THE AMATEUR TRAPPER

Fruit flies have taken over my kitchen!! No wonder, when I have had such an abundance of fresh fruit, but what do I do to get rid of them? I know there are many creatures that would be more annoying, more scary, more dangerous, but these little pests are really annoying. So, I go online to get some ideas of how to eradicate these pesky things. With saran over the top of the glass and with holes poked into the saran, and some soapy water and fruit peels in the glass they crawl into the glass and there they meet their doom. It is working!!! They crawl in but can't find a way out and they drown!

One person suggested they were too small to shoot. One said to eat a few and the rest would be so scared they would leave but I found this to be the easiest method of elimination. So this is your helpful hint of the day!

A DARK CLOUDY RAINY DAY!

What does one do when it is rainy and cloudy and dark? I paint! Well, almost. First I want to print a copy of a couple of photos that I took while in Wyoming last month to use as my reference. So, I go to the PC and print one. I discover that the color cartridge is low and the color just does not come out like it should so rather than put a new cartridge in I will go to the Mac and print one. What do I discover? Since we put a new hard drive in my Mac my printer is not recognized. So, after much fiddling around I decide to download a new driver for my printer on my Mac. Got that done but the output on the printer is not very good. So, I decide to do a test print. I put an old sheet of paper in the printer to do that. It gets jammed in the printer. So, I need to take the back off the printer clear the paper jam. But my light is not good so I reach for my trusty flashlight to give me some light. However, the flashlight has been left on and the batteries are dead. Boy, do I need a cup of coffee! So, my sympathetic husband makes me a coffee, complete with a granola bar! I replace the batteries, find that the printer is working, the sun has come out! I am back in the painting business once again!! However, it is almost lunch time so the painting will have to wait until another time!

A Saturday Morning Ritual

After taking a mile and a half walk and about 30 minutes of stretching and

while I am making our usual pancake breakfast, the hubby is assembling his meds for the week.

You'll notice that most of the meds are vitamins. That's what keeps this fellow going!

And.....of course, one always winds up on the white floor, which makes it almost impossible to see. Oh, well, a person has to get their exercise some way!

THE END OF A WONDERFUL WEEK

My week began with a trip to Troy, Michigan. Lita came to Sandra and Roger's home with friends and we joined them there and brought Lita home with us. My sick computer kept

Roger busy all day Monday. But, alas, by the end of the day it was up and running again.

Dinner at the Lake House Restaurant was wonderful! The food was delicious and the company was fun!

Since Lita and I have cameras which are identical, well except for the fact that she has a more dignified lens, we did lots of experimenting with photos during the week.

This is my version of the harvest moon, notice the star directly underneath the moon.Later in the week our focus was on the fall harvest. Grapes, apples and pumpkins.

It was a fun week! It just ended too quickly! I am thankful to God for the relationship I have with each of my daughters, a bit of heaven on earth.

Our recent VACATION in Memphis

If you have to have a delay in flight travels, this is the way to go!! Of course, it would be more convenient to have your own luggage, especially your own hair brush, toothbrush, pj's etc. But if you don't , you can make do with wearing your underwear for pj's (or wearing your husband's underwear!) And the way to really enjoy this luxury is to travel from Atlanta to Columbus, Miss. and then to Memphis in very small, very warm planes before you get to the luxurious, cool hotel. You see, when you are just 20 minutes from boarding your scheduled flight and the announcement is made that your flight is cancelled (no explanation given!) you hardly know which way to turn, especially when you are informed that the next available flight is 28 hours away! At least we were stranded together! We also did not have a wedding to attend or a funeral or other function that was obligatory. We prayed for a safe trip. Perhaps if our plane had been on time, it might not have been a safe trip. So thank you God, for looking out for us.

Our stay at the luxurious motel was very comfortable!

Three Days in Thunder Bay

It was a time of celebration. It was a time of family fun. We had to get up reallllly early to drive to Toronto on Thursday morning to fly to TB. We arrived in TB at 9:45 a.m. So we had the day to visit with the kids. What fun! After lunch Kyle suggested we go for a walk. So, Wayford, Wilma, Sandra, Kyle and Bayleigh went across the road from Kyle's house to a trail through the woods. Since it was a really hot, sunny day we covered ourselves with sunscreen. Well, that probably wasn't necessary because most of the area we hiked was in heavy bush which kept us in the shade. Now, because there was shade, there was mud, because it had not dried out since the last rain (or snow). A few places there were rickety bridges which we crossed and one place there was a pile of small logs that were loose(maybe you think that was not a challenge for this great-grandma). Thankfully we were a bit early for mosquitoes and black flies. Now, if you know Kyle, he has been known to take people on hikes, convincing them he knew where he was going, when in fact he was going the wrong way and winding up miles away from their destination (right, Jeff and Jeremy?). In fact a pair of sandals are still imbedded in the mud somewhere in the Meaford area. We take comfort in the new technology that can track him now wherever he goes. We didn't have that tracking device with us on this trek. He kept telling us that we were only a few minutes from a look-out. By this time Bayleigh is upset because she thinks the mud on her shoes is dog dirt and Grandpa is complaining that his hip is hurting. We did eventually reach the look-out. Now, what to do? Do we walk back the way we came? Do we walk along the highway, which is only a few feet away? Do we call back to the house and ask someone to come get us? As it happens, there is only one vehicle available. It is a truck with three car seats and room for one adult besides the driver. OK, Bayleigh gets the car seat, Grandpa gets the passenger seat. Where does that leave, Kyle, Sandra and Grandma? You guessed it! We climb into the back of the truck. We laughed all the way down the hill to the house. Reminded us of going fishing, riding in the back of Grandpa Lawson Smith's old truck.

We had great times playing with the girls.

Breakfast together afforded the girls with an unusual situation. Four grandpas were all seated together. Two grandpas and two great-grandpas.

These were just serendipities of our reason for being there. After these things the celebrations began. Friday evening Kyle was hooded as an MD and then Saturday afternoon both Kyle and Jessica graduated from the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. Kyle will be a resident doctor at the hospital in Thunday Bay for two years. Jessica is presently working in a fitness center there in Thunder Bay.

The evening closed with a formal dinner honoring the new doctors and their families. Sunday morning began again with a very early schedule. Wayford and I left TB at 6:10 a.m. and arrived back in Toronto in time to get to church at Tintern by 9:45. It was a great time of celebration!

Fitting Room Mirrors

This may seem a bit petty, but I am so disappointed with the mirrors provided in the fitting rooms of Ladies dress shops. Wouldn't you think they would get rid of the mirrors that are used at carnivals that make one look much wider than they really are! Come to think of it, the lighting also makes ones face look like there are wrinkles on it. And, there seems to be streaks of grey in the hair. Great Day! Can't they do better than that with their mirrors? Why, I can remember when the mirrors were much better. No bulges around the abdomen, No wrinkles on the face, No grey streaks in the hair. But, they are all the same. Guess we'll just have to put up with it!!!