Visit from the Fairy Godmother

Linda Murray, my yummy god-mummy, visited us from Napanee, Ontario for a glorious week of sunshine and good times--we stayed here on the Island the whole time, but took more than a few trips down memory lane. Fulfilling Miranda's expectation of a "fairy" godmother, Linda arrived at the airport wearing wings (borrowed from her granddaughter Natalie)! She cooked for us several times--and (pictured here) even took us out to the Tuscany for a scrumptious evening on their outdoor patio. Magical indeed!

BBQ w BB KT

We headed into town on a scorchingly hot day to visit Baby Katie and family for a great BBQ (prefaced by Andrew's famous margaritas--I am still recovering from the brainfreeze effect) and some quality time in the froggy pool. Meanwhile, our own little frog princess got so tuckered out from playing in the heat that she slept until 9:30 the next morning!

A Proud Dad--& Family

We celebrated Father's Day in style at "The Tuscany" in Snug Cove; the next day was Miranda's first ballet recital--photos to come, from Nana's camera. I just finished teaching a short course at UBC so am feeling relatively free & relaxed (when not writing lectures for my online course at Kwantlen)... If we can get some good weather, we might even go sailing off into the sunshine!

Big Red

You can't tell from the photo, but this stopsign-red poppy in our garden is about the size of Miranda's head.

She's still recovering from a big weekend, which was busy but great. A red-letter weekend!?

On Friday night we went over to Sue and Gil's; Steve is helping Gil build a tree house for Ellie and Josh (and I'm sure Miranda will be a frequent visitor). The funniest part was watching the guys stagger back out into the yard to do more work after a delicious steak dinner of generous proportions. Amazing, the soporific effects of red meat!

On Saturday, we were at Carmen and Peter's for dinner--no sooner had we admired the very elegant table--all set in white, when Steve spilled his red wine (and this is by no means the first time he has done so at their place!) all over the elegant linen table cloth. Was his face red!

But, on the plus side, I finally got my cheque (for writing a book review--amazingly I get paid to write sometimes!) from McGraw-Hill publishers. So, you guessed it, we're no longer in the red.