While the circumstances of my spontaneous visit home to Ontario were not ideal (if dad really wanted a visit he didn’t have to go to such extremes as having emergency open heart surgery) it has turned out to be a really lovely time at home with my family. We’ve had some amazing sunny days and lots of time with cousins and at the beach, the park, out for bikes rides and eating our weight in ice cream in Port Dalhousie.
Building the Taj Mahal
Being a crab
Bonding over a shared love of toast with marmite
cousin Bronwyn, 2 going on 22.
The only smile I ever managed out of my nephew Gethyn, who was otherwise wary of me for the whole visit.
Sunset walks to the lake
Very pretty
Beachcombers!
Mum and T
Hiking the Green Ribbon Trail. Walking stick in hand
“Mum? Can I poke at birds and stuff with this?” Ummmm, no David Suzuki, you may not.
A little game called “spot the frog”
“Mum, I’m fishing for water here” He was far more successful than I’ve ever been at fishing for fish.
With dad home and well, back to his baseline and joking that he really did all this just to get the free membership at the YMCA for rehab (always hated to pay membership fees, that cheapskate), we managed to make a not so great trip home, into a great visit.
May 13, 2013 at 3:40 pm
Lovely pictures, and so glad your difficult trip turned out well.
May 15, 2013 at 9:17 am
Thanks so much! It was a blessing to be home and to enjoy time with my family.