The battle won, or just begun?

Times, They Are A Changing

2010-03-28T11:23:00.003-04:00

Just a quick note to let everyone that frequents this blog, that I am joining Bob over on Flickr. My blog has been fun and certainly has some benefits over Flickr but it really came down to making it easier to upload and manage so many photos at once.

It will also be easier to keep up on what I am now calling "Special Projects" on Flickr, which is where I will post all my CSA related material and you will no longer have to scroll through the blog to locate updates.

Please come and see Me, Bob and Big Stretch Photography at:
www.flickr.com/photos/maynerrd

Winter CSA - Update

2010-02-18T20:05:00.006-05:00

January and February deliveries are now posted.

http://marriedtomaynerrd.blogspot.com/2009/11/winter-csa.html

Dan's Birthday

2010-02-18T20:05:00.004-05:00

Poker on Friday night.

Dinner on Wednesday

Road Trip 2010 - Southwestern USA

2010-02-04T22:04:00.005-05:00

The following 7 posts are some of the photo's from our trip. It was fairly successful for both of us on the photo front, however Bob was a clear "winner" if there was such a thing. I had to learn alot and quickly as light metering, exposure and tripod work are not my fortes but I came away with a few nice shots that I will work on and post over the coming month or so. This is a smattering of vacation and set up shots to give you a feel for what we seen.

I always love having Bob to myself without the distractions or work, chores - you know...being a grownup but this was truly a great trip. Vacations are fun and carefree, where our big decision for the day is if we should eat Mexican for the 5th day in a row - but then that's an easy one as the answer is always YES.

Las Vegas, NV

2010-02-04T22:01:00.003-05:00

We arrive in Las Vegas

The Strip

We drop our bags at the hotel (after getting a room upgrade - nice)and are off to check out The Strip. We need beer for walking.

We gamble $1 in each of the 3 casinos we went into but didn't hit the jackpot.

99 cent beers - Sweeeeet

Then found out about 99 cent hamburger and fries at 4 in the morning - only in Vegas

There's no sin in Sin City

*** Viewer discretion is advised ***

Valley of Fire, NV to Springdale, UT

2010-02-04T22:00:00.004-05:00

The next morning (around 8 Bob has us out of the hotel) we head north out of Vegas towards Utah and stop at Lake Mead (what a joke) and the Valley of Fire.

We are now in the Valley of Fire which is a State Park in Nevada

You can camp right there. It looked crazy cool.Our first arch

Back on track and getting close to Utah

Made a donation here

Stayed the night in Springdale, at the entrance to Zion national Park, Utah. Went for supper at Oscar's - what a great place. I may want to retire here.Local BeerFish Taco'sBob is having chimichanga's I think. Get ready there is a lot of pictures of Mexican food :)Our room at the Desert Pearl Inn. Very nice. Bob had a run in with a deer but there is no pictures of that.

Springdale, UT to Kayenta, AZ

2010-02-04T21:59:00.006-05:00

Sunrise at Zion National Park

Our Ford Escape rental. We liked it alot.

Back to the hotel for coffee and then out to grab some breakfast. Our room had a patio that opened onto that beautiful scene behind the inn.
Goofing around after breakfast

Heading back into the park for the day

Court of the Patriarchs

One of the patriarchs from the "Court of the Patriarchs"

Did a few hour hike to what was supposed to be a waterfall. No waterfall but alot of pictures along the way.

Leaving the park they have blasted tunnels through the mountains to get out the other side. It was cool but a little scary.

The landscape was totally different on the other side of the tunnel. These grooves in the rocks are created by the wind.

On the way to Kayenta we stopped at "Dogtown".Stop along the highway for sunset, then drove for a couple of hours in the dark before getting to Kayenta.

Kayenta is within the Navajo Reservation (which is dry). This was the night I asked where to buy beer not realizing we had entered the reservation. Ops.

Our wheelchair accessible hotel room

Monument Valley, AZ / Canyon de Chelly, AZ / Gallup, NM

2010-02-04T21:58:00.005-05:00

Monument Valley is just north of Kayenta so we headed out early but caught sunrise before we were within the park.

Left (or West) Mitten, Right (or East) Mitten and the Merrick Butte

Alot of westerns were filmed in Monument Valley. This is the view from John Ford's Point Overlook - apparently his favorite spot.

Little teeny tiny Bob

So much for the reserve being dry!!!

We then decided to keep heading North and pop back into Utah for lunch. This was the Twin Rock Cafe in Mexican Hat.

Polygamy Porter. Ha Ha Ha

I had the Squatters, Bob stuck with Cherry Coke - he was my driver after all.

Navajo Taco. Apparently only found in the Four Corners (where UT, AZ, NM and CO meet), it is made with a fried Navajo bread.

Then it was back South to Canyon de Chelly. There was a Puebloan cliff dwelling here but I may have to snag one of Bob's pictures to show you.

It was muddy

Bob's shot of Canyon de Chelly. I didn't have a weather resistant lenses or camera body so I didn't shoot much due to the snow.
Some storm warnings were in effect for the next few days (snow in the north and rain in the south) so we headed to Gallup, NM to try to beat the snow. It didn't work.

You will notice our accommodations seem to be less impressive every night - but we were on Route 66.

Then to Don Diego's for more Mexican. This is their specialty "Archie's Taco".

Apache Junction, AZ

2010-02-04T21:55:00.009-05:00

Heading over to have coffee with Bruno and Janet

Ran into some family friends who were looking for higher ground for when the rain came.

The boys got in a round of golf.

Fun night

What did I say earlier about our accommodations ;)

Rained all the next day.

What will seniors line up for in the rain?
Restaurants at 4 in the afternoon

Rained all the next morning, but around 2 we decided to head out and do a local scenic drive. Luck was on our side and the weather cleared for a few hours just after we headed out. This is a ghost town/mine that I think was used for films? or maybe just tourists.

Canyon Lake. Apparently it is normally a beautiful blue but not that day it wasn't

Made it as far as Tortilla Flats before the road was washed out.

Glad we weren't on the bike

Good thing that they have a bar, with saddles as stools to boot.

Swinging half doors in the washroom

Local Beer

Wrote our names on a dollar bill and stapled it to the wall. I was having fun.

Prickly Pear ice cream.

I learned cactus aren't always pretty

The storm the night before was bad.

The next morning the weather was looking fair and it was our last day, so we went to Lost Dutchman State Park for a sunrise hike of Superstition Mountain.

Stopped at a musuem on the way back for some cool buildings and things. Ah the old west.

After warming up and having more coffee we went to the flea market. Guess what Bruno is getting for Christmas ;)

Too funny!

Heading out for supper after drinks with everyone including the Martell's and Reg loses the coupon!

It's a bad picture but it had to be shown. Yup, that is Reg and Bruno now looking for the coupon.

Petrified Forest, AZ

2010-02-04T21:55:00.008-05:00

As soon as we got close to the Arizona border the sun began to shine.

Getting into some desert

These are petroglphs in the Petrified Forest National Park

This is Bob's shot of Newspaper Rock. There are over 600 petroglphs on this rock.

Puebloan ruins

Petrified Trees. The craziest colours, like someone melted wax crayons together.

Made it to Apache Junction before the rain.

Las Vegas, NV to the Grand Canyon and back

2010-02-04T21:54:00.007-05:00

Due to continuing bad weather in the "high country" our trip to Sedona National Park and Grand Canyon seems best left for another time so we decide to head back to Vegas early and see abit more of the city.

The Hoover Dam. You can see in the top left corner is a bridge they are building to bypass the Dam and you will no longer be able to drive over it, so we were kinda glad we got a chance.

New bridge as we went under it

Ready or Not - Here we come

Our room at the MGM

We went for great dinner (this was late at night, it was busy when we were there)

The details of the night are best left off the internet so lets skip to the next morning ;)
We got up early and decided to splurge and take a Helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon. Along the way we seen Lake Las Vegas, Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, landed on the floor of the Grand Canyon and then flew over The Strip on the way back. What an experience.

These are the Maverick helicopters

Aerial of the Hoover Dam

Bob with Lake Mead in the backgroundThe West Rim of the Grand Canyon

Starting to land - this alone was worth the price.

Snack and Champagne

Our pilot

We needed to stop for gas

Bob with his parachute still on :)Back in the air

Then we were off to drop of the rental car, have a drink at the airport and go home.

Winter CSA - Update

2010-01-04T20:42:00.002-05:00

It is a little late in coming but I wanted to let my 2 CSA fans know that I have updated the November posting with our delivery from December. It made me smile.

Boardwalk / Marina at Liverpool Road

2010-01-04T20:09:00.011-05:00

After resting for Boxing Day, Bob and I took all our new Christmas loot out for a shoot

Merry Christmas

2009-12-26T16:08:00.007-05:00

The "Storm trooper" - our new addition

Ishka's new house - when she's outside anyway.

The Night The Olympic Torch Was Rerouted

2009-12-26T16:00:00.007-05:00

Protesters arrived The van containing the Olympic Torch pulls a u-turn and reroutes the parade.

Orono Crown Land

2009-12-24T16:56:00.001-05:00

Commuting in December

2009-12-24T16:49:00.002-05:00

Winter CSA

2009-11-23T20:48:00.012-05:00

Bob and I enjoyed our summer CSA share so much that we jumped at the chance to sign up for a winter share - so I'm sharing with you again. We will receive 1 delivery each month from November thru to April when our summer share will get ready to start up again. It is a package deal of meat, eggs, winter greenhouse and storage veggies.

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http://www.coopersfarm.ca/CSA.html
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Our March share was delivered on Friday:

It is now posted on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maynerrd/sets/72157623448441433/

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Our February share was delivered on yesterday and contained:

2 dozen eggs;
Greenhouse cucumber;
Superior white potatoes, green cabbage, garlic, carrots and parsnips;
3 individual wild game pies (wild boar, pheasant, and wild turkey), Prime Rib steaks, Braising Ribs, Beef Stew meat, Pork Loin Chops, Shoulder Roast, Blade and Sirloin Steaks and
3 packages of Hamburger.

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Our January share was delivered while we were on vacation and contained:

3 dozen eggs;
Fingerling potatoes, green cabbage, carrots and garlic;
Beef Tenderloin, Beef Stew meat, Goat Stew Meat, Butt Chops, Sausages, Blade, Round and Minute Steaks, 3 packages of Hamburger and a Hamburger patties.

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Our December share was delivered on December 18th and contained:
2 dozen eggs;
2 heads of Boston Lettuce and Tomatoes;
Potatoes, acorn squash, green cabbage and garlic;
Christmas Turkey;
Smoked Ham, Prime Rib Steaks, Sirloin Tip Roast, BBQ Beef Ribs, Blade and Minute Steaks, 4 packages of Hamburger and a Pork Loin something (can't quite make out the stamp)

Due to the lateness of this post - clearly I still don't have all the goodies to photograph. So here is description of what they became, you can make your own picture.

The cabbage and some hamburger became Cabbage Rolls, the Squash became the filling (with some veal) for my ravioli and the lettuce and tomatoes made many great BLT's. Tonight the potatoes and hamburger are in the oven as the staples of Shepherd's pie and some Minute steaks are in the fridge defrosting for Korean sizzling beef strips and rice later this week.

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Our November share was delivered on November 20th and contained:

2 dozen eggs;
2 heads of Boston Lettuce, Tomatoes, Cucumber and radishes;
Potatoes and Carrots;
Goat Chops, Pork Chops, Ham Steak, Pork Shoulder, Steak: Rib-eye/Sirloin/Top Round and Minute, 2 packages of Hamburger and a Rump Roast.

A Successful Day - at Glen Rouge with my man and our puppy

2009-11-23T20:27:00.005-05:00

Bob and The Mistress - Reunite

2009-11-23T19:45:00.002-05:00

When I turned 10 again - my fascination with the Disney Castle at Magic Kingdom

2009-11-07T10:00:00.003-05:00

Orlando - The abreviated version

2009-11-06T21:18:00.016-05:00

Walt Disney World - What a place
Our Pirate Themed Room Abbey MacNeilEric MacNeil
Magic Kingdom
Mickey grows tomatoes shaped like his head. Any other time I'd find this creepy but in Disney anything goes.
The Crew with Mickey & Minnie
Star Wars simulator - Hollywood Studios
The Tower of Terror - Hollywood Studios (there's a story there)
It's a Small World - Magic Kingdom
You know it's been a great day when...
The Tree of Life - Animal Kingdom
Sunset swim at the pool in our resort
Magic Kingdom at night is a beautiful thing

Our Day at Seaworld

Our Day at Universal Studio's

I am spoiled - My New Kx

2009-10-22T20:24:00.007-04:00

Can you believe this is ISO 3200. Crazy!

Thanksgiving Sunday. It made the wine and food taste even better

2009-10-22T20:21:00.002-04:00

Beautiful Fall Day

2009-10-22T20:12:00.003-04:00

The farm where went to pick apples

Tyrone Mill. A new fav place, stone milled flour (although my first attempt with bread from this flour was not the greatest), yummy donuts and a coffee refill. Followed a photographer doing engagement photo's behind the Mill to this pond.

Living On The Edge

2009-10-07T23:07:00.000-04:00

My Union Station - Shades of Grey

2009-10-07T22:52:00.001-04:00

Harvest Moon - Corn Maze

2009-10-07T22:45:00.000-04:00

Hail and Mushrooms

2009-10-07T22:41:00.001-04:00

Welcome to evenings staying cozy and warm, laughing and hanging with friends.

2009-10-03T12:41:00.002-04:00

Tomatillos and Jalapeno - Salsa Verde Here We Come

2009-09-24T20:56:00.003-04:00

Sunday Stuff

2009-09-16T23:15:00.004-04:00

Bob Joins the Crumpler Club

2009-09-16T23:12:00.002-04:00

Playing with a borrowed 70mm Macro

2009-09-16T23:08:00.001-04:00

Reminder - That I have been updating the CSA Post from June each week. Check it out if you're interested.

2009-09-09T23:56:00.001-04:00

Fall Has Arrived - You know the temps are starting to cool when walking to work in the morning the pigeon's are staying warm over the sidewalk grates.

2009-09-05T10:57:00.002-04:00

Busker Fest - Buskers

2009-09-05T10:37:00.005-04:00

Busker Fest - Streets

2009-09-05T09:48:00.008-04:00

Audreys Garden

2009-09-05T09:22:00.005-04:00

This was actually at my Mom's house

Thunder Bay - Grama's 85th Bday

2009-09-05T09:00:00.004-04:00

My Family

Going Fish'in, and for a change we actually caught a couple.

Adam's Jeep

Aiden's Jeep

Stormy Weather

2009-08-21T00:59:00.003-04:00

Taken from the parking lot at Canadian Tire on Brock Road.

Here's Looking At You!

2009-08-16T11:58:00.000-04:00

Panorama of Lake Ontario from Rouge Hill Go Station

2009-08-16T11:55:00.000-04:00

Storm 2009

2009-08-10T21:35:00.004-04:00

Since I didn't have a tripod with me (very important for shooting long night exposures), I sat in the box of the truck and took pictures of Bob silhouetted by the lightening strikes.

Alittle crisper but the lightening is behind the tree.

With Lightening

Without

Also tried taking long exposures of the cars as they came and left the beach.

Night Out

2009-08-08T12:11:00.003-04:00

Bob and I were meeting up with Monica and Rob for dinner and drinks at Betty's - on the walk there from work I stopped to take these pic's.

Practicing some architectural type shots. I envision these hung side by side.

View from my seat at Betty's. Time to head home.

Practicing - Depth of Field

2009-08-08T11:50:00.003-04:00

While Bob was shooting the abandoned mushroom farm I thought I would practice my depth of field. I want to improve my "intuition" so that I can more quickly gage the correct aperture to ensure that my subject is fully in focus but the background is blurred. It will make for better candid's.

Not an interesting picture, but as I said - just practicing.

Bugs - Close up.

This is a crop of the picture above.

Wierd Catepillar that fell out of the tree and landed on Dan - who thought it was going to eat his sweater. lol

2009-08-08T11:48:00.001-04:00

A Thursday in Haliburton

2009-08-01T11:39:00.004-04:00

This is to go with my boat pick from Tbay in February (to explain the processing).

A frog in a boat.

Fish'in off the dock.

First stop on the way home was to check out this beautiful barn.
...What!

Second stop was to check out this bird's nest - I got one shot when they were flying around being angry with us for disturbing them but by the time we got lenses changed they were gone.

As we were packing up though, there was a hot air balloon on the other side of the road.

Some Tower, Some Where

2009-08-01T10:28:00.001-04:00

Paint the Town Black and White

2009-08-01T10:09:00.005-04:00

Garbage Strike

2009-07-22T22:07:00.000-04:00

Along my walk to work in the morning

2009-07-22T22:03:00.001-04:00

When Monique and Steph were here for a visit, we went down to Frenchman's Bay for some dog walking and kayaking

2009-07-22T22:00:00.003-04:00

Preacher Man

2009-07-22T21:59:00.000-04:00

Food - When I was still on vacation I actually cooked sometimes. Clearly I didn't post on my blog but I did take pictures. LOL

2009-07-22T21:55:00.003-04:00

Eli

2009-06-28T14:44:00.001-04:00

Thanks to Bob for helping me out with the processing.

Stressful Saturday

2009-06-28T14:31:00.007-04:00

We went for a hike with Mark for a couple of hours in the morning - Ishka and his puppy Cash had a great time. Then it was home to take the motorcycle out for a ride to get ice cream. Spent the afternoon washing the bike, having a beer and hanging with Ben, Eli and Jessica in the front yard. After a yummy supper Jeremy, Jessica, Ben and Eli came over for a fire and some smores.
Man, vacation is stressful.

The boys love Ishka. She is such a lucky dog to be loved sooo much.

This shot is actually Dan's but I thought it was cute and since he doesn't have a blog - snag
- it's mine.

Garden Update - June 26, 2009

2009-06-28T14:26:00.004-04:00

With the heat from the last week the garden has finally sprouted.
Bob's cilantro is about a foot and half tall,
and some insect is enjoying the leaves from the horseradish.

The tomatoes are the most noticeable difference.
They have really shot up.

Our first little broccoli - look down, way down.

Sunhill Racing - John and Tyler

2009-06-25T23:05:00.008-04:00

While Bob and I were out riding we found ourselves in Roseneath and stopped in to visit Al, Sandra and the kids. Their 2 older boys are ATV Racing and Al has built a practice track at the house for them. We couldn't resist check'in it out.

Of course there was a few beer afterwards. Thanks again for the hospitality.

Farm Country

2009-06-25T22:53:00.005-04:00

Bob and I were out riding this week and I have been wanting to take some pictures of the calf's - so we pulled over on this nice quiet road and spent a few minutes.

I didn't think anyone wanted to see as many photo's of cows as I took so here is some fun with processing.

Patio Part Deux - a la daylight

2009-06-25T22:50:00.000-04:00

Patio Part Deux

2009-06-20T22:42:00.010-04:00

Some people think you should spend your first 5 days of vacation relaxing and rejuvenating. At our house we thought it should be spent sticky, sweaty and dirty.

In the beginning there was a deck and some dirt.

Needed to trim some trees.

Day 1 - Cutting Sod and digging out the patio.

Day 2 - We feel like a 18 wheeler has run us over when we wake up. We call Matt and ask for help for the day. We then finish digging the patio, install the steps, haul the screening into the patio-to-be and start to level the rest of the yard.

Day 3 - Rent the tamper and compact the patio screening and loose dirt in the yard.

Day 4 - Drink coffee and layout the circle of the patio. It was a long day but we also finish laying the rest of the patio.

Day 5 - This was a biggie. Rented the saw to cut all the pieces for the patio. Laid out the gardens on the side of the yard. Graded the yard. Dug trenches and laid weeping tile for some historical "problem" areas (thanks Danny for donation). Picked up and laid 60 rolls of sod.

Midnight on Day 5. Everyone is very tired. Thanks to Jeremy and Jessica for coming over to help out and Dan for coming home from work early - we may not have made it without you.

We still had to pick up 15 rolls of sod this morning and lay them - as we didn't buy enough yesterday. We spent the rest of the day on the "pretty things". Buying river rock, new plants and mulch for the trees. Tomorrow is a beautiful day of puttering in the yard and making it pretty. It was raining today, but tomorrow I'll post pic's of the finished product in daylight.
Ahhhh vacation.

CSA Basket

2009-06-18T12:05:00.024-04:00

As some of you may know Bob and I signed up for a Community Shared Agriculture share this year. I thought it would be fun to take a picture of the basket each week. I'm going to post them all under this post and just keep adding a picture a week - so keep checking back.

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Week 20 - Our CSA Basket. This is the end of our summer share 2009. I will be away this week :( so Bob will post my last pic for me.

It was delivered Wednesday, it contained:
Spaghetti squash, potatoes, carrots, bag of mixed salad greens, and parsnip

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Week 19 - Our CSA Basket.
It was delivered Wednesday, it contained:
Red potatoes, brussel sprouts on the stalk, pepper (acorn) squash, garlic, and a small bag of salad greens

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Week 18 - Our CSA Basket.
It was delivered Wednesday, it contained:
Yukon gold potatoes, beets, corn, acorn squash, jalapeno's and bell peppers

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Week 17 - Our CSA Basket.
It was delivered today, it contained:
Yukon gold potatoes, sweet potatoes, brussell sprouts, cabbage and a white acorn squash.

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Week 16 - Our CSA Basket.
It was delivered Wednesday, it contained:
Spaghetti squash, watermelon, carrots, grape tomatoes and jalapeno peppers.

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Week 15 - Our CSA Basket.
It was delivered Wednesday, it contained:

Butternut squash (yes, squash means it's fall-we'll get 'a different one in each week), corn, strawberry's, white fingerling potato, heirloom tomatoes (one is green and is called a Aunt Ruby's German Green), and Swiss chard.

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Week 14 - Our CSA Basket.
It was delivered Wednesday, it contained:

Watermelon, Casaba melon, white corn, red fingerling potato, grape tomato,
and heirloom tomatoes

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Week 13 - Our CSA Basket.
It was delivered today, it contained:
2 regular slicing tomatoes, 2 regular heirloom tomatoes (one is green and is called a Aunt Ruby's German Green), corn, eggplant, orange cauliflower, green pepper, sweet banana pepper and jalapeño peppers and garlic

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Week 12 - Our CSA Basket.
It was delivered today, it contained:
Strawberries, green beans, carrots, Savoy cabbage, tomatoes - Brandywine pink…heirloom, tomatillos and grape tomatoes.

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Week 11 - Our CSA Basket.
It was delivered last Wednesday, it contained:
Strawberries, tomatoes, Superior potatoes, 2 cantaloupe and yellow beans.

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Week 10 - Our CSA Basket.
It was delivered Wednesday, however the bottom of the box fell out when Dan was carrying downstairs. Being "helpful", he put all the contents away and then I was too lazy to put it back together for a pic - it contained:
Strawberries, eggplant, 6 tomatillos, brandywine tomatoe, fingerling potatoes, cabbage (supposed to be mini, but they are not that mini), 6 cobs of corn and a cantaloupe.

We made a salsa with the tomatillos and brandywine on Wednesday. Had grilled flank steak in a tortilla wrap with the salsa, a corn relish preserve from a few weeks ago, shredded cheese. Corn on the cob.

Tonight we had pan seared pork loin with a red wine reduction, roasted fingerling potatoes (with red onion and garlic from a previous weeks delivery) and cob on the corn.

Cantalope, strawberries and ice cream will be my dessert shortly.
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Week 9 - Our CSA Basket.
It was delivered today and contained:

Green and Yellow Zucchini, Green Beans, Yellow Sweet Corn, Orange and Purple Carrots, Strawberries, Swiss Chard and Basil.

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Week 8 - Our CSA Basket.
It was delivered Wednesday and contained:

Zucchini, Yellow Beans, Beets, Red Potatoes, Cucumbers and Garlic.

When our basket showed up this week it was abit of a mess, I assume people have not been returning their little pint/quart baskets as all the beans, potatoes etc. were just rolling around in the box. I got so busy cleaning them up - I forgot to take a picture first :(
Sorry folks. Stay tuned for next week.

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Week 7 - Our CSA Basket.
It was delivered Wednesday and contained:
Zucchini, Basil, Snow Peas , Sugar Snap Peas, Superior Potatoes, Yukon Gold Potatoes and Cucumbers.

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Week 6 - Our CSA Basket.
It was delivered today and contained:
Zucchini, Swiss Chard, Green Onions and 2 bulbs of Garlic, 2 Cucumbers,
Red and White Potatoes.

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Week 5 - Our CSA Basket.
It was delivered last Wednesday and contained:
Zucchini, Swiss Chard, Beets, Green Onions and 2 baskets of Peas.

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Week 4 - Our CSA Basket.
It was delivered Wednesday and contained:
2 Heads of Lettuce (red romaine and leaf), Zucchini, Strawberries, peas, parsley and basil.
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Week 3 - Our CSA Basket.

It was delivered yesterday and contained:
2 Heads of Lettuce (red leaf and boston), Zucchini, Strawberries and
2 bunches of Garlic Scape.

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Week 2
It was delivered yesterday and contained:
Green onions, Asparagus, 2 Heads of Lettuce (green and red), Spinach, Strawberries and Garlic Scape.

I originally took a picture of this because I didn't know what it was but a little research and tasting determined it to be Garlic Scape. We put some in the fritatta and salad dressing for dinner tonight.

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Week 1 - This is the first of our CSA Baskets.

It was delivered yesterday and contained:
Green onions, Rhubarb, Asparagus, Boston Lettuce and Spinach

Church

2009-06-18T12:03:00.002-04:00

Eldridge King Forest

2009-06-18T11:59:00.003-04:00

The Rat Race

2009-06-10T21:22:00.004-04:00

Walking from Union Station to work, one day last week.

Union Station

Lakeshore East - 20:13 - Union to Oshawa

Cooper's Goat and Veggy Farm

2009-06-10T21:13:00.003-04:00

The farm our CSA share is through had an open house on Sunday. We had a great day.

Greenwood Park - After a busy Sunday afternoon prepping the backyard for phase 2 of the patio project, we took Ishka for a walk.

2009-06-07T20:22:00.006-04:00

Where I've been lately - Part 1

2009-06-07T20:16:00.002-04:00

When I decided to get a library card I didn't expect to be reading cooking and gardening books...but who was I kidding.

Where I've been lately - Part 2

2009-06-07T20:08:00.003-04:00

Here's a few pics from the garden we started. They were taken on May 21st. We also have celery, lettuce, 4 types of tomatoes and a few more herbs.

Catepillars in the trees. We fixed them! Burn, baby, Burn.

2009-06-07T20:07:00.001-04:00

More Lockstone. Here comes Phase 2

2009-06-07T20:06:00.000-04:00

Trip to Orillia

2009-06-07T20:01:00.002-04:00

We took a trip to Orillia to visit John and Sharon...well the boy's would tell you it was to see John and Sharon but really it was to see John and his new hog :D

The Holy Trinity of Canadian Summers

2009-05-08T10:10:00.007-04:00

Family/Friends - Sunshine - Beverages

Sunday Morning hanging outside, having coffee and visiting with Bruno and Vicki

Every family gathering has to have a scary moment :D

So nice to see spring

Bob and Vicki went for a ride on the bike.

Swan Song

2009-04-11T12:39:00.004-04:00

Bob and I were completely absorbed in shooting (with camera's) the swans and didn't notice that Ishka was also quite taken with them. She was laying beside me and all of a sudden enters the frame of the shot I'm setting up. In stealth fashion she has wiggled on her belly from my side to the edge of the water and is trying to get to the swan. LOL Crazy dog.

The other amazing thing is I actually took my 50mm lens off and had fun using the 28-300 zoom.

Presqu'ile Provincial Park

2009-04-11T12:06:00.011-04:00

Our most recent date was playing hooky in the middle of the week (ok we used a vacation day - everyone knows we wouldn't call in sick) for a road trip to Presqu'ile to take pic's for the day. Bob and TylerB had stopped in there on their way home from a cottage/photo weekend earlier in March but Bob thought it was worthy of a return visit - it was.

There was an Otter in the Water :) which Ishka was very interested in. That whole part about not being able to swim - was probably a good thing.

The craziest colour greens in this part of the park called "Jobes' Woods"

As you will see - there are alot of marches with boardwalks etc in the park.

We are out of Jobes' Woods and are at the "Marsh Boardwalk". It was under construction so we didn't get to go very far but it was really nice.

After our lunch/snack we headed to "Owen's Point Trail".

All hiked out we are ready to leave and take pictures from the car window if necessary on a leisurely drive home.

Right after leaving the park we drove across this bridge that was this lake/marsh where all the swan's in the post above are taken.

Waiting for a train crossing to check out this cool road and bridge but got tired of waiting - it was a long train. We decided to save this for another day when we will come out the bike.
Beautiful riding roads here.

Colonel Danforth Park

2009-03-29T17:53:00.004-04:00

I was going crazy trying to take this shot to show the reflection of the ice in the water - this isn't as nice as it looked to the eye but it was my better attempts.

Found some pictures on a card that never got moved to the computer - so a little out of date but here you go

2009-03-29T17:37:00.008-04:00

These pictures were actually taken my Marilyn on New Year's Eve but it isn't often there are pic's of Bob and I so thought I'd post them.

This is not in focus but it makes me smile.

This is Dan with his Birthday Faxe.

Ted didn't want Dan to drink alone - you're such a friend!

All in a day's work. I went to the office one weekend while Bob and Mark were at the Raptor's game. The first shot was an attempt at something to submit for the PentaxForum Monthly Photo Contest - Theme "Cityscapes". I left for Tbay before a got a chance to submit.

The 12 posts below are the product of my recent trip to Thunder Bay.

2009-03-06T21:45:00.001-05:00

On a Country Road

2009-03-05T22:01:00.001-05:00

Missing Home

2009-03-05T21:52:00.003-05:00

The North Shore

2009-03-05T21:51:00.002-05:00

Girls Day

2009-03-05T21:42:00.003-05:00

Girls Day - Genie and Shannon

Girls Day - Me and My Mom

Girls Day - A wonderful lunch

Sleigh Ride @ The Goodhearts

2009-03-05T21:38:00.001-05:00

The Hog

2009-03-05T21:37:00.000-05:00

Downy Woodpecker and Deer

2009-03-05T21:36:00.001-05:00

Baby Hannah - the newest addition to the MacRae clan

2009-03-05T21:34:00.002-05:00

Too Sweet

2009-03-05T21:32:00.001-05:00

Mr Aiden

2009-03-05T21:28:00.002-05:00

Miss Emma

2009-03-05T21:24:00.001-05:00

Aerial

2009-03-05T21:11:00.005-05:00

Leaving Toronto
Leaving Thunder Bay

Outdoor skating with Mark - I didn't fall once which may not seem impressive for a Canadian but trust me it was a personal best.

2009-02-08T21:41:00.004-05:00

An Evening with Kevin Smth

2009-02-08T21:29:00.003-05:00

Wintery Walk

2009-02-08T21:18:00.002-05:00

One warm day on the first day of February

Bob, I

and Ishkawent for a wintery walk.I took a few pictures but really what I wanted was open water. This is what I got.

TR - Live in January 2009 - Great night

2009-02-08T21:16:00.000-05:00