Summer's Almost Over...

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The weather has been super beautiful all weekend... BUT the mornings and evenings are getting cooler every day...  

This summer I'm not feeling the most motivated to create... or refinish pieces for the Vintage Chicks sale next June!.. I'm trying to soak up as much sunshine as possible before another long cold winter sets in!.. I know it'll be a few months before that but I feel like I'm going to get busy once the days cool down... I get really nesty in the fall... lots of home food cooking... baking... canning... more talk about that in a few weeks when the weather cools down!.. 

Yesterday Cranberry Place went to X Fest!.. Three sets of neighbours headed down to Fort Calgary for the day... 

Lots of beverages early on...

...and MINI DONUTS!.. OM NOM NOM NOM...

...the weather was beyond fantastic...

...yikes!.. I need a bang trim... hmm... maybe I'll start growing them out?.. I'm thinking of going back to my natural hair colour next weekend... 

Everyone down there was in a good mood... dispute the super long food and port-a-pottie lineups... and the beer tents running out of some beverages...

Music festivals are definitely an awesome place to be if you like to people watch!.. ...unfortunately both my point and shoot and iPhone batteries died early in the day :(

I couldn't bring my dslr... they were doing bag searches and that was on the list of things not allowed in...

I bet this girl has the craziest tan today...

Weezer and Jane's Addiction were awesome!.. I didn't expect them to be that good live but they were wicked!..

When we got food in the evening we had a huge stockpile... we ended up giving some away because we were all stuffed...

The food was what you expect of "street meat"... the lemonade!?. TASTY!.. it's the same lemonade that you get at the Saddledome...

Once the sun went down it got chilly... we got home late and I fell asleep quickly... this morning I woke up at 8... threw some laundry in the washer and then hopped back into bed... AND SLEPT TILL 10:30!.. whoot!.. I'm getting better at sleeping in!.. haha

Today neibs A&B, Furs and I went to Race City to check out the Drift Competition... lots of pictures to come tomorrow... We would have stayed right to the end but it was 30 degrees out... hot hot hot... we needed to get out of the sun!..

I've also got a recipe coming in the next couple of days... I made seafood chowder for supper this evening and made sure to document the process for you!..

What did you get up to this weekend!?.  I hope you had a good one!..

xo

Lacey

Bottle Cove...

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The drive down the bay out to Lark Harbour and onto Bottle Cove was so pretty I have a few more shots... the weather was so nice on Monday... apparently yesterday it rained all day again... we returned to beautiful blue skies and sunshine in Calgary...

Lark Harbour is full of lobster traps... Mmm... tasty lobsters...

...all of the dories in this area are orange with green bottoms...

The ocean was cool... I could have stayed out there all day long...  It was definitely swimmable... Furs snapped some awesome photos...

I found a beautiful specimen of seaweed... and I've brought it home with me... I'm going to try to dry and then frame it... I document that and if it works out I'll blog it!.. 

...the beach was littered with Jellyfish blobs... this one was crazy purple!.. I scooped it up and tossed it back into the sea...

...Furs and I and his parents picked up fish and chips at a small restaurant and brought it back to the beach to eat before heading back to pack up our bags for the trip back to Calgary...

The evening sun was gorgeous on the drive back into Corner Brook...

Today we're getting the laundry all sorted before heading back to work... I think we're going to take a trip up to Sylvan Lake this afternoon to get in a little more relaxing before we get back to work tomorrow... I got a lasagna baked this morning... for supper when we get home this evening... 

Two day work week and then a busy weekend ahead... We're going to head to the Millarville Farmer's Market this Saturday morning... then to Xfest... Sunday there is a Drift Competition at Race City!.. 

What are you getting up to this weekend?..

xo

Lacey

Newfoundland Trip Recap...

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We got into Deer Lake Saturday afternoon at 130pm... left Calgary at midnight Calgary time... Saturday night was Chris's Sisters's stagette... so I went to bed Sunday Morning at 4am... Chris brought all of the stagette goers home... after a trip to Louis Gees pizza at 330am... so we were awake for about 28 hours...  Sunday was major sleep in day... 

Monday... Furs and I road tripped with Jon...

...we went to Big Stop for lunch... but it was packed... so we got some road sammiches...  Nom Nom... haha... yep... bologna sammich...

...we headed on up to Norris Point... I had been stoked to go to this restaurant on the wharf... but was quite disappointed... they have such an opportunity to showcase some amazing food... but instead they offer very little... and nothing really "home cooked"... LAME...

...I had cod nuggets...

I really wanted to go sea kayaking... but there was a large group out by the time we go there... and they had rented all the rain coats... of course it was raining...

...so we found these beauties... EMERGENCY PONCHOS!..

...these are beyond stylin...  so instead of sea kayaking we went canoeing on a small pond...

...hahaha... I wouldn't bring my camera out in the canoe... or phone... for fear of going overboard with it... Chris and Jon almost bailed a couple of times... I had my own canoe... made out okay!..

...it was grey and chilly though... we would have frozen to death if we had gone sea kayaking...

These hand carved beauties are in a gift shop in Rocky Harbour... The lady at the shop couldn't tell us who made them... other than that it was someone out on the East Coast... brutal!.. I want to know who makes these... I didn't buy one but am wishing that I had... check out the mummers at the bottom left!..

There were pre wedding things... and lots of wedding things happening during the week and the weather was rainy a lot so we didn't get out and about a lot... went to Aromas a few times with my parents... for some good home cooked grub... hot turkey dins... turkey soup and rolls...

...and wicked pie!..

I think we were out just about every night as well... of course lots of Blue Star was ingested...

And more Aromas... breakfast!..

...fried bologna... Mmm...

I went out with the Momma a few times as well... we hit up the Mall... and the flower shop out in Little Rapids... dad golfed a bunch... rain and shine!..

...waiting for the Momma to try on a dress...

...the day of and the day after the wedding were beautiful weather days... here's an iPhone shot looking out the bay...

...it was beautiful and warm... so Furs and I headed out to Pasadena beach for supper at the Oasis Bar and Grill...

...as soon as we sat down it started to pour... we didn't even get a chance to set foot on the beach!..

...apparently they had been off the hook busy all day there...

...I couldn't resist one more hot turkey sammich!.. 

Monday In Bottle Cove...

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Spent yesterday afternoon driving down to Bottle Cove... what a pretty drive...

I saved the jelly fish that I found washed up on the beach... well I suppose I saved them... I'm not entirely sure how they work... and if they croak once they are on land... or if they are fine once they're put back in the ocean... must go google that now...

Found this empty crab shell... left it where I found it on the beach...

This wrinkle shell had little coral bits growing out off the back end of it... I found it washed up on the beach...  I left it on the fence post...

I wish we had less rainy days when we were back in Newfoundland so we could have spent more days out and about... it was so good to splash around in the salty water yesterday... Ooo... and the salt water smell... so good... 

Time to catch some Zzz's... we've got some sleep to catch up on!..

xo

Lacey

Back In Newfoundland...

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Hi... Been a bad blogger the past little bit... Haven't taken a lot of photos since we've been back on the West Coast of Newfoundland... It's been quite rainy... Mostly have been taking iPhone shots!..

Of course we've been eating lots...

...pies...

...turkey soup...

...garlic fingers... with honey...

...hot turkey sammiches galore!..

...mussels...

...coooookies...

...Donair Eggrolls... Yep... Donair Eggrolls...

xo

Lacey

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Check it out!..

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A pile of shots from the Vintage Chicks sale this past June!..

Find 'em here

...enjoy lovelies!..

I'm trying to power through this insanely busy week at work... trying to get everything sorted for my projects before Furs and I head home to NL for 10 DAYS!.. ugh!.. puke!.. so much to do in the next three days!..

How's you're week going so far!?

xo

Lacey

Lazy Long Weekend...

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I don't know what it is... why I can't sleep in... its wasn't the sunshine this morning... I had my sleeping eye patch thing on... perhaps it was because I sensed that it was bight and beautiful outside... not that I'm outside... but if the sun is up so am I!.. 

Yesterday morning I harvested some lavender from the garden... last year's tiny lavender are this years large lavender... I can't wait to see them next summer!..

The plan is to dry them out... but first I thought I'd get a few days of them in some water... Oh yeah... check out the sweet jar... picked it up at winners for... um... something like $3... saw them yesterday... exact ones for $10 a piece!.. yikes!.. how do placed so drastically differ in price!?.

The Orchid in the kitchen has sprouted a new stalk off to the side... its reaching towards the sunlight that comes in the back door...

And I've got some potted mossed now in the front room... in an old tool carry box thing... I picked up some picket fence slats at the Vintage Chicks sale with the intention of making some old tool carrying boxes... 

This all started today with snapping a couple iPhone shots of the lavender and orchid... and they were crap quality... so I pulled out the dslr with the big lens and I retook those shots and then a few extras... like these two... can't pull out the came without these two fur babies making an appearance...

Cleo was up in a couple orchid shots... then she sat in the bright morning sun...

Milo is the ultimate pose machine... he sits and looks one way... then holds... then turns... then holds... such a little man!..

Then I looked over next to the kitchen island and this is what is sitting there right this moment... gave me an idea... each day... or post... it might be neat to have a "self portrait" of sorts... so today this is it:

I know I said that its a lazy long weekend... I still feel the need to go clean the house!.. I just can't sit on the couch all weekend!.. and the more we get done in the house this weekend the less we have to do this coming week... this week will be busy enough with getting ready to go back to NL for a visit on FRIDAY!.. maybe tomorrow I'll get back to finishing the cushion covers on my wing backs... that I started last summer... yeah... still not done... gonna get on that!..