HOP HOP down the lane........

here comes the Easter Bunny.... well... kinda....

sian and erika looked for eggs and candies....



and i managed to get a pic of 'mommy' in the window... she's camera shy.... even more than dora....




mmm easter cake....

after the 'hunt' everyone went inside, except dora... she found her own egg... not a chocolate one tho :D

Pics.......

of erika and levi ... we moved the tent and with my help... we made it just like home... :D

complete with solar lights to guide them in the dark....







i tried to get Sian over, but she was busy with Auntie.... they were gathering things for the fire.... then she came and got marshmallows for roasting... wasn't a hit... she'd rather eat them 'raw' just like her food...




Spring equinox today.... it was filled with lots of blooms... at least on the island... back east.. nada... brrrrrrrrrrrr for them... for awhile longer...

my new furnace is almost installed... yay... it works, tomorrow or tuesday will be finished... as per usual there is Murphy's Law....

Levi offered to do the dishes tonight...

Prize winning cheeses......

mmmmm yummy i'll bet... unfortunately i can only dream of them... saw this news article this morning... when i read it, i thought of Rob and Xep making cheeses on their farm... perhaps Yachatian Cheese could be world renown :D.....

the 'campers' are getting wet and cold.... they'll have to do some cleaning and drying out today... then back to camping... not so bad i guess... but another frosty morning... better them than me i say!!! 10 yrs ago i did a lot of camping... loved it...

last night we had a weinie roast.. mmm it's amazing how something burnt and tastless can suddenly taste yummy in the glow of an open fire... Greg had to do the fire honours, the kids just couldn't quite get it going... finally after some expert help and some dry wood/kindling we had a roaring fire going... felt good to stand near it and watch Chewy chase the tiny floating embers....

Spagetti sauce....

was made with my canned tomatoes... reminded me of gardening for this year...more tomatoes needed!! and hopefully it'll be a better year than last year... warm would be nice....
bought new dishes today... corelle... boring but functional and not easily chipped or broken.... and best of all.. light to lift.... rearranged some cooking stuff too... and did i mention.. cleaned behind the fridge.... been awhile.... the dust bunnies were thick and fuzzy....
i seem to have some unwanted visitors.. of the many legged variety... ants...... ack... did the teatree oil trick and they've slowed down... tomorrow out will come borax... hopefully they'll get the message.... they are amazing critters... but not in my house....
got my furniture put together... grumble grumble rant rant... the air was blue for awhile ..... why give directions if they are missing things... like labelling the parts on the page, but not the actual part... thats my rant for the day.... one piece is in the bathroom, the other in 'dining'/puter room...
am wishing it would warm up, can't wait for a warm sunny day, out in the garden....

my new furnace is coming..... on thursday.... mmm can hardly wait... i can wait for the 3,000$ it's gonna cost me... but i'll feel better about having a new one.... really wish i could afford alternative heating...

Camping......

again tonight... i can hear squeals of 'delight', who knows... since Levi is home and the girls are spending another night in the tent... the adventures have been quite fun to watch... i 'wasn't allowed to show their faces... no makeup ya know!! but nobody said anything about legs, backs etc., :D

camping without some sort of padding.. isn't quite what they had in mind.... so an air mattress from auntie...
sian, erika and crystal ... and of course the foremen (dora and sampson)...

i got some of my raised bed organized today... still too cold to plant yet... but i dug up my parsnips from last year... and made a stew for dinner.. yum yum.... yesterday my friend dug up her carrots from last year... and we had fresh brussel sprouts and carrots...

Flickr....

is a great site... for those who are honest... not so great if your one of the photographers who's works are being stolen and used for someone else's profits.... here's a link to a forum in Flickr... if you know someone who posts their pics on Flickr you might want to pass this on to them....

Pics i've promised.....

are here... its the remainder of my trip north.... just a few pics of the ferry trip over to the island....

the ferry terminal... to nanaimo

the ice cream stand... wierd lids i think!!

it takes awhile to upload the pics.... so i'll add some more later... today is a decent day, gotta go prepare the pea, spinach and swiss chard beds.... they are a disaster.... the snow played havoc with them....