From the 'home front'

This is 'our' little dog for the next couple of weeks. (or we can kinda not really claim him anyway. He is the dog of the people we are staying with.) His name is Jack. His best buddy died a couple of weeks before we came and he seems to love coming with us everywhere. He is first in line for walks and runs and even for a swim. One evening, Bert and I headed out in the canoe and here comes Jack. Paddle, paddle, around the canoe and back again, begging to be let in. He thanked us by shaking off all his river water. We like him.

Work hard, sleep hard.

These are a couple of pictures of the house we are staying in. It is a large log home. Beautiful.


I love to lay in bed at night with the windows open and listen to the frogs in the swamp. It is a rolling drone. Back and forth. I love it! Sounds of summer.

Hitting the city

Yesterday we went into Ottawa. It is the capitol of Canada, a fact I sadly didn’t know before we came this time. But then, I don’t remember half of the State’s capitols either. Ah well! It was a great day out.

The parliament building in the background.

My handsome hubby

Ottawa is kind of half in Ontario, half in Quebec. I am just glad that most French words have accent marks in them. This one is self explanatory, but.... :)

Our fearless leader

This is a loch system they have worked out to get boats up to Ottawa from Kingston. It is fun to watch. The gates open up, releasing water or adding water depending on which way the boat is going. Each loch shifts the boat a good 20-30 feet up or down.

This is in the National Art Gallery. They do not allow photographs of most of the pieces, but hey we had to take a picture while we there none the less. They had a big mix from photos to paintings and sculptures. Bert was into art in school. I like it too, but got the biggest kick out of the big names things.

Fun, Fun!

I still have not taken any good pictures around the place here. All is well though. We are getting to know the people in the church much better and are settling into a routine of sorts.

Smith's Falls

We are now around Smith's Falls, Ontario, Canada. It is a beautiful little town not much smaller than Harrison (10,000 population) with its claim to fame being that it is Hershey's Capitol of Canada.

Have to get some picture around the place here!

A little survey

CandyLand.....

What does this mean to you? The first memory that comes to mind, come on!