Monday Morning Hallelujah

It seems like a typical weekend morning. Boy Sprout is at the table playing with the latest Lego set. Girl Sprout is dancing around the kitchen to Vivaldi's Winter from The Four Seasons. My spouse is sleeping in. I am downloading a backlog of photos.

Why do these trivial things matter?

It's not a weekend morning, it's a Monday morning. We are on holidays!

Cue Hallelujah Chorus...

Clock Watching

Twenty minutes to go until summer holidays "officially" start! Woohoo!

Analog

I've been using my Kindle so much that I've almost forgotten what it is like to hold an actual paper book in my hands. The sun's finally out (although more rain will be here soon), so I'm going to take advantage of the hour or so I have of sunshine, soak up some rays and read a borrowed library book on the deck.

Canada Day

It's Canada Day, up Canada Way, on the first day of July.
And we're shouting "Hooray!", up Canada Way, when the maple leaf flies high.
Where the silver jets from East to West are streaming through our skies.
We'll be shouting "Hooray!", up Canada Way, when the great parade goes by.

Chorus:
Oh Canada, standing tall together,
We'll raise our hands and hail our flag
The maple leaf forever.

"It's Canada Day, Up Canada Way" by Stompin' Tom Connors
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Last week we spent part of July 1 in Keewatin to celebrate our great nation's birthday. We enjoyed a lively parade, listened to live music, ate tasty treats (including free watermelon!), rode ponies, and did lots of people watching. We felt a little melancholy at first when the day started because past Canada Day celebrations were spent in Sarnia with my folks, but as the day went on our spirits lifted as we became immersed in the festivities.

And, to top off the day, the family tradition started by my folks continued with a trip to Dairy Queen for a post-celebration ice cream treat.