Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Canada Day

Lunette joined us on Sunday for Canada's 145th birthday celebrations.

We went down to the waterfront in the evening
where the sun was just disappearing ino a big cloud.

It was still very nice and not too hot or humid.
Lunette got ato ride in my backpack holding her Canada flag.
Many people gathered at the stage to hear local bands play.

Lunette had a great time watching the ducks with their ducklings on the lake.

When it got dark , around 10:00pm, we watched the beautiful fireworks.

A great finish to a wonderful relaxing day!

Monday, June 25, 2012

Lunette in the garden....

Lunette came to see my little garden.
There isn't that much to see since we just moved here last fall, 
but she did not care and showed a lot of interest in the flowers

She was fascinated by the Fushias.
They look so pretty with their two color blossoms and almost like made out of plastic.

I never had a rosebush in my garden before .
It's so exciting to see how well it is doing.

 Lunette loves the pink flowers, but was careful not to touch the thorns.

 She was wondering what was planted in this container and I explained that they are Morning Glories,
that have been in our family for many,many years. 
They are self seeding and can survive even Canadian winters.
The container was too tall for her to look in so I had to lift her up to see the seedlings.

I showed Lunette a picture of what they will look like in a few weeks.

She climbed onto our hanging strawberries to get a better look and almost fell off!
I just caught her in time.....
Puuuuh...
There's nothing better then fresh strawberries !!

Lunette wanted me to take a picture of her with the daisies. 
Did you know that it's her favorite flower?
We share the love for all daisy shape flowers!
They are so much taller then she is.  :0)

I still wanted her to pose for a picture among the yellow flowers in our backyard.

It's a field of yellow and orange Hawkweed.
Still very pretty,don't you think?

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

New PJ's ....

Little Lunette did not have any PJ's yet that would keep her warm at night.
We know up here in Canada how cold the nights can be, especially in the winter. 
She will still travel quiet a bit and I'm sure they will come in handy. 
We looked at all my fabrics and our girl picked out a pretty pink and striped one .

 Lunette saw the bunny blankies I make and she really loves them.
They are way too big for her of course and so I made a blankie just for her that she can cuddle with.
Since she has already a bunny I made her a bear.

It's just perfect for her and always by her side!

 Posing for pictures is hard work at times and it was already quiet late so 
sweet Lunette started to head for bed....

 She LOVES that craddle....

 ....and made sure her bear would join her.

There ...they made it!
She looks so contend . 

Night, night Lunette!

Sunday, May 13, 2012

A walk in the woods


Here in Northern Ontario spring is finally coming and then things go fast .
In no time it will be fall and winter again and nature has to get a lot done until then.
We took Lunette for a walk in the woods to show her the a few pretty
 things we have around here right now.


Little Maple leaves unfold on saplings


Trees get blossoms and new leaves.


Lunette saw the yellow flower first.....
It's a Trout Lily!




Oh look, a chipmunk sitting on a log.
Let's be very quiet and watch him!
 I think he was watching us too.


Around the next bend we saw a red /purple flower on the forest floor.
 Lunette can you count the count the leaves?

She got closer and started counting....1....2....3
3 leaves! 
That's a Trillium Lunette, and this one is a red Trillium!


Look there are more of them....


Aren't they pretty?

We saw a little birds nest in a tree as well. 
Maybe it will have baby birds in it soon.

A butterfly was warming up on a tree before flying off in search of flowers.



Close to the end of our walk we stopped for a little rest by this creek. 
It's so nice and peaceful in the woods. 
We all enjoyed it a lot!


Saturday, May 5, 2012

Lunette comes to my work..

Today when I went to work I got a big surprise when I opened my backpack.
This little lady hid in my backpack because she wanted to see where I was going.

So I showed her around the store.
She liked all the shiny pots.

I told her about the soda machines we sell and she was really impressed.
We carbonated some water and she tried the ice tea mix.
Lunette liked it.

I had to do some work and she found the new boxes with the popcorn maker that I still had to unpack.
She was really excited about them.

Lunette kept asking me if we could have popcorn, but I had to explain that we would 
have to wait until we get home.
For the rest of the afternoon she just tagged along and ask a lot of questions, but she was really good.

As promised I made her some popcorn and we watched a movie.
She loovvves popcorn!
I think tomorrow we will do some sewing.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

A very special day!!!

Today someone very special arrived in our house and guess what ?
It is her birthday today!!!

We got the whole gang together and sang her Happy Birthday !
Of course there was a little cake as well.

❀❀ HAPPY  BIRTHDAY  LUNETTE  ❀❀

Her Moonie cousins sang her an extra special song they must have learned at their moms house.
They are so happy to see her and to hear about home and their mom and all the travels
 she has done already. 
There will be many stories to be told, I'm sure.

Well they sure liked the cake......
This is all that is left.....


It has been a long day for little Lunette and when I checked on her, she was already asleep.
Isn't she too cute?


 I'm so happy to have her visit us and hope Lunette enjoys her stay with us up here in Canada.



Wednesday, December 14, 2011

A Visit to the Cabbage Patch

You cannot be a special travelling doll visiting the state of Georgia without paying a visit to Babyland General, the birthplace of the Cabbage Patch Dolls.  It is quite an event!



There were so many dolls to look at. 



These are the 1st two dolls made by Mr. Xavier Roberts.  We were told he still hand signs the cloth dolls.  His signature on the dolls' bums is what inspired me to put an apple on my dolls!  Can you see how much they are worth now?  Wowsers.



All of the cloth dolls here are hand made by local artists. 



Peek-a-boo!



An original Andy Warhol painting hangs in one of the nurseries.  Lots of famous people have visited here over the years.



The Great Cabbage Patch, where baby dolls are born. 



Lots of fun!