July catch-up

 Not sure what happened with blogging this month. There were no major events to trigger a blog post but lots of lovely summer activities to keep me busy. So this is just a round up of those and a catch up on what Chris and Mike are up to.

For our birthdays this year Chris and I went out to dinner (great Thai restaurant in the theatre district) and to see Wicked.

First balcony, a few rows back....good seats and a fun show.

 As I was in Toronto I took Rasta to introduce him to Chris, Jason and Cigi's new kittens. The intro did not go well. He hissed and puffed up and gave every indication he was terrified. Chris and the family were going to Europe and their cat sitter cancelled so the kittens are at my place. Hoping, again, to get Rasta to accept them. They are in a bedroom in the basement and I bring them up, every day, to the sun room where he can see and smell them but doesn't need to interact. He still occasionally hisses at them but tends to eat his snacks (hoping for a positive association there) and watches them.

Introducing Donny (they wrestle a lot)

and Marie.

Rick sent me this when they arrived....."to the crazy cat lady"

We have been racing Spellbound in the Spinnaker fleet for the month of July. Not doing as well as we do in the JaM fleet but only came dead last once. We broke the spinnaker pole in one race and this picture is of the repair job. Rick bought another (used) pole, cut off the clasp at the end and replaced the broken one with it. Quite a process involving cutting metal, a lot of hammering things into place, screwing through metal, re-attaching lines and crimping them into place. Then the gas hose sprung a leak............

Sometimes the only solution is an ice cream. While there I had to take a picture of this little girl with an ice cream the size of her head (asked her and her mum for permission first)

Meanwhile Chris, Jason, Cigi and Jason's nephew, Luke are in Barcelona. Swimming in the Med every day as it is very hot there right now.

Luke is a fan of the football club so they did a tour of the stadium. Chris said the best souvenirs were the cups the drinks came in.

Cigi likes to chase the Pigeons but sometimes the flocks contain Parakeets. George and I and Aimee and I also saw them in Barcelona, nesting in the Palm trees.

One of the Florida Panthers comes from St Albert and held his Stanley Cup party at the restaurant Mike manages. Mike got to drink from the cup.

Mike and the family are currently camping in B.C. According to Mike, the 8 person tent is as big as their original condo.

Lots of hiking

and water activities (they have the paddle board and kayak with them)

Uh Oh.....Bear track.