A Lovely Indian Summer Day

This is what a lovely day is....chats with my best friend....a trip to Michaels which yielded a wonderful new book called Nicky Epstein's Signature Scarves (divine!)...sunshine and blue skies and WARM TEMPERATURES all day...knitting on the sleeve of my new baby sweater (just when I think I might be getting a touch better at 3 needles a dropped stitch will appear -BUT I am getting much better at retrieving them)...a dinner which almost made itself...and THEN a trip into Streetsville on the back of the ebike with Rob at the helm! We negotiated all kinds of left turns and tootled into town...stopped at the drugstore, the library and then he treated his Mom to a coffee at Timmy's and then home we came. And now it's so nice out that I am writing this from my adored back porch...All in all - a perfect day!!

Gadgets

I had occasion lately to darken the door of a kitchen gadget-type store. Never happens. But another bucket item will be making my FIRST PIE, (more about that in a later post), and...however I digress... I went in to get a pastry cutter implement and came out with the much looked for yellow lemon squeezer. This baby does it all with one squeeze, lemon juice out the sieve-like bottom and rind in the holder. Sublime! My other most favourite and household-loved item is the one button can opener. Just perch this baby atop the can, press the button and walk away. Around it goes and next thing you know, the lid has been neatly opened, no fuss, no muss. Sigh - you just gotta love neat gadgets.

Ebike

Just look at this picture - is this bike not the cutest thing EVER!!?? It is our family's ebike (purchased in Streetsville no less) and it is electric - just keep it charged up and away you can go at up to 30 kph. Today I got up my courage to ride it into town to do an errand and it took some courage I tell you! I have only ridden it around the neighborhood and certainly not near anything resembling a busy street, but today the sun was shining, I had an errand to do and off I went and came back alive. Think I'm going to get a reflector vest to wear with"Ebiking Granny" on the back so motorists will know just what they are dealing with out there!! Too much fun!!!

Gondola Rides

This summer I seem to have had such a variety of new experiences - and they have taken on the guise of bucket list items! The first such adventure encompassed two items - we visited the Rockies for the first time as a family AND while there, I got talked into a gondola ride to the top of Sulphur Mountain and once up there I was treated to THE most spectacular and everchanging views of the mountains up close and personal. The ride up to the top was very scary, what with all that swinging around in the air, suspended by cables, but once up there - the view was breathtaking. Certainly a bucket list item...