P-Town with the Ladies

Cedar Angles
Originally uploaded by Jukeboy

Recently, Mr. T and I enjoyed a fun-filled week with our two favourite Pittsburghers. H Dawg and Catty Natty, kept us entertained, and our bellies happy in between grueling shopping expeditions, naps, and of course beach time. This shot is taken from the bedroom window of our rental. I just loved all of the different angles and the typical cedar shakes: so very Cape Cod!

Through the Looking Glass

The background, we did not conquer. The foreground, we did. Simon and I took an early morning excursion down to the Canada Maltage Silos on the Lachine canal. Our attempts to get in were futile; however, there were other vacancies in the vicinity. This shot was taken from inside an abandoned garage, kitty-corner the silos. Smells like a future condo project to me!
On a side note, the building is considered a heritage site, because it contains the only standing terracotta silos in North America. Who knew?

Sleepy Mr. T

Back in '08, we went up to Grand lake with C&S. It was a super fun and relaxing weekend. It seems funny to write about a weekend that happened two years ago, since so much has changed. One thing that remains the same is my husband's propensity to nap -- behind his (dirty!) glasses.

Mexican Souvenir

Okay, maybe not exactly a souvenir that we brought back from Mexico, but rather a souvenir of Mexico -- because you know all the babies wear ponchos, right? This is little Oscar at nine months at a Mexican themed dinner that we had chez nous.

Pre-Storm Afternoon Light

Caught some crazy light on my way home from work the other day. Unfortunately, I did not have my camera with me, but I did have my iPhone that fantastic new app that makes any photo look fab.

McGill Métro, a Little Brighter!

Thanks Tiltshift for iPhone! Oh, and thanks to my one and only reader for the recommendation. The App is a welcome spiffer-upper to the drab, often pixely iPhone photos. Enfin: Il fait beau dans l'métro!

You're a Star, PVR

Better late than never? Not sure about that.
Anyhow, here a few to make up for the long lag between posts. They are all from our trip to Puerto Vallarta, back in January. Enyoy! ;)

The Hills are Alive...

... with the sound of raclette! Julien must have known that he was going to eat something different for supper -- hence, the lack of excitement. Jaye, on the other hand, thrilled with the successful smuggling of cheese across the border, presses on with the promise of melted cheese and wine for supper. What a fantastic Vermont weekend!

ROMulous

While in Toronto recently, we went to see the Vanity Fair photo exhibit at the ROM. If you haven't already, I strongly recommend going to see it -- if just for a few of the portraits (my favourites: Margaret Thatcher, Drew Barrymore and Lance Armstrong). I took this shot on the way out from the exhibit. There were thousands of these figurines in a display case: all perfectly lined up. I was jealous.

Colourful Collage Crowd

A shot from inside a café in Barcelona. The painting included pasted beer and water bottle labels along with old matchbook covers. The canvas was quite large: 10'x6'. All figures had their backs to viewer. If it were for sale, I would have bought it.

Mutton Soup

A menu (okay let's be honest: food) often has an impact on my recollection of a visit. In this case, the sandwich board did little to draw me in. Instead, it made me think, who would want to eat old sheep soup? Alas, I didn't go in to find out: instead, I snapped this and went on to eat my crustless cucumber sandwich in one of London's many well maintained parks.

It's a Fact: Kael Likes Ice Cream

Last Saturday, while mom was packing and dad was gone to work on his bicycle, Kael made his way down to the Pointe for a little visit. We discovered that he likes ice cream -- a lot. Unfortunately, we didn't realise that this might prevent him from napping. Although the sugar eventually wore off, and he did sleep, we've learned our lesson! We had a super fun-filled day with Kael, who draws a lot of attention because of his hair, and then locks them in with his charm.

A Natural

We waited patiently for nearly four weeks (sheesh), but he finally came! This is Oscar, Claire and Simon's new little boy -- although little isn't a word I would use to describe him compared to other new borns, he is smaller than us. Big feet and super long legs: his mother tells me that he is in the 105% percentile.
The other guy is my husband, and a natural baby holder, don'tcha think?

Father's Day at Bark Lake

Some forget me nots up at the lake on Father's Day. There were a whole hill full of them in front of the cottage on the way down to the lake.


This fella was stuck to the screen for a few hours before I plucked him off to see him spread his colourful mothy wings.

Stealing Naps

Trev and I had two little ones for a part of last weekend. We had a great time during their whirlwind visit, and found ourselves ready for naps at just about the same time as them... After reading Nikola her pre-nap story, I made my way up to our bedroom but found a snoozing Julien had stolen my spot -- right next to a passed out Trevor I might add. Needless to say, I tip-toed out and promptly crashed on the couch.

Happy Bee-day Nikola!

Trevor and I had a fun time getting Nikola's birthday cake baked, iced, and most importantly decorated yesterday. We'll be heading over to celebrate with her this evening. I wonder if she'll like the bees? Yellow does seem to be one of her favourite colours...

California Sunrise...

... over the pool! We had to head out early in the morning to catch our flight home, so we grabbed our swimming trunks and went for one last dunk. There couldn't have been a better way to end a fantastic vacation.

The Saratoga of California: Calistoga

This mineral water pool is naturally heated by a geyser -- about 15 meters away from the edge of the pool. It was so warm (read hot), often (and even in the middle of the afternoon) you could see steam rising. I've never spent so much time in a pool in my life -- especially not when the temperature of the air was 15 degrees. We very much enjoyed our mud baths and relaxation at the Indian Springs Resort and Spa, and would highly recommend it to anybody -- especially during the low season.

Réno Philô

Lors d’un souper chez nous la fin de semaine dernière, Phil a reçu un super cool cadeau de Karen: des outils en peluche. Je me suis amusé en bien plaçant les accessoires! Et voilà, l’histoire de Réno Philô.

Night Market

An evening shot of the Atwater Market that I took a couple of months ago. I finally worked on it a bit in Aperture, but I'm still not 100% satisfied. I think I'll have to go out there and try it again -- I think I'll wait until the snow is gone. Blah!