Weekend Retreat

This is my 4 year old and the chef in residence statue.  He likes it, but tells me that they are not buddies.



Next is a photo of my mother and I.  There was too much light behind us for you to see the nice landscape out the window.


These photos are taken at the Avalon Clearview Bed & Breakfast near Collingwood, Ontario. My mother, my sisters and their families all joined us here for the weekend. We have the whole place to ourselves! This is a great place to go, with a gorgeous view! I can't believe I left my camera at home, but I took a few shots with my computer's camera. My sisters took shots with their cameras, and will send me a link to them after they get home and download. I might edit some better photos in later. But for today, I've been chasing around everyone with my laptop and taking photos. "Here, look at my computer and say cheese!"

My 11 year old, and my husband, liked to block their pictures being taken just for fun.  They will remain anonymous.

This is me and my husband.

This is my sister, her husband, and their darling baby playing the piano.

We had a lot of fun playing duets that I haven't played since elementary school.  I finally found that key I had missing in the Waltz.  

The view overlooks Devil's Glenn, which is a well known ski hill over here. There is also a pond in the back yard. Funny how I was just blogging about a day outdoors with trees and grass, and all that. And here I am! I didn't spend too much time outside, as there has been so much rain here today, but I did get to take a nice walk and explore the grounds. You can't tell from the photos, but down by the edge of trees, there is a little tiny stream that you can hear rippling by. So serene. In the afternoon, we enjoyed watching the fog roll up the hills nearby; making everything but the closest edge of grass disappear.  

Keep in mind, my camera for some reason flipped the photos like a mirror image.  The pond is actually supposed to be way over on the right side.  And that's glare from the window you are seeing over the grass.

I did the smallest bit of knitting today (so far). I have only about an inch to go on my coffee mug cozy. Then I will try to make one in wool, to see how it feels as this one was in cotton. I'm so happy that I can now knit in the round; it's not as hard as I thought it would be.

If it weren't for the deck being wet from all the rain going off and on, I would take a chair and sit outside and knit for awhile.  Maybe tomorrow.

I took this picture of the coo-coo clock because I think they are cool.  I used to love seeing these go coo-coo when I was little.  I love all the little cottage nick-nacks that were all around.  The french doors were made of stained glass, the kitchen had barn animal tiles, and there were ceramic chickens here and there.  

Oh!  And did you know that wild turkeys roam this property?  I'm not sure where they went off to when I took my walk, but I couldn't find them once I went outside.  But now and then you see them through the window strutting their stuff straight across the yard.  There was a telescope set up in the living room for us to get a better view of the turkeys.  Once was enough for me though, they aren't too pleasant to look at compared to other wild life.