Fruples.com | Photo Blog: 07/04/2004

Bear Day at School

Sister Bear joins Oliver for a day at school and a special picnic.

Visiting Tucker

We stopped by one morning and Tucker came out to see who had dropped by! We are so lucky that Kevin, Lisa and Tucker are here for the summer! (Well, Kevin does have to go back to work for a few weeks.) We also hosted Winnie (pug) for a sleepover, Seamus and Winnie both slept on our bed, and Seamus was fine until Winnie ate his food. But Winnie also ate some of Oliver's breakfast - I guess I should invest in dog food!

Turtle

On Thurday afternoon, as Jason and Frannie were arriving for a visit, we found this painted turtle near the cottage. After the obligatory photo shoot and long discussions about why we couldn't keep him, Marcelo and Oliver rescued the turtle and delivered him back to the shoreline. A few hours later, when Jason and Frannie were leaving, we discovered that the turtle had climbed the rocky cliff yet again! This time we let him go on his merry way.

Oliver and Merv's Dog Watching the Fish at the Marina Eat Minnows

Another Minaki Sunset

July long weekend in Minaki

Will the weather ever improve? Seven weekends in a row it has rained in Minaki. No treehouse yet, although Robbie committed last night to having it built before July 16. Regardless, we were still able to enjoy ourselves.

On Saturday, Uncle Todd took us on a lovely fishing expedition. We managed to catch enough for lunch and Todd orchestrated a very delicious non-Atkins lunch of fried fish (dipped in corn flakes - he is so domestic!), fried potatoes (or "grease nuggets" as Liz and Mike lovingly call them) and pork & beans. Yummy!!

Since Marcelo's 39th birthday was on Sunday, July 4, we had a party for him on Saturday night. We had a few friends over and had a wonderful time. It was so great to hang out with friends at the cottage, and the weather held out nicely so we didn't melt like we have in the past.