Visiting From Afar

Posted on June 6, 2020 by Mama Cormier

….every other week we drive to Hamilton for a procedure at McMaster Hospital and then we drive over to our daughter’s house and visit from a socially acceptable distance

This week our trip to Hamilton allowed us to see our granddaughter and daughter from the porch. Winnie proudly showed off her new bicycle. Fortunately is was a beautiful warm day and we were able to sit outside. We also brought her some new art materials and she promptly made us a picture in her new sketchbook.

Soon after she finished her picture she politely excused herself because she had to get things ready for her tea party with her other grandmother, whom she was seeing later that day. At 4 1/2 she seems so mature. It seems like it was only yesterday that I was cradling her in my arms.

Sunday Trees – 443

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Becca Givens for hosting Sunday Trees

Photo a Week Challenge – Fleeting

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Mama Cormier

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

Fleeting

fleet·ing

/ˈflēdiNG/

adjective

“hoping to get a fleeting glimpse of a whale underwater”

Similar: brief, transient, short-lived, momentary, sudden, cursory, transitory

Children grow up so quickly. A newborn quickly transitions from a helpless babe in your arms to an infant trying to push herself up and learning to express herself vocally. These are all the steps that I’m missing because of COVID-19. Thank goodness for the digital world where I can witness these things second hand.

Yesterday for a fleeting moment we saw our oldest granddaughter from a safe distance in front of their home in Hamilton. We were able to finally deliver her Easter gifts. Later in the day her mom sent us a photo of her enjoying her gifts.

New Flower (May 6, 2020) – More Blossoms

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Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge – Fences and Gates

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Cee for hosting the Black and White Photo Challenge

Playing

Posted on February 11, 2020 by Mama Cormier

…with my granddaughter

It’s amazing to me what I won’t do for my granddaughter. Getting down at her level is not easy for me. It’s one reason why I want to get into better shape. On Friday my husband and I spent the day in Hamilton to give our daughter some time to work on her at home business. The teachers here are on rotating strikes so we try to help whenever we can. Here are some of the images of our playful day. 1941EAAA-A8DB-4B77-A051-91C6A63CBD3D AC63114D-8B1E-4543-8FF8-D3A0CA42CD79 FF86BE3A-ACF4-4DC0-B5C2-CF2BCD51B890 927CFA69-1077-4945-8770-B60D8CC93FBE AA54387E-ECF1-4BB4-A0B7-6ABA3392CA9F DD138CEA-24F7-445D-B5DE-EE2C44189EA1_1_201_a 1E71CA08-38C2-4E5B-B0B8-34993C24211F_1_201_a

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Vanishing Point

Posted on February 11, 2020 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Cee for hosting The Fun Foto Challenge

The vanishing point is where the road ends at the horizon, or river, pathway, row of trees, or anything else that gets smaller the further away it is.

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Monday Window – February 10, 2020

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Ludwig for hosting Monday Window

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Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge – Moving Water

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Cee for hosting the Black and White Photo Challenge

I found it quite difficult to change moving water photos from colour to black and white. For some reason the amount of light in some of the photos that looked fantastic in colour were a complete washout in black and white. I tried to make some adjustments but it didn’t always work.

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In Search of the Perfect Tree

Posted on December 13, 2019 by Mama Cormier

….an outing with the family

Last weekend my husband and I drove to Hamilton to our daughter’s house where I picked up her family and we drove about 15 minutes north of the city to a Christmas tree farm. It was most definitely a farm with ducks, goats, cows, rabbits and a donkey.

We came fully prepared to cut down our own tree but as we explored the grounds we couldn’t find anything small enough to fit into our homes. My son-on-law always gets the biggest tree because their home has high ceilings but I was instructed to come back with a very small tree that would fit on a table. All the trees were over 10 feet tall and we could see that people had been cutting trees from the top. The only tree that we all liked had signs around it telling people NOT to cut it down.

We enjoyed the walk through the property so not all was lost but we were disappointed in the selection. We got back in our cars and headed up north for a few more kilometres, back to the tree farm we went to last year. We weren’t sure that it would still be open because the owners are into their eighties and told us last year that that would be their last year selling trees. Luckily for us they decided to open for at least one more year. The pickings were great and we all found our perfect tree.

We drove back to Hamilton with our treasures inside and on top of the cars. Back at Gaelan’s house we were treated to a wonderful lunch and afterwards Winnie and I decorated Christmas cookies.