Canada Day, and it's Friday!

It's Friday!  Which is weird, because yesterday felt like a Monday.  We celebrated Canada Day on Wednesday and it was odd taking a day off mid-week, rather than enjoying a long weekend.  

It ended up being a lazy kind of day, but we did venture down to the lake for fireworks.

I have my own little collection of Canadiana here.

We plan to go strawberry picking this weekend, so I've been pinning all things strawberry to this pinboard.

Check this list of 35 Food Markets Around The World To Put On Your Travel Bucket List. Toronto's St Lawrence Market is at the top of the list, so I think we should go.

I have limes and I have coconut.  I need to make this Coconut Lime Bread.

And hello, Campfire Baked Bananas, yes please!

I love sprouts on a sandwich.  How about growing your own?

This S'mores Chocolate Tart looks positively decadent.

Painted rocks.  I can't explain why I'm so taken with these.

Do you eat microwave popcorn?  Ditch that bag of chemicals and try this instead.

And these Blueberry Vanilla Greek Yogurt Granola Bars look like something I need to make.  Mystery of the yogurt coating solved.

Finally, for your entertainment, a beer fridge, Canada style:

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Neighbourhood fireworks on Canada Day, because we were all to lazy to trek down to the lake and watch the city fireworks display.

Some rainy day Lego.

And early morning fishing at the lake.

Happy weekend all!

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Another long weekend come and gone...

...and for the first time in the six years that we've had a pool, it wasn't open in time for the May long weekend. We've had a few stretches of warm weather but not enough that we could open the pool without running the heater non-stop. Also for the first time - no Victoria Day fireworks going off over the lake. It's a little bit sad that we aren't all bundled up in blankets somewhere along the lakeshore, watching the fireworks display that unofficially brings with it the beginning of summer. All in all the whole weekend was a non-event - some road hockey, some gardening (the dandelions are all gone...for now), some soccer - and just like that the weekend is over.

Fireworks over Kempenfelt Bay, Victoria Day 2004

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