Victoria Day Weekend

This year Victoria Day fell on May 18. We had a hectic schedule planned for the weekend. First up on Saturday Evening was dinner at Harry and Sandy Murphy's - our community sponsors. They have a lovely house backing right up on Lake Ontario. They made us fell very welcome and we enjoyed a lovely dinner. Emily provided some Aussie flavour with good old lamingtons. This is a desert unknown to Canadians but once sampled, I would say they were hooked.

The next evening we invited to the home of Sean Roberts and Anne O'Brien for dinner. Anne and Sean are colleagues at Holy Cross and their daughter Ciara is in Emily's English class. It was great to get to know people from school a little more closely. Anne and Sean are lovely and we enjoyed their company very much.Once again, Emily impressed with a pavlova and we even managed to find some Timtams. what a treat!

Monday morning, Victoria Day dawned bright and early. The days are really getting so much longer now. We were invited to Liz Rae dalton's property on Howe Island. In order to get tthere, we had to catch a ferry. This was an adventure in itself and the views up the St Lawrence River were impressive. Liz and her husband Bill have just built a beautiful house here and it really was spectacular. Liz is an artist and her home reminds me somewhat of an art gallery. The kids were really impressed, Bill took them for a ride on Louise, the backhoe. Even Emily got to drive it and scoop the dirt and rocks. There could be some possible careers in the earth moving business after this visit. It was hard to go home.

The day felt so much like summer that school seems to be a bit of an appendage at the moment. Bring on the summer break!