The Joy of a Half Decent Camera

We just spent a couple of hours in a park on the waterfront.  These excursions into different outdoor places are supposed to be enjoyable but unfortunately half of the family are there on sufference and would rather be in the dark somewhere staring at a flickering screen so they aren't always successful.

This little trip can be classed as 'mixed/interesting', the park was nice, the weather was ok and the children were bordering on revolting but the view of the Toronto skyline rising out of the morning haze was really cool and you can actually see it on my photos.  Hurray for second hand iPhones.

Mother's Day

It was Mother's Day in Canada on Sunday.  I decided on my usual treat of a cooking and clearing up free day and jolly nice it was too.  The kids brought things home from school for me which was lovely although for reasons that were beyond his control (apparently) I had to wait until yesterday for Jacob's.

Editor Rose said I was cuddly, kind, loving and pretty and it makes her happy when I make silly faces, hope that's not my everyday expression.

Jacob painted a cherry tree in blossom, he said he wanted to put the sun in the sky but there was no yellow so he went for a purple sunset instead.

No Turtles

It's Wednesday already and I've not managed to blog about our exciting weekend yet.  It was hot so we went to Kerncliff Park to look for turtles, they didn't show but we saw some other neat stuff.  There were trees.

And last years reeds were looking pretty lovely.

We also saw gazillions of snakes.  Glad we were on the boardwalk where they couldn't get us.

Also jacob had a hair cut.

I apologize for the way that these posts have turned into just annotated photos but my powers of observation seem to have waned recently and my opinions on stuff aren't that important or even interesting so it's probably better this way for now.

Tomorrow I'll try to get Jacob to sort out the frog chorus.

Frog Chorus

I know I said no more signs of spring or at least I put the 'last' one up a few days ago but here is another one in disguise.  The frogs on the pond behind the house are waking up from hibernation or whatever they do on the winter, and making a good old racket, presumably for finding a mate purposes.  If you watch this short video of a tree with the sound up you will get some idea of the current sound track to our lives.  It's definitely better than traffic and geese and I fervently hope that it uploaded properly and has sound.

I actually started this post last Friday but my blogger app was having issues with video so I'm finishing off on the iPad via a laptop, sure there was an easier way but hopefully this works.  Anyhow, the reason I'm putting it up is to try to show you the difference in foliage now that the flora round here has decided winter is over.  This is roughly the same view this morning, a week after the video.

Waterfalls and Crazy Weather

Today the car thermometer read 30 degrees, how can that be when it snowed less than 2 weeks ago?  The worst thing about this time of year is how full the hall closet is, I have put the snow boots away but we still have winter coats, light coats, waterproofs, Wellies, trainers, sandals, umbrellas, hats and gloves and sun hats all out and available just in case.  I think this week I might actually be brave and put the proper winter stuff away.

We made the most of the nice weather by going to Ancaster to look at some waterfalls.  Tom and I thought that a stroll through the woods looking at scenic cascades was making the most of the weather but I fear the children did not agree.  Both objected to being outdoors and unfortunately neither of the falls we visited was loud enough to drown out the moaning.  Jacob retired to the basement as soon as we got home with some technology and hasn't been seen since, I wonder if he has some vampire genes and this is why he objects so vehemently to fresh air.

This is Sherman Falls

And this is Canterbury Falls.

The woods were lovely with lots of interesting spring wildflowers including these yellow ones which I think might be orchids.