yard sale...

So Irene is gone, left a lot of water here. Now the sun is shining and a new week is starting. Wishing you a very good one!

Animal portraits.

coin coin...

I love the park around the corner. It's a little oasis from the city craziness.

This is a very welcome weekend. Will go in old Montreal for a little stroll, watch the tourists, enjoy the nice weather and have little snack... Wishing you a fantastic weekend! What are your plans? Whatever ever you do, stay away from Irena if you're on the East coast!

Lovely rocks from Otchipotchi

farewell jack...

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.
- Jack Layton

montreal...

From my wanderings in Montreal... Not too many photos will be taken today. It's raining. It's okay, I have tons of paper work to take care of. Perfect day for that. How is your Sunday?

Where the children sleep, and for something lighter, take a peak at The Disciples.

magnolias...

I had an old film in my camera and had it developed during my vacations. I should use my old Nikon more often.

Found on Sofamentol, the beautiful work of Vivians Sassen.

Wishing you a great weekend!

cherry tomatoes...

More crops from the third floor balcony...

welll...

Well, my first day at work went rather well, without any major crisis. Phew! I was happy to see my colleagues again. I must say, I work with very nice people.

For those of us who love sketchbooks, The Sketchbook Project. It should fill my craving for a while.

bye bye vacation...

So here I am, just 90 minutes from starting work. I had the best of times. Very relaxing yet very filled. Wishing you a very good week!

p.s. This is not me :)

cucumbers...

Who knew that a few cucumber plants would bring me so much joy. Every morning when I get up, I go see the progress. And what progress! I love to see the swirling things (how do you call them?) grab whatever comes under their grip. Five full grown cucumbers were already harvested (mmmm!) and at least seven more are coming up. What amazes me the most is that this is all happening on my third floor balcony.

My vacation ends tomorrow night. then it's back to work. I had a great a restful time. I actually spent the last week doing almost nothing but reading. A dream for me.

I hope you had, you are having or you will have great vacations. Enjoy the rest of summer, it goes by so fast!

last night...

We spent our last night of vacation in this cute little cabin. The place was a nice break from all the touristic craziness.

cabin...

I love little cabins but this one beats them all!

rock on...

... in Maine.

a little port & the beach...

I made some crazy plans for this short trip. I wanted to go to Cape Cod AND Maine. So we ended up spending more time in the car than anywhere else, traveling from one place to another and then standing in traffic in overloaded tourist towns. But we manage to spend some time at the beach and take great walks.

Did you ever made crazy plans for your vacations?

back...

I'm back from the south. First stop was Virginia. It was HOT! And humid as you can see on the second photo. So we decided to move a little bit north towards the ocean. Stay tuned.