as the group grew and some non-campers joined us, we started renting a lodge in Tobermory for the weekend ( Read more... )

Isnt' it great, when you can throw dinner on the barbecue, and follow it up with a trip for ice cream?

We had my MIL & FIL over for supper tonight.  It's been a while, but we haven't really had anyone over due to the chaos of renovations.  My DH made shish-kebabs on the BBQ, with a side of barbecued candied asparagus.  Yummy!  With a salad on the ( Read more... )