This week we had another wedding in the family. My sister’s daughter and her fiancé tied the knot at City Hall in London, ON. My oldest daughter, Andrea, my father, my nephew (the bride’s brother) and I left early Monday morning and drove to London to attend the ceremony. It was a small intimate gathering of immediate family members and two close friends of the bride.

After the signing of the papers the small wedding party walked to the park next to City Hall and had numerous photos taken. While there I noticed some interesting memorials dedicated to the veterans of the World Wars.

Once everyone was satisfied with the number of photos taken we drove to an Ethiopian restaurant not too far from City Hall. The groom who hails from Ethiopia took charge of ordering the food. For most of the guests this was a new experience. The restaurant is called Enat and the food was amazing. Enat Restaurant

Gashaw ordered three platters of food, two with a variety of spicy meats and one with assorted vegetarian options. All of them were covered with the traditional injera, a spongey sour dough flat bread.  Ethiopians tear off  pieces of the injera to pick up bites of entrées and side dishes. Utensils are optional.

…..thanks to Norm for hosting Thursday Doors

The neighbourhood is gearing up for Hallowe’en night.

…this week’s WPC theme is rounded

….today was the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon

There were 25 000 runners participating in today’s race. Not all of them ran the marathon. I would hazard a guess that most people signed up for the 5k or the half marathon, which is 21.3k. Our oldest daughter ran her first half marathon today.

My husband and I drove to the turn around point for the half marathon where friends and family could cheer on the runners. Lakeshore Blvd. was shut down for the race so we parked about 1k away from the viewing area and walked along the trails and over the bridge.

When we got to the turn around point there were already hundreds of people running around the bend in the road. Andrea told us that she thought it would take her approximately one hour to get there. We arrived exactly at the one hour mark. We waited and waited and were worried that we had actually missed her but shortly after 10:00 we saw her run by. She saw us before we saw her and she turned around to make sure we saw her. She had the biggest grin on her face and didn’t look any worse for wear.  It turns out she had good reason to be happy. Her goal was to finish the race in two hours and she did it in 1: 56.55.8. I guess she started further back in the field at the start line where all the runners were staggered.

So I guess next year you’ll be training for a full marathon. Am I right, Andrea?

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Back in Hamilton, our daughter, Gaelan and our granddaughter , Winnie were both a bit under the weather with colds. In the morning they ventured out to the park and Gaelan got this great shot of Winnie. Despite a streaming head cold, little Winnie decided to show support for her aunt by running her own mini race. Look at those legs move! I think we may have another runner in the family.

….thanks to Becca Givens for hosting Sunday Trees