Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge – Treasure

Posted on February 19, 2023 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Sue W and GC for hosting the Weekly Prompts https://weeklyprompts.com/2023/02/18/weekly-prompts-weekend-challenge-treasure/

Treasure for me is not my jewellery or furnishing or even my house. I learned a long time ago that ‘things’ don’t bring happiness, certainly not for a sustained period of time. My treasures are more life experiences that I’ve had and the memories that they evoke. My wedding day, giving birth and watching my children grow up are my greatest treasures. Now I can also add my grandchildren to that list.

If I started to post all my favourite memories I would be posting dozens of pictures. Instead I’ve decided to post some of my favourite ‘treasured’ photos from the past. I love these old photos.

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AB7-F53-B4-F7-D5-481-B-9569-962514-BD0012 — *Our wedding day, August 16, 1975*

Thursday Trios from my Daughter’s House

Posted on September 1, 2022 by Mama Cormier

…yesterday I had dinner with my daughters and granddaughter

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If you have some trios to share be sure to copy my link and paste it into your post. I’ll be sure to get back to you with a comment.

A Few Random Trios and My Favourite Trio From My Past

Posted on February 17, 2022 by Mama Cormier

…looking around the house I found these trios to share with you

F4-B710-FB-2-D98-4-EA0-9-C21-5047651-D364-B — A trio of Paper Dolls

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B685-B1-F5-A893-4-C40-9126-570-B4-B19-EB3-F — One of my favourite photos from the past – Me at 1or 2, my Dad and St. Nicholas

Macro Monday – May 31, 2021

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Mama Cormier

….finding macro shots at the green grocer

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A Photo a Week Challenge – Over a Hundred Years Old

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Nancy Merrill for hosting A Photo A Week Challenge

If my grandparents were still alive they would have been over 100 years old…..

….and my great, great grandfather (over 160 years ago) and his mother (over 200 years ago). In fact, the next two photos are over a hundred years old.

Here in Canada this church is considered old. It was built before Canada became a country in 1867.

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Master Pumpkin Carvers

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Mama Cormier

….in the Cormier family

This is my husband’s 37th pumpkin that he’s carved and my son-in-law’s first. I think my husband has some serious competition.

Yesterday I luckily found this large beauty. In my neighbourhood they were almost completely sold out when I finally got around to purchasing one and they weren’t reduced in price. It weighed a ton and I was glad that I parked close by.

This year I had the pleasure of cleaning the guts from the inside of the pumpkin.

Now that the messy part was done, my husband could focus on the design and carving out the face of this year’s Jack O’lantern.

Here are the two finished pumpkins, side by side. You be the judge.

It was a perfect night for trick or treating. Both my husband and I sat outside with a glass of wine in hand as we greeted about 46 children. That may not seem like a lot of children to you but last year we only had 2. I leave you with a few more photos of Hallowe’en at the Cormier and Turner house. Enjoy!

Older Than 50 Years – Cee’s Black and White Challenge

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Mama Cormier

….I’m a little late with this challenge but I’ve been away….that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it

This photo is more than 50 years old. It’s a picture of me when I was one year old.

My aunt in her late teens or early 20s. She would have been 89 this year. Miss you!

For more Black and White photos check out Cee’s challenge.

Cottage Time

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Mama Cormier

……Thursday, July 2, 2015

I finally got here.

Thursday morning I finally got the car packed and shortly before 1:00 I set out, by myself for the cottage. It was the day after the holiday so traffic was minimal and I made good time but I knew that I would never make the 3:00 ferry. As I got closer to Cedar Point I made a decision to head into Midland and see if I could find a special paper I needed for my next art assignment.

There’s a new art gallery/school in the downtown and I was hoping that I could get what I needed from there or from a small framing business that also sold art supplies. Well the framing store has gone out of business and the new gallery only had a small supply of papers. They recommended that I try the printing shop across the street. I had nothing to lose and I still had time so I made my way up the street.

The owners were very friendly and very accommodating. They found a few sheets of tracing paper on an upper shelf that had obviously been there awhile. They gave me what was left and didn’t charge me. How nice was that!.

I passed through Penatang and tried to find the art store there but didn’t have time to park and walk up the street. I’ll leave that for another day. I’ll make do with the paper that was so graciously gifted to me. When I got to Lafontaine (the last town before Cedar Point) I made another quick stop and picked up a couple of bottles of wine.

I still had ten minutes to spare when I got to Cedar Point. The ferry was just coming into the dock. I’ve done this trip for over 25 years but I still don’t like backing onto the ferry. It’s about a twenty minute trip across the bay to the island and then another seven minutes by car to get to the far end of the island where our cottage is situated.

I arrived around 5:00. Luckily my neighbour’s adult daughter had arrived that day as well and she came over to help me unload the car. She also helped me move the fridge, set up the BBQ and started the pump so I would have water. Everything went well until the pump stopped. No biggie. The gas motor needed more gas. After filling it up we pulled the cord. Nothing! We tried again and again. Nothing! I wasn’t too worried. I always bring two large bottles of water with me for this very reason. We decided to leave it for awhile and give it another go in the morning. Little did we know what an adventure we were about to encounter. More about that tomorrow.