Living in Barrie versus downtown Toronto

The possibility of living closer to family has me investigating the possibility of living in Barrie.  Lots of time but the search has begun.  Wish me luck.

Love

Carol Ann

Hard at work - At play!

Fun in the park before bedtime last evening.

Guess Who's at Canada's Wonderland with his dad this evening . . .

Jalen is sporting is new buzzzzz cut! He is having a great summer vacation so far and lots more to come!

love

CA

Hearts and Family

Hearts for the Royal family today.  If you look closely you will see the word 'family' among the hearts.

love

CA

The most watched door at the moment...

My mother would have loved this day!  (She would not have loved all of the bad carma experienced by the Royal family over the past decade or two.)

Ode to the Ocean

I always light candles when I am writing and today was no exception. This is my ode to the ocean - for those of us living away from the ocean and in a condo!

Buzz cut . . .

I love long hair on boys and men - my grandson, not so much! He wanted, and got,a buzz cut last night courtesy of his Dad. Good thing he is so handsome.

Love

CA

Visuals

Watching late night news or early morning news I have the visual of what is important to me.

Stay cool this very very warm Tuesday in Toronto.

Love

CA

Rejection

Any writer knows that rejection is part of our lives when we are seeking a publisher.  On July 1st I sent my novel, Paradise, to a publisher I respect and would have loved to work with again.  Nope - not going to happen. Rejection received yesterday.  No interest - from anyone at all at his publishing house according to his e mail and I believe him.

Rather than crash and burn I will park my novel for a few days and rethink my plan.  For today, I think a pity party is in order!

Love

CA

Rain rain go away..come again another day

Not a good day to visit Toronto or the GTA.

Major clean-up required. 

And, it is still raining!!

Major flooding in downtown Toronto

Streets flooded.

Subways flooded.

21st floor where I live - not so much.

Really bad rain storm, like I have never seen before.  Letting up now though ...

Guess Watch

If any of my blogger friends has a contact within the Guess family I would so appreciate you sharing with me. 

This particular Guess watch has been discontinued for several years but I am hoping to find one somehow, someway. 

It's not for me - it would be a special gift for someone who could really use a lift right now.

Any ideas?

Love

Carol Ann

Nice Sunday drive...

If you are looking to get out of the city for a nice Sunday brunch....I highly recommend the Belfountain Inn. Had not been there in years - still lovely.

CA

Writing is an art form so the joke is on me too!

James and his brothers

This is definitely a "Boys to Men" photo. I first met my son's step brothers when they were all very young boys.  From day one, James called them his brothers - I have always been proud of him for that.

Michael Scott is on the left with his son Jared, Paul in the middle, James and Sean.  Handsome men today.

They were all together earlier this week.

Love

Carol Ann

Quiet dat at home

Having a quiet day at home.  And, that always involves moving furniture around.  Today I moved my little electric fireplace to the den and my "Lady in Red' with it. I like the view from my living room. Mission accomplished.

I hope you are having a gentle Thursday.

Love

CA

Remembering

We have all lost family members - today is the 8th year anniversary of JohnD's death.   Cancer took his life at such a young age and he fought such a valiant fight.

Thinking of you JohnD!

Love

CA

Tattoo

The Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo is underway in Halifax. My mother absolutely loved the Tattoo and never missed it.

I am sure she is watching it from above !

Love
CA 

Furniture down...

Look closely at the top photo and you will see my mirrored table knocked over (Cheryl M - you will remember how heavy it was when we carried it home yes?) Somehow little Lexi tipped it over and shortly after she crashed on the sofa.  Clearly that was hard work and she needed a nap!

Love

CA

Clean Slate

In my life, as in your life things don't always go as planned.  When that happens we need to remind ourselves that tomorrow brings with it a clean slate (a new Dash!) and we need to look in the mirror, like who we see and move on.

Does that make sense to you?

Love

Carol Ann

Listening for the sea

Honestly, how cute is this?

Love

CA/Nana

Stylin' Jalen J

In the one month I have been away Jalen has grown so much!

"Mr" Peppard

Long before I understood what a mentor really was - there was my gym teacher Mr Peppard guiding me through rough waters at home.  We are allowed to call him "Al" now but he will always be Mr Peppard to me.  When I was working on my first book it was this man I sat down with first to ask his opinion on so many things that happened during my MRHS days.

Beryl Holman is a professional photographer, a good friend, and the artist behind many of the photos you will see her over the next few days.  Thanks to you Beryl!

Love

Carol Ann

My 90 year old supporter!

We (the Cole family) grew up next door to the White family. Pictured here with me is George White and yes he is 90 years young. He is in such fantastic shape and never stops!

Love

CA

Catching up with you ...

Hi to all of my blogger friends. Sorry I have neglected you while I have been in NS (almost all of June!)  I have been in my home province promoting my new book, From the Heart.  All proceeds from this book go to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. I will share some of the photos from the last few weeks with you here.

Love
CA