Friends, Food and Fireworks

For the last 5 years some of my closest friends and I have spent the May long weekend at the Ray cottage on Sharbot Lake. The weekend usually consists of card games, cold beverages and way to much food. This year we also decided to add fireworks to the mix and fortunately only a few of us sustained minor injuries. As always it was a weekend full of good times, many memories and laughing so hard that my sides still hurt.

How many grown men does it take to build a mini barbecue ?

A lovely summer salad

My buddy Mark and yours truly shooting roman candles across the lake.

Tip Toe Through the Tulips

Myself and a few of my favorite people decided to venture out to the gallery this past Thursday (fun fact: it is free after 5pm) and ended up stopping by one of the gardens for the tulip festival.  Here are a few images from our little adventure.

I guess not everyone likes tulips...

Photogs in a clog!

Happy Mother's Day

For all the moms and moms to be, thank you for everything you do! This is your day, enjoy it and relax.

Love you mom!

This is the card I made for my mom today. I am sure she appreciates that my cards no longer have macaroni on them.

Maple Fest

Last weekend my family and I went to the Maple Fest in Perth. I was happy to have my friend Brooke come along for the journey and witness the beauty of small town festivals. The Maple Fest is an annual event that draws thousands for a day fun, family and a whole lot of sugar. 


We started the day with the classic pancake breakfast and local maple syrup and ended the day with one of my favourite sticky treats, maple taffy on snow. 

Check out Brooke having her first maple taffy experience. 

the inspection                                                     the taste test                                                           the clean up

Exhibition May 2nd 2011

The Annual Algonquin College Photography Exhibition is coming up quickly. Join myself and fellow students as we display our work and and celebrate the completion of this two year program. 

Come out, show your support and see some amazing images!

Home Sweet Home

Just got in last night after spending another full week in Ottawa finishing up my field placement at the Canadian Archives Preservation Center. It was awesome to spend a week living in the city with the hilarious Liz Flegg and getting back to see the crew at the Archives. 

Being the country girl that I am I took a walk though the maples when I got home to scope out the sap collection. My neighbour collects the sap and makes his own maple syrup. Nothing tastes better on your pancakes than maple syrup made from your own trees.

Photo Booth Fun

This past Saturday my friend Kim and I volunteered for an event at the Royal Ottawa Golf Club. It was a fundraiser to help support ovarian cancer research and it was a huge success! The Theme was Reviving Old Holloywod and Kim and I ran a photo booth where guest could don some old school hats, boas, and all that jazz and have some fun pictures taken. We had an amazing time with some fabulous folks. Here are a few images we took at the end of the night of each other for fun. 

Kim                                                                                                             Me