Tuesday 6 Sept 2005
12:31 p.m.

The boys spent the weekend in a cabin at the lake with their dad, who drove seven hours to be here. We had a nice visit while the kids were packing up their stuff after school on Friday.

He came bearing gifts, as usual. He is still a garbage collector, and can't bear to see perfectly good items relegated to the landfill site, especially when he knows someone who will appreciate them. So I was the beneficiary of a couple CDs, an Urban Peasant cookbook, and an overnight bag. And probably more goodies I am forgetting at the moment.

I'm so glad the hostility and hard feelings have passed and we are friends again.

Gord mentioned recently that he has no pictures of the boys when they were younger, and I said I'd go through the photos and sort and divide them. I haven't done that yet, but I did send him home with one of those frames full of small snapshots. I scanned a couple of them for your enjoyment.

Above are Emil and Everett when they are about six and ten. Below, Emil and You-Know-Who. These were taken in our back yard in Alberta about 10 years ago.

Now I'm off for my second walk of the day. There's a blazing ball of sunfire out there and a brisk cool wind, but I come in so refreshed and ready to "hit the books" that it's worth it. So this is my half workday break.