Our Front Garden – So Far

Here’s what’ we’ve planted so far:

Two Silverleaf Dogwood trees
Six Goldmound Spirea bushes
Three Soapwort bushes
Three Cheddar Pinks bushes
I also have these pink mums planted by the trees.

Pink of course the choice of flower for Elina.  I didn’t really choose them all out myself. I went to the Garden Centre and just told them what type [...]

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Wii Are Family

No, I meant wii have a Wii. Wii will be doing alot of Sport play. What a hoot. After a few tries of Elina tossing the bowling ball into the gallery (yes…they all jump when the ball comes their way) Elina finally got into the swing of things as the photo below [...]

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New Front Deck & Garden

We replaced our front rotting deck with a nice open space. We plan on putting our a small table and the cushions for that 2 seater seat and perhaps a curtain to have some privacy and enjoy some morning breakfast outside.

We have enclosed the huge green, blue and trash bins under the porch, [...]

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No Excuse

I have no excuse for the lack of posts.  We’ve just been busy with work and school and then the above renovations.  We’ve also replaced our front “dormer” roof (which was leaking into the our front room).
Me, Elina, Herman, Peps & Daisy are all doing wonderfully!!!
I’ll take photos today.  We’re off to Toronto International Circus [...]

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Happy 17th of May

We did not get a chance to get out the Norwegian Club’s 17th of May (Norwegian Constitution Day) today, it was simply too cold and rainy (kind of like Bergen on a good day!

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Elina’s Sense of Style

We had no breakfast in the house today. No bread, no sugar (for tea), no fruit.  So after a warm milk (for Elina) we headed out to Beacher Cafe on Queen Street for breakfast out.  Before we headed out….
I was getting some clothes downstairs and got upstairs and Elina had picked our her own outfit [...]

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Off to Norway via Reykjavik

Elina and her daddy are off to Norway this summer. They are leaving shortly after her birthday. I’m staying home this year because Hillary will be spending her summer with us, working as a Summer Camp Counsellor at Community Centre 55. I’ll be wondering what to be filling my time with when [...]

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Family Time

With the nicer weather and my scooter commute we’ve been having more day time together.  I usually take Elina to school and then get to work – and with my Vespa, I’m home at least 30 to 40 minutes earlier than usual.  Elina’s been practicing on her 2 wheeled scooter (not too successful) and her [...]

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