Moncton in July.... during a heat wave...

... is very, very HOT !!! Dave and I spent the past four days in Moncton visiting Ginette and André. Some days it went up to 34 with the humidity - that's hot for us. We are used to the ocean breeze. There are so many nice things to see around where they live. Apart from the usual dining out, farmers market, very little shopping done this time, we celebrated Ginette's 30th with a group of her wonderful friends...

... we went to Le Pays de la Sagouine in Bouctouche, New Brunswick. We had reservations for an evening dinner theatre but we spent the afternoon walking around and visiting the site.

That sign I'm holding in the first picture is part of a contest they are having to celebrate the 40th anniversary of La Sagouine. Contest ends August 15th so you'll be hearing more about this in future posts.

We also had fun discovering the wonders of Hopewell Rocks. It really is breathtaking !

We always have fun when we visit ''the kids''. Thanks Ginette and André xxo

Right now...

... we are loving the explosion of colors in our flower gardens, Mr. Puss visiting for still one more week, the soothing scent of lavender everytime I go by, many four-wheeling adventures, homemade whole wheat english muffins, eating fresh from the garden meals every day and enjoying this beautiful summer as it zooms by a wee bit too fast for this girl. Two weeks vacation coming up and yes, I will be spending those two weeks doing much of the same as listed above.

Hope everyone is well.

Canada Day weekend

And the weekend isn't over yet. Yesterday was Canada's Birthday. We had two fabulous days so far - weather wise and fun wise. We went to a beautiful lake, drank cold refreshing drinks, made a campfire, had a clambake on said fire, found a cache and went on a two hour all-terrain drive on the trail and much more. We'll see what's in store for tomorrow... maybe we should rest to go back to work on Monday.

Big chair and quinoa

I know, that is one wicked big chair. You can see it for yourself if you visit Mavillette Beach.

If you love quinoa and you're looking for a new recipe to try out, go ahead with this one. Served with ziki on the side for dipping. These little patties are delicious and a super food at that.

Father's Day s'mores

Father's Day evening we had a nice fire going at Luc and Liette's house. We enjoyed the sticky deliciousness of s'mores.

Vacation Day 3 - still nice and sunny. Making progress in the flower gardens (lots and lots of weeding).

Solstice

Hope you all had a wonderful first day of summer. It was also my second day of a one-week vacation. I could not have asked for better weather (it was a repeat of yesterday), deep blue sky, bright warm sun and a tiny little breeze helping to keep the horseflies at bay. Today I had an oatmeal breakfast, did two loads of laundry, had leftover arugula pesto pasta for lunch from pesto I made and froze last summer and a mug of cold ginger lemon drink, dug, weeded and transplanted in the flower gardens, made this minus the tofu for supper (it is one of Dave and I's favorite these days), we went thrifting this evening and now I am ready for a good night's rest. Tomorrow will be much of the same !

Sparkles

Our walk on the beach last evening in photos.

Dave and the big rock.
Images in the sand

Me trying to roll the big rock ;-)

Everything was so sparkly

Just be...

Towards the middle of the week I knew this would be a weekend of not doing too much, relaxing, eating fresh strawberries, some weeding in the gardens,... to Just Be !!! It rained all day Saturday and part of this morning but towards noon today the sun came out and it turned out to be a beautiful day. Dave and I made a batch of soap yesterday; orange citrus.

Tonight we went for a relaxing walk on the beach. Pictures in another post. Wishing everyone a good start to the week tomorrow. I'm on vacation from work for the week.

Fun day away

We spent the day today in Halifax at my brother's for my niece's confirmation. I won't post pictures with my niece in them because I don't have permission. It was a lovely celebration of love and joy. We left at 3:30 pm with our bellies full of delicious food. Dave and I headed one way and Ginette and André the other.
Entertained !!! what people do for fun now a days...

While we waited at the church for the rest of the family, we took pictures of course.

It was fun to get away even for just the day. Back to work tomorrow. I have a week's vacation coming up after this week.

Blessed

We had two beautiful sunny days for the weekend. Today was homemade ice tea (Pink Flamingo) time - although it could have been a wee bit warmer but the sun was so nice and bright in that nice blue sky.

I am so blessed to call this place home !

Today we celebrated our son's 26th birthday with a traditional dish ''rappie pie'' and ice cream cake. I also made my second batch of soap and it's looking beautiful. I love that I am surrounded by so many resourceful people... I enter the soap supply store and walk out 45 minutes later with a head full of new information and a pocket full of little pieces of paper with names, websites, etc on them.