Niagara Falls

M sent me this photo from his hotel room in Niagara Falls where he is at a business gathering.
It's a gorgeous view!

I've been weeding the garden for half an hour every day for the past week or so, hoping to win the battle against the weeds, or at least give it a good try! The lawn company is using this new iron treatment, but I don't think it works.

It's the longest day of the year, enjoy!  We're having hot, summery weather...a heat wave actually.

A Hazard

I was out for a walk and noticed this tree in the neighbourhood being removed. It's a large tree and I thought it was against the law these days. I asked the guys who were cutting it down and they said the people had a permit because it was a hazard. He said 'don't worry they can always plant another one and it will grow back in a few years'. I don't think so, let's hope the other trees on that street get to stay!

The neatest thing to watch was the tree shredder they had.  They would feed large branches into it and it would quickly chop it into bits sort of like when you put things into a food processor!

Creative Tuesdays - Gift

For Creative Tuesday's "Gift" theme I did an acrylic ACEO. I love receiving cut flowers as gifts!  Let's go see what the others did!

I had a rough day today

The photo above is funny if you are familiar with Dora the Explorer, the children's show!

Father's Day went well yesterday. Well, M discovered that his car battery had died the night before. So we tried to jump start it in the morning to no avail. We called CAA (Canadian Automobile Association) and they sent a battery expert over within 20 minutes. He restarted the car but determined that it was on its last legs (it was 5 years old anyway). We decided to let him install a brand new battery.

L and K decided to get their dad an oreo ice cream cake from Dairy Queen. They also got him a new shirt. Later that evening we went out to dinner with M's mom. L noticed that RyanDan, members of an old boy band group B4-4 were just leaving the restaurant and was able to get a nice photo taken with them. She says she might have fainted if she was still 11 years old!

Mint Chocolate Chip

Happy Father's Day to all the fathers out there!

For Sunday Sketches and Summer of Color I did a 3"x3" acrylic on a post-it note!  I was inspired by a photo I saw on Pinterest.

A compliment

Here is a pretty iris flower I photographed sometime last month:





At the end of last month I needed a refill of K's hypothyroid medicine.  The family doctor said we should be checking his thyroid levels every 6 months and we had been doing it annually with an endocrinologist.  It seems the results have come back as abnormal and he wasn't sure what to do about that.  So we are going back to the endocrinologist.  The pharmacist told me this kind of thing is normal as he's still growing  and his condition has not stabilized.  He told me not to worry so I hope he's right.

The pharmacist said 'I don't know how old your son is, but looking at you, he can't be that old'...and he wasn't flirting, quite matter of fact!  Lol, made my day.  He's about my age or younger so then on top of that he called me 'miss'...wonderful pharmacist   and he has been very helpful to us with other drug information in the past.

Paint Party Friday and Summer of Color - Rainbow Sherbet

Linking today to Paint Party Friday and Kristin's Summer of Color.

Today's acrylic inspiration is done on  a  3" x 3" post-it note!