Favourite Season - Photo a Day, June 6th

I used to think that fall was my favourite season. I've changed my mind. I have a new favourite season. It's called "Farmers Market". "Farmers Market" is the season that starts on the first Friday in June and ends on the last Sunday in October.

Today marks the beginning of "Farmers Market" and I am just absolutely thrilled! The produce (for the most part) is locally grown which is good considering the price of gas lately because if it's locally grown it doesn't have to be trucked in with a fuel surcharge added to a head of broccoli. A few weeks ago at Superstore the managers "special" was broccoli - $2.49/head thank you. I think not! So, I couldn't wait for "Farmers Market" season to start.

Jonathan and I went up to the mall after he was done school. The market is located in the north west parking lot of our local mall, so it's not hard to get to. Not much to spend on gas either as it's only about 3 km away.

We picked out some gorgeous looking strawberries (everberries - ones that bloom early and stay later - are already in season - YUM!), some asparagus (I wish asparagus season was longer!), some mushrooms, some cucumber, some tomatoes and even some farm fresh eggs. He loves checking out all the produce and the various other goodies the vendors have up for sale (honey, pies, bagels).

We didn't spend much time as it is STINKIN' HOT out today - with the humidity factored in, it's 41 degrees Celcius; that's 106 degrees Fahrenheit for my American friends. So umm...yeah...HOT!

Here is little man checking out some sample tomatoes. Of course he had to pick it up and ask me what it was. When I told him it was a yellow tomato, he promptly put it back down and I found myself eating a piece of yellow tomato. Not bad...tastes just like a regular red tomato!

Tomorrow's photo will likely have something to do with the Bread and Honey Festival that we'll be attending in nearby Streetsville.

Hope you have a STELLAR weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

Game Boy - Photo a Day, June 5th

He went to school, he came home, he had lunch and then this:

He just LOVES playing his video games!

Lilac SHRUBS? Photo a Day, June 4th

Yep! Didn't know they existed! But they do and their fragrance is even STRONGER than that of the lilac bush.

Because we live in high rise, we park underground. The good news is that there are "windows" (grated openings) where the fragrance comes through. So, every time I go down to the car, I smell the lilac shrubs - YUM!

Please forgive the quality of the image. My computer is acting up and for some reason not recognizing my CF card (yes, I've tried rebooting). I had to pull the images with the CF card in the camera, but that wouldn't pull the RAW images that I shot. Not sure what's up with that. So, because it wasn't in RAW, I didn't get to tweak it as much as I would have liked.

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Five Days a Week - Photo a Day, June 3rd

This is what I do:

And it's starting to pay off too! While I haven't seen a whole lot of weight loss (only about 5 lbs), I am starting to see some results in inches lost and my waist is starting to reappear - WOOT!

I have a goal of 2 dress sizes by Vegas. Scott is taking me to Las Vegas at the end of July and I want to be down 2 dress sizes. I'm confident I can do it, so GO ME!!! BTW, does anyone know how many pounds equals a dress size???

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Photo a Day in May

O.K., so it's not May...and I'll admit, it definitely sounds nicer when it rhymes, but what are you gonna do? May got away from me...and while many of my blogging friends did a "Photo a Day in May", I'm hoping to pull off the same in June.

So, the pic for June 1st wasn't mine, but it was taken on the first, so I'm counting it - LOL! (Pic of DD in the post below this one)

Today, you get this one:

Lilacs have to be my absolute FAVOURITE bloom (Apple Blossoms are a VERY close second!) and since we live in a high rise condo, I don't have any. BUT, there are some growing on the grounds and you can be sure that when we buy a house (soon!) that one of the first plants going into the backyard will be a lilac bush! The colour matters not, I just LOVE the fragrance! It's a shame they don't bloom for longer, so I enjoy them while I can.

Hope you had a GREAT day and thanks for stopping by!

When did this happen???

This:
is my DD. That dress she has on? My sister lent it to her to wear to her Grade 8 graduation. Does she look 13 to you? No...me neither. Who in the heck gave her permission to go and get all grown up? There is NO WAY that was part of any deal I had when she was born 13 1/2 years ago...

I know one thing for sure though...I've been blessed with beautiful, thoughtful, wonderful young lady and I am the luckiest mom in the world.

Cropping with the Gypsy Chicks

Yesterday I went over to my friend Steph's house to crop with some of my bestest girlfriends! I got to hang with Tiiu, Brigit and Birute (and Steph of course) and had a great time!

There was LOTS of food (what crop is complete without it?), lots of laughs (there always is) and the company was WONDERFUL!

Didn't take any pics (didn't bring the camera) and can't show you what I did because it's part of a mini album that I am making for someone super special and since he reads this blog, well...

This LO:

is part of the mini album, but he's seen it already, so I can share it with you again, though I did make one tiny change...can you tell what it is? If you can, leave me a note here and if you get it right, I'll send you some goodies! Not sure what yet, but it will likely be scrapbooking related!

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