ASSORTED MINTS

FILE THIS ONE UNDER "PICTURES TO BE SHOWN TO FRITH'S PROM DATE" (MAMA PICKED UP A BEAUTIFUL WOODEN POTTY ON FREECYCLE AND FRITH DECIDED SHE WANTED TO PEE AL FRESCO THIS AFTERNOON)

AFTER DAY TWO OF BUSKERFEST, PAPA TOOK MAMA AND FRITH OUT FOR SUSHI. OR RATHER, MAMA AND PAPA HAD SUSHI. FRITH ATE WATERMELON.

THE FISH TANK IS ALWAYS POPULAR AT MATSU.. THESE ARE THE "HAPPY FISH" FRITHA TELLS ME. AFTER SOME QUESTIONING, IT TURNS OUT SHE MEANS AS COMPARED TO THE SAD FISH AT THE GROCERY STORE.

PONIES

WE SPENT THE WEEKEND AT THE DUNDAS BUSKERFEST. THERE WERE PONIES. FOR FRITHA, THIS WAS ALL THAT MATTERED. ON SATURDAY, FRITH ASKED MAMA TO HOLD HER HAND ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TRACK.. SO NO FOOTAGE (THOUGH THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL PHOTO TAKEN BY THE PONY MAN, WHICH MAMA WILL HAVE TO SCAN IN)


ON SUNDAY, FRITH GOT IN LINE, CLIMBED UP ON THE PONY AND NEVER LOOKED BACK.


HERE SHE IS COMING IN FOR THE PHOTO FINISH, HAT IN HAND (IT WAS WINDY).

FRITH WAS AN EXTREMELY FOCUSED RIDER SITTING SERIOUSLY UPON HER STEED. NO TALKING, NO SMILING, ALL BUSINESS. BUT AS SOON AS SHE DISEMBARKED, SHE STARTED CHATTERING.. AND SHE IS STILL TALKING ABOUT IT.

MANY MANY MOVIES

DIGGING IN THE GARDEN WITH MAMA


CUTTING UP WOODEN FOOD WITH OMI


PLAYING PIANO WITH PEPE


EATING POPCORN ON MAMA’S BED WHILE LISTENING TO IKO IKO


READING ON THE FRONT LAWN PANTSLESS


TRYING ON SOME NEW CLOTHES WITH OPA AND MAMA BEAR

LOUNGY LOUNGY

FRITH ENJOYING A BOWLFUL OF POPCORN WHILE LOUNGING AROUND ON MAMA'S BED.

HERE WE SET UP A LITTLE CAMPSITE ON THE FRONT LAWN AND PASSED THE AFTERNOON READING IN THE SHADE.

THEN FRITH TOOK OFF HER PANTS. I'M NOT SURE WHY.

PAINTED PONIES

ON OUR WAY BACK FROM PICKING UP SOME MORE ROCKS AT THE RIVER. FRITH DECIDED TO PUT ON HER RAINCOAT BACKWARDS. REMARKABLY, SHE DIDN'T TRIP, OR WALK INTO ANYTHING.

LATER, WE TOOK THE WAGON THROUGH THE WOODS AND CAME OUT AT THE PARK, WHERE WE HAD A GOOD SWING.

THEN A VISIT TO OMI'S HOUSE. FRITH HELPED OMI PAINT HER CHAIRS FOR THE SEASON.

AFTER DINNER, MORE PAINTING - THIS TIME WITH WATER COLOURS. MAMA TRIED TO GET IN ON THE ACTION, BUT WHEN I PICKED UP A PAINT BRUSH, FRITH TOOK IT AWAY FROM ME. BUT FRITH, I ASKED.. IF MAMA CAN'T PAINT, WHAT SHOULD I DO INSTEAD?

"MAMA, YOU SIT AND DRINK YOUR WINE."

CARWASH

FRITH WANTED TO WATER THE FLOWERS, SO MAMA BRAVED THE SCARY BASEMENT TO TURN ON THE OUTSIDE WATER FOR THE SEASON. FRITH THEN DECIDED SHE WOULD RATHER WASH MAMA'S CAR.. WELL, THE BACK HALF ANYHOW. THEN IT RAINED. NATURE IS CAPRICIOUS.


GARDEN HOSE : THE MOVIE

SUMMER DAYS

WE STARTED OFF THE WEEKEND WITH SHABBAT DINNER AT OMI'S HOUSE. HANS AND NINA AND LITTLE MAYA WERE OUR GUESTS THIS WEEK.

MAYA AND THE FRITH.. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THESE TWO ARE UP TO BUT IT IS PRETTY CLEAR WHO THE RINGLEADER IS.

MAMA AND THE FRITH SPENT SUNDAY MORNING CLEANING OUT OUR BACKYARD FREEZER. THIS INVOLVED MUCH EATING OF ICE CUBES (MOVIE AT ELEVEN)

WHEN MAMA INSISTED THAT WE PUT ON BASEBALL HATS BECAUSE OF THE SUN..

FRITH INSISTED THAT WE PLAY BASEBALL. EXCEPT, WE ONLY HAD A SOCCER BALL AND A BASKET BALL. NO PROBLEM. WE CALLED THEM BOTH BASEBALLS FOR THE DURATION OF THE GAME.

MOVIES. AT ELEVEN.

SOME CONTEMPLATIVE EATING OF AN ICE CUBE, WITH AN EXPLANATION.


SOME SLIGHTLY MORE ENERGETIC ICE CUBE EATING.


AND FINALLY, WINDING DOWN THE MORNING WITH A YUMMY VEGAN PIZZA-TYPE THING.

TAKE ME TO THE RIVER

MAMA AND THE FRITH SPENT MOST OF THIS PAST LONG GREY RAINY WEEKEND WALKING AROUND TOWN AND GETTING EXTREMELY WET. HERE WE ARE AT THE RIVER, THROWING DANDELIONS INTO THE WATER.


AND HERE WE ARE HEADING HOME WITH OUR SECOND LOAD OF ROCKS. SPEAKING OF WHICH.. IF ANY OF YOU COME TO VISIT, OR HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT GIVING MAMA A BIRTHDAY PRESENT (YES MAMA TURNS FORTY NEXT WEEK) PLEASE BRING ROCKS. SMALLER THAN A WATERMELON, LARGER THAN A CANTALOUPE. YOU CAN FIND THEM FOR FREE BY THE BANKS OF SPENCER CREEK. AT FIVE ROCKS PER TRIP IN OUR LITTLE RED WAGON, IT IS TAKING MAMA AND THE FRITH AN AWFULLY LONG TIME TO LANDSCAPE THE FRONT YARD BY OURSELVES :)

POLKA DOT PANTS

AUNTIE JENNIE SENT OVER A PICTURE OF HERSELF WEARING HER POLKADOT PANTS.

SO FRITH IMMEDIATELY HAD TO PUT ON HER POLKADOT PANTS AS WELL, AND WE ABSOLUTELY HAD TO FIND A GREEN TANK TOP JUST LIKE AUNTIE JENNIE'S TOO.


HELLO AUNTIE JENNIE!