Stamping Cyber Buddies

Back in February, a few of us from Southern Ontario, who meet on the newly formed Stampin Canada forum, had a real face to face get together. We had a fun-filled afternoon of stamping and chatting. It's just amazing all the things we learn from each other. Another fun filled afternoon is scheduled for this Saturday in Milton.

30 Year Reunion

My friend Sue and I met Nan from Georgia during the 1976 Montreal Olympics. We were all sitting on the grass waiting anxiously for a glimpse of the Royal Family as they boarded the Royal Yacht Britannia. As we sat there, we talked and became fast friends.





After 31 years of keeping in touch, we decided it was time for a reunion. Nan drove north from Georgia and we met for 4 wonderful days in Ontario. We talked, ate, visited a spa, toured and talked some more.

To honour our friendship, I made my first ever photo album as a gift for Nan. The first few pages included pictures from 1976 of the three of us. I left lots of room in the second half of the album for pictures of the three of us from 2007.

Now You See It, Now You Don't

We recently had the 40 year old Blue Spruce tree beside the driveway removed from our front yard. The tree was huge and dripping sap all over my car. Also, we were getting a little nervous about the possibility of it collapsing into the house or on top of my car during a snow or rain storm.

Wow! What a difference it made to the yard and to the house. The rooms in the front of the house are so much brighter and the gardens in the front now have some sun. We now have a beautiful garden growing where the tree was.

Banner

After doing some reading on the "how to's", I added a banner to my blog.

I am particularly proud of this picture, because I have joined together, two pictures that I took to make a panaramic view of the quarry wall. This is an old quarry nearby that has been made into a park with hiking trails. It is a beautiful park and one can take a picnic and spend a whole afternoon there. And since the quarry is on a hill, one can look across the whole city, right down to the shores of Lake Ontario.

I think my next blog projectwill be to add a slide show, if possible, on the right hand side of the screen, that will show my cards. Then I won't have to keep adding slide shows in the posts.

However, I hope to add one shortly showing our bathroom reno.