Lynde Shores never disappoints!

This morning Brandon and I went for a walk at Lynde Shores and man I absolutely love that place.

Hearing the wind whistle through the leaves in the trees and the smells of nature it all makes me very happy. 🙂

Maggie is coming home!

Maggie’s dad had surgery to relieve the clot in his brain last week and has been recovering well, well enough that she’ll be coming home for Saturday.  I told her that if she wanted to spend more time with her folks that’s fine but she wanted to come home.  Can’t wait for her to get back!

Birthday weekend (and more)

Since Brandon’s birthday was last Thursday we had a weekend bonanza of birthday events…  Friday we went to African Lion Safari with my mom, Estelle & Georgia.

For Brandon and I, it was seeing the elephants that was special.  They were removed from the Toronto Zoo many years ago and seeing (and smelling) these majestic animals in person is really something else.  It was a great trip and I’m glad that everyone had a great time.

Saturday we had Brandon’s party at home, a much smaller event compared to previous years and since we have a pool it’s easy to entertain lol.

It was a mix of kids from Brandon’s BJJ classes & kids from his current school and the nice thing about kids are they all play together easily.  Oh on a side note, all the kids and one of the parents that stayed loved Sinky lol…  Kept remarking what a great friendly cat he was and yeah he’s a very awesome cat for sure. 🙂

Finally yesterday we had our traditional family gathering to celebrate my mom, Estelle, Brandon, Imran & Frank (not there, had to work) birthdays in August.

It was a lunch thing and we returned home mid afternoon.  In the evening, Brandon and I went for a nice night walk, I love doing that and am glad the boy will join me on those adventures.

A pretty good weekend (especially for Brandon) and it’s back to the salt mines today lol.

BRANDON IS 13 ALREADY?!?

Man how time flies when you’re having fun, Brandon celebrates his 13th birthday today.  I’m so lucky to have such a great son, it’s been a wonderful journey so far and I am excited to watch him grow into a man.

Happy birthday son and here’s to many more!  We love you more than you can imagine.

Brandon is home!

Picked Brandon up from camp last night and it was great to see him. He said he had a decent week, though was frustrated at the younger kids for not listening and messing around when instructions were given lol yeah that happens.  Next year he wants to attend but as a leader in training instead, he saw a few of the older scouts doing that and thought it’d be fun.

Before I picked Brandon up though I went for a walk with Mike, he wanted to explore the trails at Edward Gardens so I arrived an hour early to take a picture of the bugs and they did not disappoint!

I was using the Canon RF 100-500mm lens and it’s macro capabilities aren’t bad at all at 0.33x magnification (though I’m not selling my Canon RF 100mm macro lol).  As for the park, when Mike arrived, we walked down the main path down to Sunnybrook park.  He wasn’t feeling super hot though so we turned back soon but it was really nice to get out and walk around at least.

With Brandon returning home, I slept much better last night.  He has a lot of experience outdoors so I was not worried something would happen but still I feel better when he’s around.  I’ll sleep the best after Maggie returns from China, right now that looks to be around middle of August but we’ll see.

Brandon’s gone too. :(

Before I get to Brandon being away, let me make a post about what Brandon did 2 weeks ago.  He did equestrian camp at Wake Robin Farms and he quite enjoyed it.  The boy loves animals and while he was the oldest (and only boy) attending he said he had a great time.

At the end of the week long camp, the kids put a show on for the parents and that’s what I took pictures of.  Brandon mainly rode a horse name Texico but he was unavailable for the last day event so the horse pictured is named JJ.  If he wants to do it again in the future I’m definitely game, I think it’s a wonderful thing to learn and I’d love to do horse back riding as well.

Today I dropped Brandon off at Scout camp, it’s Pokemon themed and he’ll be gone the whole week so it’s just Slinky and I.  I’m sure he’ll have fun and he’s very familiar with Woodland trails and I have the week off lol.  Frankly I’d prefer everyone to be home, this week I’m sure I’ll just be an introvert and stay in.

Maggie’s gone to China

Maggie left for China yesterday and is currently waiting on a connecting flight in Seoul, South Korea.  Her father has a massive blood clot in his brain and she felt it was best if she returns home, he’s a good man so we all hope he pulls through.  He’s not that old, early 70s but has lived a hard life and this isn’t exactly a surprise but sad none the less.  He’s alright right now, I’m not sure if he’s had surgery yet or is still waiting but yeah scary stuff.

It’s just Brandon and I at home for the next month to month and a half, I guess we’ll see how things play out but my father in law is in our thoughts.

Getting closer

Last weekend (yeah I’m behind) I went to Toronto Airsoft to pick up some BBs.  I still have some of my old BB Bastard stuff but most fields now require bio BBs so I’ll try some of TA’s house brand to see how it goes.

Hehe Slinky always has to investigate when I’m going to take photos and made himself at home laying on his back and taking a nap while I did my thing. 😉  Picked up 0.28g BBs for myself and 0.25g for Brandon to use with his CA MP5, I also got a bag of 0.2gs for chronying.  The CA MP5A3 came in at 388 fps which is perfect for outdoor play while the PTW with the blue cylinder shot 390.  Glad after all these years of storage it still has a good seal…

There’s a local airsoft outdoor field within 30 minutes of my house and the next time they have a newbie game, I’ll attend with B.  Can’t wait to share the hobby with him, it’s going to be great. 🙂