This past week was a bit of an emotional rollercoaster. We said goodbye to a very special woman - Clark's grammy, Betty Richards. We were so lucky that the kids got to spend at least a little of their young lives getting to know their great grandmother, and to associate her with the beauty and peace of the Richards family farm. Clark leaves tomorrow for the funeral, and the kids and I will have our own little remembrance back here in Kanata (and hopefully also when we next visit Oak Point).
In the midst of sadness, however, there was also light and fun. We got a short but very sweet visit from Zsofi, meaning that Jane, Erin, Zsofi and I got to have a rare girls weekend. This was exceptionally well timed, as our world will change dramatically in the next couple of months - Jane will have a new little baby, and be moving to Fredericton, and our family will have settled in Dartmouth. This means that a planned girls weekend such as this will be much more difficult in the near future. It was a ball! Highlights included a day at the spa, chatting, eating out, strolling through shops undisturbed, treating ourselves to gelato, and nice long walks. It is, I think, pretty amazing to have such old and dear friends to spend time with (however rarely it might happen all at once).
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| The one last group shot before we all parted ways (taken by Clark)... |
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| ... and another, taken by Linden |
Since I spent spent much of the weekend hanging with my girls, Clark and the kids got up to a bunch of their own adventures, including: a beach day in Gatineau park followed by some nature exploring, a trip to "Judith's Museum" (AKA the Canadian Museum of History), followed by more Gatineau Nature exploring around Pink Lake.
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| Looking for freshwater snails in Lac Phillipe |
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| A cute centipede Juniper spotted crossing the trail! |
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