Friday evening was just lovely. My wife's parents were just back from a giant vacation through Germany and Iceland and we went out to celebrate my father-in-law's birthday at Quatrefoil, just a few blocks downhill from our house.
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| One of my favourite views of Sydenham |
Friday night, however, was completely dreadful. It seems that the boy picked up a bug and he coughed all night. By morning, the lot of us were a wreck but we decided to give soccer a try anyhow to see if it would improve our moods. Bad idea. He threw up what little was in his stomach just as we turned on to Frid. Yuck.
We backtracked home and decided it was going to be a sick day. I ran out and did the groceries and we tagged off so Kim could do the rest of our errands. I made the most of the time at home and did a bunch of cooking and we did get out to enjoy some of the beautiful weather later in the afternoon on the front porch.
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| Chicken and squash pot pie |
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| Lamb shoulder mis-en-place |
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| Tunisian lamb stew, out of the oven |
After dinner, we watched a movie (with popcorn) and were all in bed before 9PM.
We all slept right through our usual 6AM alarm but we all felt much better and we managed to get our act together in time to enjoy another gorgeous morning. Christie Lake was breath-taking and the air was crisp and clear!
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| Agog |
With a little bit of hard work, we were finally to completely connect the Ebb & Flow and Runway trails. This project has taken us the entire (short) summer to complete and I was so happy to make it happen. There is still a small amount of finishing work to do but it is an amazing accomplishment to have this important link in place.
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| At last, we are connected! |
This brings our tread tally to nearly 10km, which is very impressive. It's starting to show signs of becoming a true "destination" ride and the traffic this morning out there was incredible. I'm also really pleased with the diversity of riders too, everything from real shredders to families. We get many thanks from riders as we work but for me, seeing all the smiles is thanks enough.
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