THE PARK IN WHICH I LIVE IS CELEBRATING IT'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY TOMORROW.

We will be having quite the festivities all day long.

Some of the events include games for the kids, fun at the tennis court, and a dedication with a piper of the beautiful flower garden which features our new 'stone'.
Then in the evening, dinner, the piper again to pipe the sun down,a huge bone fire and to finish off fireworks.

The pix that follow you will see what I did with that wedding gown which I purchased a while back. It has been transformed into a 1910 Afternoon Tea two piece dress. And how do you like that stunning hat?

The lovely model is non other than L'll Sis.
I thought the costume appropreiate since she is the secretary of our association.

We hope that the weather stays as nice as the last few days....keep your fingers crossed!
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These pix show the view I had while sitting at the 'wee bench' this morning....awesome eh? 
 

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~~~~ WHAT A "BLAST"!


This past weekend I had the privilege of meeting up with L'll Sis and hubby's "Florida family".

Helen and Russ invited everyone for a two day get together during "Boat Fest" in Port Huron where they live.
We all arrived on Fri. and had a good old 'gab' fest ourselves. It was good to see everyone especially the 'honeymooners'!

After we had dinner and got settled into our motel then we spread ourselves into three vehicles and headed off to see the sights of all the wonderful sail boats from all over the world.
Each boat had their slip on the Black River and in the large marina located on that river.

It was a carnival atmosphere which included all the wild rides and vendors and all the food and drink you could wish for. We watched the many smaller crafts venture up and down the river at dusk.
The weather was perfect for the event however the number of sail boats was down this year.

On Saturday morning we gathered at the mouth of the Black River to view all the sail boats as they ventured out into the St Claire River then north to Lake Huron. It was fantastic to see so many of the boat crew wearing the same colour tee shirts and in some cases no shirts at all....wooo hooo well, not the women!

The start of the race takes place three miles out in Lake Huron and they race up to Mackinac Island. It lasts about two and a half days.





This is part of the "Florida Family" and I'm flanked by Helen and Russ.















And Helen got in this one too.













And here you have one 'youngster' and one 'honeymooner' being their 'regular' selves!






This is a very haunting shot of the Black River loaded with boats at dusk.

Yours truly standing under the Bluewater Bridge on the Port Huron side.





An interesting display of knots at a tourist Centre we visited along the St. Claire River.









An old diver's helmet was also on display at the Centre.














And here is our hostess Helen.

This is a wonderful display of knots which is housed inside a huge rec centre located on the St. Claire River.






Some more nautical objects in the Centre.
















And here is our lovely hostess Helen standing just outside the Centre.

~~~How about this shot of the clouds and masts at dusk?
Some street performers at the "Boat Fest". These folks held their poses for almost 10minutes...awesome!
A silly party boat in the parade.

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~~~~~~ "OOOOOH WARM SUMMER NIGHTS AND VERY COOL JAZZ.....
NOTHIN LIKE IT"!!!!

~~~ HERE STANDS THE 9TH AND 8TH GENERATION.....








Grandson will turn 13 yrs in August and I thought it time to have a little 'heart-to-heart' about his ancestors and he seemed quite interested.

Dear Husband completed the genealogy of his family a few years before he died in '05'.

So while I visited them this past weekend we took part of Sat. and drove down to Ingersol to visit the Very old cemetery. Much to my surprise I remembered the location. Dear Husband and I were there about 3 times but that was over ten years ago. The weather was fantastic and both son and grandson enjoyed the adventure. Now I think I'll let grandson read the two 'huge' books of his ancestors.


Till nest time.....

~~~FEAST YOUR EYES ON THESE BEAUTIES........

Yes, I planted real Begonias and English Ivy in the front window box and aren't the gorgeous?
This is the first time in almost 6yrs that 'real' flowers have resided in this box.

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Lulu and I are off to the parade and I'll be waving our wonderful flag!




Till next time.....