MAY NEWS

We arrived home on Easter Sunday.  Trip was uneventful accept for the crazy cab drive we had from the Aboutown office to home!  Since then after a cool couple of weeks, we have been enjoying some lovely spring weather.

Don has been busy playing tennis.  He and another Don have entered the senior games in London.  The tennis is on May 28th so they have been busy practicing  for that.

I have spent two weeks up north in Iqaluit working.  I arrived up there April 25th.  There was lots of snow when I first arrived but with the very long days, even with temps hovering around 0C, the snow had mostly melted by the time I left.

This is a pic of the airport.  I actually took this last fall when I was there.  Being my second trip, I neglected to take pictures this time.  I am heading back later this week for another two week stint so I will add some more pics to this post when I come back..

These are two pics I took from the plane after take off.  Give you some idea of what the terrain is surrounding the town.

SPRING NEWS

It has been awhile since my last post mainly because I have not been home much.  We arrived back to our summer home on Easter Sunday.  I left again April 25th to work in Iqaluit and returned  May 12th.  I was able to enjoy some lovely spring weather and some time with hubby then I headed back north again May 24th to return June 10th.  On my first trip up I was welcomed by a fresh layer of snow. Very pretty and clean.  That was followed by daytime melting and nightime freezing.  Everything became very messy and I wished that I had taken some rubber boots!  By the time I left, most of the snow was gone.  Second trip up was mostly dry and mostly daytime.  Not easy to sleep when you could read a book outdoors at 3am!  I was able to get out and do more walking this time and take some pictures.  Glad I got out when I could as the last two days I was there there was snow again!

I am attaching a few pictures that I took one Sunday when I was out for a long hike.  They give you a bit of a view of the town from the hill.

The yellow building is the airport terminal

 

Here is a pic of the hospital. It was actually taken on my first trip up last September.

  

Thought I should include at least one pic of me just to prove I was really there! 

I arrived home to some very hot weather.  Took a but to become adjusted after the cold weather!  

Since then we have been to Woodbine to the races for a couple of days.  We had perfect weather, enjoyed the races but came home without any big winnings.

I have tried several times over the years to grow Clematis without much success.  Finally this year I have a lovely Jackmani Clematis growing.  Thought I would share a pic with you. 

July 8th we will be leaving for our trip to Europe.  First we spend several days with friends in Amsterdam then on to a 14 day river cruise to Budapest where we will spend 3 days and fly home August 1st.  Oh I can hardly wait!

I will try to send a post while we are away and include some pics.  I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer!