Friday At Malachi

So we finally stopped working for a few hours and went fishing.

Ron caught the only walleye which pissed me off. We need more for a dinner.
He usually catches a lot. They just don't seem to bite in the afternoon.

I did catch a master anglers award bass but only if we were in Manitoba. 

That also pissed me off. We don't want bass.

Back home we were mixing up concrete for pads under the cottage.

He's really strong. I did some mixing but was glad when he took over.

This made me laugh. 

Ron was laying in the low part of the crawl space using his impact drill as a hammer on a post we were trying to place under a beam.

Later he was trying to give me heck for letting a hose I was working spray some water on one of his tools. 

I DONT THINK SO.

Here he is using his chain saw cutting out an old post. Two minutes before this shot he had his leg in front of the blade. He stopped and decided that might be a problem. Thank goodness.

We took the half mile  walk down to Clay and Peggie's place this afternoon when we finished work on the cottage.

These dogs are buddies now. Charlie is such a sweet dog. Old and stiff but still happy.

We saw quite a few clusters of fresh blue berries on the path to Clay's house.

 Ron said that is how they grow in Malachi and was encouraging me to eat them. I wasn't sure .

 Likely because of the big grin on his face and when Daisy didn't eat them 

I knew something was a little funny.

After the walk both Charlie and Daisy were happy to get a swim.

First Day At Malachi

It's cold and raining. There is no desire to go fishing . Ron has some under the cottage repairs to do.

Over the last 25 years the cottage has shifted a little.

 We were busy working here jacking up the cottage and putting in new supports.

Daisy kept us company chasing mice down here while we worked.

It was raining out so hard we didn't  go fishing today and I decided to do some baking.

I made a nice lemon meringue pie to have with our dinner.

I also built a nice tasting chicken chow mien as our main coarse.

Daisy has found a new friend to hang out with. 

Charlie is one of the pups that our Lab "Ellie" had 14 years ago.

Charlie is the only one left from that litter.

He is very slow but still as sweet as ever.

Heading To Malachi

I started my day here getting Daisy equipped for her big fishing trip. 

I knew that if I didn't do this properly I would have to answer to Wayne and Sue next week.

 Daisy and I will be in Clear Water Bay after the weekend.

It is a typical Malachi fishing trip. 

The lake was so rough Ron almost couldn't tie up to the loading dock .

It is about a 25 minute ride up the lake to his cabin.

Daisy waited patiently with me while Ron brought the boat up to the dock from his shore storage spot.

She was quite warm and dry wearing her new rain suite from Wayne and Sue as well as her new life jacket from Pet Smart.

Smart Dog. Sucking up to the Captain.

Ron and I were both bouncing around and hanging on for all we were worth. 

Only daisy has sea legs and wandered around the boat. 

At on point Ron said that if we happened to go down he was going to hang onto the dog.

She's the only one with a life jacket . Ours were packed away under the seats.

We were invited over to Peggy and Clay's for dinner when we got to the cabin.

They are getting ready to tear this cabin down and build new as they live here full time now.

It was a wonderful meal. I wish this picture had been a little more clear.

They are a nice couple. I wish we lived closer to them.

We came back from their place by boat. Daisy knew exactly where to go.

On The Road Again

I headed out across the Rockies to Calgary on Saturday Morning. 

It's a beautiful day for a ride in the mountains.

I got into Brian and Roxi's place late Saturday afternoon. They have two Portuguese water dogs which are great dogs but real chickens. When they saw Daisy they both climbed up onto the chairs trying to get away. They had trouble getting Harley (the black one) to come back into the house. Funny.

Haley and Daisy started to get along after the second day.

Phil lives on the adjoining property and brought the new grandson over at breakfast.

Their property is 5 acres and looks like a park. 

We wandered around checking out all the garden art.

Phil came back in the afternoon with Jacob to say Hi. 

Jacob was wearing the cute little outfit that Ruth and I bought for him.

Kelly and Phil make a lovely couple. 

Such a nice young family.

Brian and I hung a couple of mirrors in Roxi's new gym.

Dinner time the dogs were trying to get away from Daisy again.

Monday morning we're back on the road .

Daisy has her spot .

She's a great little traveller.

Last Two Days In Kelowna

Our friends Vern and Jackie live in the same condo complex as Ruth's friend Sharon and they thought it would be nice to have us over for dinner just before we head out. Ruth is going to hang out on Vancouver for a few weeks and I am going to go fishing in Ontario for a few weeks. 

The evening was full of laughter. Vern and Jackie with their daughter Crystal.

Ruth and Jackie.

Jackie gets pretty animated when telling a story.

Vern and Jackie came into our store 18 years ago to buy a piano.

I still haven't closed them on an instrument. I've given up.

We were surrounded with blonds this evening.

Vern had us laughing so hard at one point we were all crying. So much fun.

Sunday is going to be Jack's birthday so Ruth and I took him out to a buffet on Friday for a celebration.

We are both going to be gone for his birthday. 

He loves Buffets. Jack must have gone up 10 times to add to his plate.

We told Ellie there was no desert until she had something nutritious.

She would have been happier with just Jello and cake.

So Friday evening Jack wanter pizza and fresh chilliwack corn for his Birthday Dinner.

Well the corn loosened his other front tooth and he knocked it out with his glass when he went for some water. 

He was so happy. It didn't hurt. He almost didn't know it fell out.

 Brad got home from work just in time to beat the whip cream for the Angle Food Cake.

A moment of silence to get a wish.

The little guy did a good job blowing them out.

It's been a good day.He was pretty happy.

Just before bed he realized that he had misplaced his tooth. 

He also misplaced the other front tooth that he had lost two days earlier.

I had him sit down and write a letter to the Tooth Fairy explaining the problem.

He asked if he could please still get his reward for the teeth.

I told him it was a gift and not a reward.He stared at me for a minute and then told me it was his teeth and he could call it whatever he wanted.

Well, the Tooth Fairy left him a note that night with  $5.00 bill telling Jack his Grand Dad was right. 

It's a gift she left him and not a reward. Hahaha.