Yes, Friday the 13th was the date in Port Dover Ontario that all bikers would descend upon that small town, my father-in-law included, on his Harley Davidson.
I'm not superstitious of that day & will do my best to not let anything negative happen & carry only positive thoughts!
The month of August is flying by we're near mid now & thoughts of Autumn through advertising are everywhere I look. I love the fall the best however I'm going to savour what is left of this hot humid, mosquito-infested summer & think of these days next February when the snowdrifts are so high I cannot see out my 1st-floor windows! Oh, Canada I love your seasons!
The second wave of kids arrived for a week's visit & we all had a wonderful time if we stayed inside...the mosquitoes were thick & the females were thriving on biting us!
Leslie thinking hard on her next move, Nick trying to distract me from taking this pic of the two of them! The sunporch is very inviting this time of year.
Everyone had a great laugh though! Nicholas was happy to see his chess game again, it was in one of the many moving boxes in storage. We finally opened the game table to accommodate the glass board, the table was a great find at Open Door Antiques in Chatham NB.
I'm enjoying the Pampered Chef cookie pan to cook all of our bacon on for our BLT sandwiches & morning bacon & eggs.
Baxter loves having company come to visit & even more fun if they like to throw a ball outside!
Nicholas did a photoshoot with the outdoor gnomes, notice the beautiful castiron urns that were a fantastic find at the Hospice Charity Shop in Chatham NB!
This is a nighttime shot of the same gnomes with the oil lanterns lit. We found those lanterns at the Open Door Antique shop, one of my favourite places to find a good find!
It looks so mystical at night, poor Nick was eaten alive with mosquitoes but we found fantastic handmade Itch Soother Salve from Bee 'n a Blossom in Point Sapin NB. It relieves better than Benadryl!! It's handy having Pam the owner of the product's at the Coop in Pt Sapin, stop in to see the quality products she makes, I give them a 5 star!
Back to the photo, thank you for your patience Nicholas, I love the pics!
Fresh farm eggs from Pt Sapin too!
I love the different colours of them! Bill blew out the eggs & I sterilized them. I'm going to Hodge Podge them inside & out to keep them for decorating for many years to come.
Bill needs to blow out some more eggs for me to fill the vintage egg basket!
See the different sizes & colours, I love it!
And yes, I'm going to put all my eggs in one basket! lol
I'm the last one to go to bed at night & as I walk down the hall to the bedroom I gag on the smell of the Boston's dog farts. If you have ever owned a Boston terrier you know the smell that they make from their short snouts taking in the air to release it at the other end!
So with that being said, he went to work!
He removed their crates & added a piece of elevator flooring to stop the scratching of the paint when they moved around in their crates. With the bottom secured, he started working on the top!
He drilled out a hole on their ceiling to attach a venting mechanism to release all those fart gas smells!
Remember how their crate housing inbuilt was done inset the understairs closet?
Well, the exhaust hose was then sent through & Bill drilled yet another hole in the closet floor to the basement. Then through the rafters in the basement & out to the garage!
Once a hole was drilled there, here attached an elevator venting fan out to the garage! The fan is on an automatic timer to vent the Bostons crate area to the garage. Hopefully, this will do the trick for them & my dreaded walks down that smelly hallway. lol
Thank you sweetheart for all you do to make my life more pleasant to all my senses.
Bridget, the major gaser, was watching Bill & wondering want all the noise was with all drilling for the exhaust venting.
Baxter would not leave his crate for fear it would disappear again. lol Notice the vent cover on the ceiling, it looks great!
Dorice & I were in Winners this week & I found four bowls to go with the Halloween set that I've been collecting over the years.
The skeletons look very dapper in their elegant attire!
This is a bowl from several years ago, each piece is different but they are all from the same collection.
They are made in England still & have not been offshored & at $5 apiece for this china I find it to be great value & I love black & white!
Here's block 5 to the Harvest Moon BOW I'm doing.
And I've now finished block 6! Riley the Racoon lol
Here are the blocks I've completed so far. I'm still working on the border of the last BOW Wild & Wonderful, so many pussy willows to sew down! It is a gorgeous wallhanging & I'll be glad when it is done.
Have you ever had the perfect nightie? Well, I did for many years & time has worn it to threads!
You males reading this might have had a perfect 'night shirt', I had a request to make one years ago for Harry, my English friend.
I purchased this nightie many years ago in St Mary's ON, it was a cotton handmade one that once had glitter to it so I thought I'd use it for a sundress but then the glitter was gone & it was my soft cotton summer nightie.
It was getting so delicate that just putting it on I could hear it rip apart!
So apart it was, I took it apart to make a new fit me perfect summer nightie!
See how the cotton is disintegrated? I hung it on the line for that wonderful smell, maybe the sun-damaged it too.
The good thing is I now have a perfect fit pattern to make another & another...
Thank you for stopping in for a visit & I hope you have a wonderful Friday the 13th day!
And are enjoying the tastes & smells of this wonderful summer season.
Happy Friday the 13th. It's very hot today so I hope it will spur my sweet potatoes to grow as they require heat and so far we have had a cool summer.
ReplyDeleteFor some reason we have had less mosquitoes this summer, maybe they all migrated to your place. They might have seen your place on my computer and decided that it looked more interesting over there.
I love the chess set even though I don't play the game but my husband was an avid chess player years ago.
I had to laugh at the solution for your dogs flatulent problem. lol.
Your squares are so beautifully done. So much work.
Enjoy the weekend.
Hugs, Julia
I loved our visit out there <3
ReplyDeleteJust had to laugh at your description of the Boston toots. I think Bridget still holds the title for Fart Machine but maybe she's stealthier than Baxter haha.
Can't wait to see you all again in October!