Crêpes is usually brekky food… But it was supper for me! That’s what happens when you’re too hungry but don’t feel like cooking supper. Was good though, with lots of maple syrup!

I hear a person’s stories/problems and it touches me a lot. I then find myself home alone worrying about conversations I’ve had that day. I always wish I could do more for the person. But most of the time there’s nothing else I could do, just having listened was enough.

I’m looking forward to the weekend and I hope we’ll get some nice weather… Not all Earl storm and rain!

Gave some clothes away, the person was happy, so am I. Didn’t fit me anymore so what was the point of keeping it? More space in the closet for new pieces! Yay!

E. and her dog are leaving soon… E.’s bringing the dog back to the city and she’s coming back alone. Happy and I will certainly miss the big beast on our walks!

I should throw a little party at the chalet soon, to “pendre la crémaillère!” It’s just hard to pick a date… And hope the weather will then cooperate!

I finished work a bit later today… But it was nice and windy enough so I went to the cabin with Happy to bring some stuff. It’s a nice walk, especially carrying stuff! As I was coming back it was almost sunset so I stopped a bit at Pointe à chasse to take some pics.

Because it’s been a while, a few more pictures from the recently acquired archives (taken by mom years ago)!

Me at the beach…

Foggy landscape…

Windy and waves…

Things at work are getting exciting again with the Summer holidays over. Next week I’ll be in La Tabatière for 4 days! Looking forward to a ride on the Twin.

Bed linens dried out on the line, smells so good. Can’t wait to go to bed tonight.

Went on a walk with a friend and our dogs, glad everything’s going to work out here for her afterall, she’s staying!

Don’t know what to cook for supper.

Loved the colour of the sea today, especially at lunch, it was dark grey!

Ordered a new foam mattress for the cabin today but have to wait a few weeks to arrive… Sears. Will be nice to sleep on when it will be at the cabin!

Yesterday was quite a nice day to be outside, sunny and just enough wind to keep the flies away!

So I took advantage of it by going to the chalet. On my way there I saw J.&M. who were out picking berries. I invited them along for a swim at the lake! It was fun! M. made a little fire to keep the flies away when we got out of the water, that was nice! Later W. and his gang came by on their 4 wheelers and invited us at their beach, so we went. It was nice to socialize a bit. In the evening I cooked steak outside on charcoal from a wood fire. It was delicious!

The sun going down gave the lake a pretty colour…

I slept at the cabin. This morning I relaxed there a bit… Good thing I was up early, the hydroplane landing/taking off twice would have woke me up! I came back home around 10h.

What a day. The funeral went well, it was a nice way to say goodbye to Mr. G.

I feel like today was the equivalent of 3 days in 1! So to clear my mind I went to the beach with Happy. As she ran free (and even swam in the ice cold sea), I walked along the shore looking at the beautiful big waves. The heavy wind blowing salty air was refreshing. Just what I needed.

Kiwi’s a good morning snack fruit. Except when they are too tangy/sour and make me grimace!

I came to work this morning at 7h30! It was quite a productive first hour too, before my colleagues came in and the quiet in the office.

This afternoon is Mr. G.’s funeral. I’m going of course. It’ll be the second time I go to church in 3 years… Last time was for a baby’s baptism. I only did 2 years of religious studies as a kid and then went to the ethics class. So I know next to nothing about religion, the prayers, the rituals. It’s a bit strange to me. But the important part in this afternoon is saying goodbye to someone we liked, everyone, family and friends together.

For the past few evenings we’ve had beautiful sunsets. Except they come at a time I like to relax home after having eaten supper! But tonight as I was going to clean dishes, I looked outside through the kitchen window and saw the beautiful sky. Enough! I quickly grabbed my camera, put the dog in the car and drove to the beach. I arrived with 2-3 minutes to go before the sun went down. The sea was nice too with waves. I snapped a few pics. I love it. It’s so relaxing.

I love my music! I like having the iPod on shuffle so I get to hear songs I forgot I loved. Just now “Fire in the Head” from The Tea Party came on. Since their break-up and the shitty way the singer treated Jeff B. and Stuart (my fave in the band) I can’t listen to his voice and so I usually skip TTP songs. But this one, I just can’t. It’s so good! It’s from when TTP were at their best for me! So it does bring back goes memories.

Tonight I went for a little walk with Happy in the dark. It’s nice. No one outside and not much traffic. The street were ours!

Someone close to us died today, he was getting old but still was generally healthy and in good spirits. So it was kind of sudden. But he was well surrounded by lots of loving people, so he was ok…

It’s 15°C outside but in my house it’s 24°C. I don’t get it. I’m too warm!

It’s Tuesday evening and I’m drinking a Stella.

This weekend was mom’s and J.’s birthdays. We celebrated on Saturday by throwing a little BBQ supper at the new cabin. A total of 7 people, a good supper (soup, salads, moose/chicken kebabs on the BBQ and fruit pizza for dessert), a kite, a fire outside, chatting, laughs… Quite the inauguration for the little cabin!

I stayed overnight with Happy and got up around 7h to clean up. The kitchen was a mess!

I love mornings at a cabin… Lighting a fire, preparing a hot chocolate… Playing with Happy outside…

Mom surprised me by walking to the cabin, she showed up around 8h on Sunday morning! We finished cleaning together. The couch, with the slip covers I made, looked great compared to before!

Sunday was spent being lazy at home. Although I did make a big pot of delicious soup.

Today after work I went to the cabin with a friend and our dogs. We all went swimming in the lake! It was much warmer than I expected! The water isn’t deep but you can still swim. I enjoyed it until the wind died down and the flies came.

Tonight for dessert I had something delicious! A slice of fresh bread with butter and vruchtenhagel. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm! It’s a delicious Dutch sugar-fruit-flavored bread topping.

Today was a good weekend day!

This morning it was foggy. So I didn’t feel bad staying inside and being lazy… I watched a flick and did some sewing.

After lunch, the sun came out. So I went outside. With Happy I went to pick some bakeapples. There aren’t too many this year…! About 1 medium Ziplock bag.

I also went “swimming!” Actually the water’s too cold… So what I did was to take off my shoes and walk a bit in the water while Happy swam. I wish I was her with that thick fur coat… She never gets cold in water!

Later at home I prepared jam with mangoe, pineapple, pumpkin and lemon. Delicious! Looking forward to having it on my toast tomorrow morning!

For supper I had steak on the barbie. Mmmmmmmmm!

Tonight I watched a free show. Mother nature likes to put it on each year, it’s called the Perseids!

I was glad to see we finally got somewhat of a starry night! I put my longchair out on the balcony. I laid comfortably with a pillow and watched… 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6… 7…! And I ran out of wishes so I came back inside.