Blue and white and white and white days

From the front

Looking from the back

With more snow - snowing

Snowicles - snow on the icicles

Looking from the front

Overloaded tree

Veg Food, Bday Cards, Renos status

Closet in 5th bedroom

Bday cards: Hilde, Boris, Amanda, Danny, Marlene, Karen, Nicola, Carol and Keith, Naomi and Dave, Ed and Bev

Regular veggie dish adding 8 more years to life

Wall between bathroom and bedroom framing

1. Not everyone knows about Boris the intelligent, shy mischievous brown bear who in the last two years has made his home in the area. This year as well as sending a card he sang Happy Birthday and left the message on the answering system . Then he erased it before I could play the recording to visitors. Mostly he just moves tools around, hides things occasionally and seems to be a measuring tape collector.
2. Birthday cards like Christmas cards I love to receive and leave them up for a while for company. I will put the Christmas cards up in the summer.

Symposium Milton Amanda's Masterpiece Modified

Monday Milton Symposium special burger $3.75 maybe my last meat ????

Starting to prepare the vegetables

Soup at the Symposium

Eggplant, Zuchini, capers, parsley, mushrooms, oregano, 2 cans diced tomatoes in the pot

Stirring the Pot

Referring to Amanda's recipe online we substituted Penne pasta for tuna steaks

with Penne and pumpernickel

Start of a chili day

Beautiful Birthday Party celebrations

After blowing the candles

The start of a wonderful day when Ed and Bev and Dave and Naomi took Karen and  I to lunch at the Thai restaurant

Blowing the candles

My wonderful friends Dave is off camera

The game from Indonesia  Dave is miming who?

Looking up, Gus thought film star was one word, he was wrong!!!!

My Birthday cards and help books

One of many presents from Karen ( lots of Valentine chocs amongst others!!!)

Firsts, Coffee, 6lbs, Laundry, Symposium Guelph

First Coffee with new $20 Sunbeam Coffeemaker from China via Walmart

First laundry wash in new laundry watching to make sure temporary overflow works!!  it did

First time for a while within 6lbs of my light heavyweight fighting weight of 168 lbs  (Tiger Bob in my dreams)

First time in Guelph Symposium opposite Stone Road Mall

Really great meal for two for less than $40

First time people pictures were not good so showed the place instead

Gus daydreams, laundry room start, 5th BR closet

Danny throws a snowball

The start of the cement trail with footprint

The Trail

Where Gus stopped daydreaming and noticed the  cement falling out of the bag

Staring the new Laundry room space left for sink

The built in to be closet for the 5th bedroom

60th Duodecimal Birthday Danny Surprise Boris Sings

The largest slice of chocolate cake I have ever been served

The Master says many years ago as a kid there was a shop in TO  serving similar helpings

The apprentice and Master in Angels Diner Guelph wonderful  surprise and meal

I thought I was going to spend my Birthday happily talking on the phone and contemplating maybe even reading some book while looking at the beautiful countryside.

My first call was the beautiful voice of Shelley singing Happy Birthday then a chat with the RexMeister  before they left for the cottage, followed by a long chat with Karen and then another rendition of Happy Birthday from Nicola in her oh so cold flat. Unfortunately insulation is a concept foreign to England.

 Then I was just settling down to my grooming when a Birthday call came through from Danny. It was interrupted by knocking on the backdoor I thought Will and Colleen might have ski-ed over or Boris had come in person - BUT no it was Danny calling on his cell from behind the door Ha Ha . What a lovely surprise he came bearing a Home Depot gift card gift and an invitation to lunch. So as above we went to Angels Diner which is owned supplied or something by Cindy Lunau's daughter Andrea - have to call Cindy and tell her how great it was!!

In the meantime Amanda had called when the phone was busy and we were out. As it was getting late I thought the calls had come to an end, but then another surprise Boris called and sang Happy Birthday. You all may recall last year Boris sent a Birthday card. For those who don't know much about Boris he is a mischievous very talented neighbourhood bear. We love him but he is annoying. He has a thing for measuring between us we own six measuring tapes, but sometimes Boris manages to hide four or five. He is a real jokester and also manages to hide other tools in plain sight But we love him nevertheless and thanks for the Birthday wishes Boris.!!!!