RAINWATER RAMBLING

The girls had a great time "Trick or Treating". Here are Angela and Claudia in their costumes.

Claudia doing her "Bat Pose".

Angela looking like a "not so evil" princess.

Gillian went out with some of her friends from school and she left before we could do the picture. She was dressed as a Hula Girl. One of the more decorated houses in the neighbourhood.

What started as a fun game of hit the balloon, ended in a classic "It's all fun and games until someone loses a tooth". Claudia's mouth and Angela's head collided in what seemed like an innocent bump. Next thing we know Claudia is holding her front tooth. It stopped bleeding and she has been okay, but we'll take her into the dentist tomorrow just to get it checked out. Here is Claudia looking toothless.

Finished carving the pumpkin today. Here is Angela transferring the pattern to the pumpkin.

This is our Sponge Bob pumpkin.

Tonight we watched Monster House. It is an animated feature that came out this summer. The synopsis is Three teens discover that their neighbor's house is really a living, breathing, scary monster. Now the problem is getting other people to believe it so they can save the neighborhood.

We all enjoyed it, parts of it were kind of scary, but still good according to the girls.

Coming Soon on DVD

Nov 7 Cars

Nov 21 Ice Age 2 - The Meltdown

Nov 28 The Ant Bully

We got our pumpkin today and the girls were busy getting phase 1 complete.

They scooped out all the insides and sorted the pumpkin seeds.

Claudia digging in.

Gillian playing with the slimy parts.

Angela getting messy.

Managed to stay in town this week, I took Thursday off and went on a school field trip with Angela's class. We went to Crawford Lake Conservation Area, Iroquoian Village. It has two reconstructed Longhouses and the frames of 3 additional longhouses.

Crawford Lake is meromictic. A meromictic lake has layers of water which do not intermix. The deepest layer of water in such a lake does not contain any dissolved oxygen. The layers of sediment at the bottom of a meromictic lake remain relatively undisturbed because there are no living organisms to stir them up.

Claudia and Gillian had their Halloween parties for Sparks and Guides and Angela's is on Monday. We still have to get a pumpkin, haven't figured out what to carve this year. Hopefully the weather forecast improves for Tuesday night.

Last week I was in and out, I think I was home everyday, but still managed to be in London and Peterborough. It was a long week of driving around southern Ontario. It capped off with a flat tire in Warsaw, Ontario. It was a slow drive back to the office along Highway 7.

The first week without Carla was quiet, no meowing, I think he was going deaf in his old age and when he meowed, he felt the need to meow louder to hear himself. Just a theory, similar to humans who start to lose their hearing. We received a sympathy card from the vet where he was put down.

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September 10, 1989-October 13, 2006

It is with great sadness that we had to put Carla down today. Old age had finally caught up to Carla, it was only within the last last two weeks that he took a real turn for the worse.

Up until a couple of days ago he could still jump up to the couch, this had become his new favourite spot to sleep away the day, for 16 years we kept him off the furniture, but recently we had given in.

Carla was born in Ajax and was picked up when he was six weeks old.

He spent his first year in Hamilton.

Then it was back to Scarborough for another three years.

Spent a year living with Coco.

Enjoyed many a day bringing home presents.

As soon as we moved into the house Dad was at the doorstep with Carla. Here he is after making a name for himself in the neighbourhood as the new guy.

Carla had a good life and was patient with the girls, especially in their early years. We'll all miss Carla. R.I.P.

I got back from the arctic last night and the weather for this weekend couldn't have been better compared to what it was up in Alert. We went to pick apples this morning, we had to find a new place. The orchard where we usually go is closed according to their website. Instead we went to Williams Orchard on 3rd Line in Milton.

We were picking macintosh apples.

Gillian taste testing a Mac.

Angela

and Claudia.

We picked a bushel of macintosh apples.

Angela loading up on the apples.

The girls with a full bushel basket.

Not quite the amenities of Long Lane Orchards, but less crowded. Highway 25 was backed up with cars, most were headed to Chudleigh's to pay $20 plus dollars to pick and play in their orchards.