And me without my sunscreen...

FINALLY! A gorgeous, sunny Summer day. First real one in an entire week, and even the one we got last Saturday wasn't even this good.

Of course, I hadn't expected it to stick so wound up out there without my sunscreen. At least I was in a t-shirt so I didn't get too burned...but of course it's a scoop-neck tanline now. Argh. Oh well.

Went for brunch with some girlfriends and it was so exciting to be able to sit out on the shady patio and enjoy the outdoors. Lovely! Good company, good food, good weather. What better way to spend a Sunday, really?

After brunch I just did some wandering around on the waterfront with a couple of the girls. We watched one of the acts for BuskerFest....a troup of Jamaican acrobatty-type guys. I was calling them "Jamaican Cirque du Soleil"....which wound up "Jerk du Soleil" (as in Jerk seasoning...LOL). They did all of these amazing flips and gymnastics and strength tricks, lifting and holding themselves and each other...with a finale of the lead guy doing a running start into a flip over seven people (by people I mean kids from the audience). Just incredible. The athleticism required must take constant training. These guys were built!

The girls had to head out after that so I got an iced coffee and enjoyed a bit more sun and walked the length of the waterfront boardwalk. It's mostly the same stuff I saw when I visited here last year (little did I know at the time that I would be living here a year later!)...so after walking back to my car I decided to head out.

Actually would have been a good day for a drive, but I hadn't thought about where to go, so ran a few errands and then came home to tackle part of the lawn. The back lawn needs another hot day to really dry out from the torrential downpours we had this week but I got through the front and side. What we really need is a new lawnmower with a bag...I should've bought that today. Note to self!

Here's hoping that Mother Nature got my call, and is planning on keeping Summer around for a while. I like the neato thunderstorms but not the clouds and wet that come with them. Three cheers for sun!!!

Another Saturday Drive

Saturday morning we decided to go for another drive since we had such a nice time last weekend. We chose to head up to Victoria Park in Truro....actually we were looking at something to do with the Bay of Fundy, then noted that Truro is on the edge or end of the Bay or a part of it or something so that's what led us there. Then some surfing the web led me to find Victoria Park.

We loaded the doggie and the extra baggies and water into the car, stopped at our new favorite restaurant The Armview for a cheap but yummy breakfast (seriously.... $5.70 for my breakfast...2 eggs, bacon, toast, hashbrowns and coffee...score! plus patio seating!) and then hit the highway. It's about an hour's drive to Truro....and the gastank light came on about 1/3 of the way there....and even though I know that my car can go a LONG way once the light comes on I was starting to get nervous....but we didn't want to pull off the highway so we just went for it. Of course, it was fine.

Got to Truro, but didn't have a map, so just drove around until we found the signs for Victoria Park. What a gem!! This huge, beautiful, sunny, green and lush park. Mojo isn't so great for walking with crowds of people so we opted to stick to the lower main trails and didn't get to go off the beaten track....but it was still a lovely walk. I'd like to see it in the fall or spring when the waterfalls are really flowing. Afterwards we got drinks (cherry slushie for me!) and sat on the grass watching the funny band play.


Don't ask why I'm carrying my purse...we had already started down the path when I realized I had it and I didn't feel like going back to put it in the trunk.



On our way out of town we stopped at the viewpoint for one of the Tidal Bores on the Bay of Fundy. If I remember correctly a tidal bore is when the water is flowing out of the canal but being pushed back in by the ocean tide, creating a crazy whirlpool tidal effect. Mostly it just looked like muddy red water due to the massive amount of clay, etc. Still quite pretty though.


Then home we came to relax for a bit, then out to dinner with some friends. Followed that up with another quiet night in with wine and some Trivial Pursuit. I was poopered from all that sun!

Our Furry Kids

Stoopy was rolling around on my office floor yesterday chasing his own tail (I love that!) so I was trying to get his picture, but of course he stopped by the time I got the camera. So I just took these random shots for fun anyway.

Then it reminded me that I never posted the pictures of Mojo from our first big walk of the season out in the sun along the BLT Trail that is up the road.