Friday Photos - Engagement Photos

When we were at the cottage for Canada Day I had the opportunity to take some informal engagment photos of my eldest son, Malcolm, and his fiance, Christie.  They smiled and smiled and willingly posed in all the spots I had sussed out, and were good sports about being bossed around.

The first three are my favourites.  

This photo was snapped when Malcolm offered to give Christie a piggy-back ride because her barefeet were sore from walking on the rocks.

Christie is so photogenic - I think there was only one photo where she had her eyes shut.  It bodes well for the wedding photos!

These next two I tried to give a retro cottage sun-washed look using Picnik.

This last photo I included just for fun.  We were all joking around.

I have to say it was difficult choosing my favourite ones.  It was a fun photo-shoot.

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Just a reminder to check out my summer giveaway, which is on until July 13th.

Summer Giveaway

My uncle just got back from Smithers, which is the town in northern British Columbia where he and my father grew up (you can see a photo of the mountains near Smithers here and here).  He sent me this picture that he took at the Smithers Musuem of a beautiful china plate that features a picture of Lake Kathlyn with the mountains behind it.  Lake Kathlyn is a lake just a few kilometres from Smithers and is where my father used to go swimming when he was a boy.

I would love to get my hands on one of those plates, but I bet they didn't make many of them.  Isn't it lovely.  Not only does it have the significance of being from my father's hometown, but it is a lovely squared shape and in such a pretty shade of green.  You better believe I could find a spot on my walls for this pretty.

Speaking of plates - I recently managed to find one of the same Johnson Brothers plates that I have in my dining room (which you can read about here) to use in a giveaway.  If you recall, Johnson Brothers made a set of six plates, each one in a different pastel colour and with different fruit on them and all with sweet rope detailing around the edge.  The one I found, for the giveaway, is green with peaches and grapes on it.  Seems appropriately summery, don't you think?

 

And for the giveaway details:

1. Leave a comment for one entry (with an email address so I can contact you if you don't have a blog).
2. Become a follower for another entry (if you are already a follower, please leave a separate comment letting me know so you can be counted)
3. Mention the giveaway on your blog or Facebook for another entry.

 The contest ends on Tuesday, July 13th at midnight EST.

Canada Day Mosaic

There were eight of us at the cottage including my parents and Christie.  It was a lovely sunny few days.  I don't know when we got so patriotic, but there was a lot of red and white happening on Canada Day.  We had a barbeque and a strawberry shortcake and there were fireworks at other cottages on the lake.

 Good times!

 

Linked to Mosaic Monday at Little Red House.

Friday Photo - Flowers

 Have a lovely weekend and Happy 4th of July to my American bloggy friends.

From Sea to Shining Sea

Over the years I have traveled across Canada many times.  
To celebrate Canada Day I am posting a favourite photo of mine from each of the provinces (with apologies to the Maritime provinces, as I have not been there recently enough to have digital photos, so I had to use photos of photos).  

From west to east:

British Columbia

 A mountain meadow near Smithers, British Columbia

Alberta

Exposed dinosaur bone in Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta

Saskatchewan

A prairie road west of Regina, Saskatchewan

Manitoba

Hiking through Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba

Ontario

Sunrise at Grundy Provincial Park, Ontario

Quebec

 Perce Rock, Quebec

New Brunswick

Hopewell Rocks at low tide, New Brunswick
 

Prince Edward Island

 West Point Lighthouse, Prince Edward Island

Nova Scotia

Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia (photo taken by my daughter)

Newfoundland

 Icebergs near Fort Amherst Lighthouse, Newfoundland

Pictures of the territories coming just as soon as I visit there.

HAPPY CANADA DAY from sea to sea to sea!!!