Friday, March 16th - and we still have winter...

unlike our friends and family in southern Ontario. Brenda received a text message from Caitlin yesterday that she was contemplating enjoying a beverage on an outdoor patio while we drove home in freezing rain. Now I ask you, what is wrong with this picture?  It's not even spring yet, and they have 17' temperatures during the day with lows at night of 10'.  Hopefully they won't pay for this with a cold wet summer. We'll have our summer weather in the summer, thank you very much (well at least that's what we keep telling ourselves).
It's -2' this morning but it should rise to +2' with maybe some sun this afternoon so that's not really so bad.

Brenda and I went to see 'The Iron Lady' last night and I totally understand why she won the academy award. She did an amazing job in that role.

When the movie ended, we decided we would try out a new restaurant in town - a Lebanese place called Byblos.  We couldn't decide what to have so the waitress suggested a mixed platter to try out several items. We can't really say what we had because we don't really know what it was but it gave us a good idea of what we would order again and what we would not. They've done a great job with the interior of the place. I'll have to take Lloyd there when he comes next time.

James and Patti went to the Sportsman's Show in Toronto yesterday and she sent me several pictures as they toured around. I especially liked this one with the note that he'd found his first bike.




They had a fishing booth but he didn't catch a fish. I suppose that's because his papa hasn't taken him fishing yet, as promised!  Hopefully that will happen before June 1st or it will have to wait till he visits when papa is here.
But he did get a fish balloon hat!

He's always been fascinated with recreational vehicles and suggested to his mom that when he gets older he won't need a house, just an RV. We both reminded him that he could only live in there for the summer but he thought the one with a heater and a little bathroom would be fine year round. I don't think he's ever been camping in any kind of recreational vehicle so maybe it't time to do that. It might take some of the appeal away. Maybe he could camp out in Bernie's trailer the next time he comes down!

Saturday is St. Patrick's Day so we suspect the bars in town will be a zoo on Saturday night. I might be fun but I think it's probably a good place to avoid. We may do something Irish in the line of food instead. Maybe an Irish stew and some Irish soda bread, but who knows - it's a day away and anything could happen in 24 hours! Happy St. Patrick's Day to our friends of Irish descent!
(Thanks to Kay  for the pictures!)