2008-10-13
Thanksgiving
Today is Thanksgiving day for us Canadians and the last long weekend before Christmas. Mother Nature decided to treat us well and gave us a spectacular weekend ..... sunny everyday with highs in the low 20s C. On top of that I think the fall colours were at their prime. A month or so ago I decided that there were a number of people we needed to see before we head south for the winter so I started trying to arrange visits. It turned out that the Thanksgiving weekend worked for three of them so I decided and somehow got Ed to agree that we'd fit them all in as well as a visit to my moms.
We left just after lunch on Saturday and drove to Brampton to drop off a repaired toy box and have turkey dinner with our friends Bob and Gwen, their kids John and Sue and Gwen's mom. (Ed made the toy box about 18 years ago after Sue was born and this summer it was returned to us so Ed could remove "Sue's toy box" from the front and fix the top that was broken when someone stood on it). Dinner was yummy and Zaph was spoiled once again as Gwen's mom brought him a rawhide shoe as a treat. After dinner we drove into Toronto to Ed's sister's (Sonya) condo. We had expected our sleeping accommodations to be an air mattress on floor but were pleasantly surprised to learn that we were staying in a neighbours condo. The couple were going to be away for the weekend and offered their bed to us --- very nice.
Sunday morning we drove out to "the beaches", an area in Toronto that is on the lake and has nice beaches, where we ate a delicious brunch which was then followed by a walk on the board walk. It would have been nice to spend the rest of the day at the beach with Sonya but we had to say good-bye and drive east to "the farm" to visit with my uncle Len and my cousin Bob and his family. "The farm" is just outside the village of Kendall. As we hadn't seen any of them for about 14 months we had lots to catch up on. After a nice visit we climbed back into the car and drove west to Burlington and my mom's house where we stayed for the night.
Monday morning we woke up to the sounds of my mom in the kitchen as she prepared Thanksgiving dinner --- ham and scalloped potatoes, yum. We certainly managed to get enough to eat this weekend.
It's Okay for mom and dad to be in jail as long as they still feed you. A Toronto by-law prevents pets of joining you on the patio but nothing can stop them from putting their head through the fence. This was a pet friendly restaurant --- water bowls were provided and one of the waiters went out and gave Zaph big pets a couple of time.
Sonya, Zaph and Ed .... who says a fence will keep you out of the festivities.
It's hard to believe that this beach is in the city. The lake was too cold for swimming but lots of people and dogs were enjoying walking on the board walk. A paved path was available for the bike riders and rollerbladers.
Some dog's have a one track mind .... Zaph was sad that we didn't get to spend more time at the leash free beach .... maybe next time
The motley crew --- My cousin Bob, Zaph, my uncle Len, Ed, Bob's wife Wendy and me.
We left just after lunch on Saturday and drove to Brampton to drop off a repaired toy box and have turkey dinner with our friends Bob and Gwen, their kids John and Sue and Gwen's mom. (Ed made the toy box about 18 years ago after Sue was born and this summer it was returned to us so Ed could remove "Sue's toy box" from the front and fix the top that was broken when someone stood on it). Dinner was yummy and Zaph was spoiled once again as Gwen's mom brought him a rawhide shoe as a treat. After dinner we drove into Toronto to Ed's sister's (Sonya) condo. We had expected our sleeping accommodations to be an air mattress on floor but were pleasantly surprised to learn that we were staying in a neighbours condo. The couple were going to be away for the weekend and offered their bed to us --- very nice.
Sunday morning we drove out to "the beaches", an area in Toronto that is on the lake and has nice beaches, where we ate a delicious brunch which was then followed by a walk on the board walk. It would have been nice to spend the rest of the day at the beach with Sonya but we had to say good-bye and drive east to "the farm" to visit with my uncle Len and my cousin Bob and his family. "The farm" is just outside the village of Kendall. As we hadn't seen any of them for about 14 months we had lots to catch up on. After a nice visit we climbed back into the car and drove west to Burlington and my mom's house where we stayed for the night.
Monday morning we woke up to the sounds of my mom in the kitchen as she prepared Thanksgiving dinner --- ham and scalloped potatoes, yum. We certainly managed to get enough to eat this weekend.
It's Okay for mom and dad to be in jail as long as they still feed you. A Toronto by-law prevents pets of joining you on the patio but nothing can stop them from putting their head through the fence. This was a pet friendly restaurant --- water bowls were provided and one of the waiters went out and gave Zaph big pets a couple of time.
Sonya, Zaph and Ed .... who says a fence will keep you out of the festivities.
It's hard to believe that this beach is in the city. The lake was too cold for swimming but lots of people and dogs were enjoying walking on the board walk. A paved path was available for the bike riders and rollerbladers.
Some dog's have a one track mind .... Zaph was sad that we didn't get to spend more time at the leash free beach .... maybe next time
The motley crew --- My cousin Bob, Zaph, my uncle Len, Ed, Bob's wife Wendy and me.
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