We enjoyed some relaxing family time and some fun with friends as well. It was lovely to have Andrew’s mum here with us to celebrate Christmas and experience a bit of Ottawa winter. As always we were spoilt by Andrew’s excellent cooking; the turkey was done with the new Smokenator 1000!
I am still hoping for a white Christmas but we have less snow now than when I took these photos two weeks ago
If there is no wind the world can stay looking magical for hours. This snowfall was two weeks ago and stayed for a couple of days until the unusually “warm’ temperatures made it disappear.
Ottawa hosts a Busker’s festival every summer. A15, B10 and I went downtown to see what was happening. We have been several times before and I am always amused to see how many Australian acts there are. We stopped and watched four acts this year and two were Australian. I told B10 it was because Math and Science in the Australian schools had been replaced by Circus Studies and Street Performing Arts. He wants to move!
The Juggle Bugs below were great but it was early on the first night and hard to drum up an audience.
Flame Oz came out after dark and they were pretty impressive.
While the superb weather continued we took our visitors to Gatineau Park to enjoy the colours and the sunshine.
As I mentioned in my last post both girls had new cameras for their trip to Iceland. Today I have some photos taken by L17.
The girls have been back from Iceland for a few weeks now and are still sharing stories and experiences with us. They had a fabulous time and both said the landscape was unique and at times breathtaking. Both had new cameras so I will share some of their photos over the next few days. First some from A15.
When school ended and the summer stretched out ahead of him B10 had one purchase in mind. J11 across the road had just bought one and was kind enough to let B try it out numerous times. When B had the money and had done the research we set out so he could buy his own Ripstik. It looks like a skateboard but has only two wheels.
He has fun around our street but what he really wants is to be taken to the skate park.
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