We drove down to Niagara with all the family. We nearly didn't make it to the theatre at Niagara on the Lake where we were watching Alice in Wonderland. We left late, the traffic was heavy and the kids wanted a McDonalds. Joan loves Alice in Wonderland but the production, though spectacular, did not have the humour of the book. Plus the actress who was playing Alice was way too old. Some of the family fell asleep during the play. Niagara on the Lake looks lovely ...

We woke up late and sneaked around the house in case we woke anyone else up. It turned out Phil and Penny had done the same and were walking Mindy on the beach.Penny suggested that we had waffles for breakfast. Christine had pulled up a recipe online. Unfortunately there was only olive oil in the pantry so Phil went out to buy Canola oil.Phil and Penny have a waffle iron which batter is poured into and closed and a few minutes later you have big fluffy waffles. J...

After breakfast, we walked down to Phil and Penny's. They had taken one of their precious days off to spend the day with us. (They don't get anywhere as near the holidays we do.) We drove downtown to the Harbour front and enjoyed looking at all the boats there. The weather was scorching. Then we ate lunch at Amsterdam Brewhouse on the Lake. Penny and Joan hit the Mojitos while Phil and Kevin enjoyed a beer, After lunch we caught a ferry to Centre Island from wher...

The weather here is unseasonably hot which is lucky. After a slow start to the day we walked to Kingston and caught the bus into town. On the way down Pickering we heard a noisy bird and saw a blue jay anxiously darting about. A local explained that there was a nest nearby and the chicks had recently fledged and were on the ground. The blue jay and its partner were warding off a neighbourhood cat crouched under a bush. They were formidable in their defence of th...

Penny was working lates today so we said we would meet up at her house for a coffee around 11.30. We were so surprised to wake up and find it was gone ten. We had a quick breakfast before walking to their house. We sat in the garden and looked at the plants there.Joan had misplaced her camera so we went to the Library which was the last place she thought it could be. Luckily it had been handed in so we hadn't lost the racoon picture.It was a hot day and we seem t...