Summer Break week 5

Week 5 is done...

i can't believe it.

July ended and August has begun.

*see week 4 here*

Thursday

we stayed home for the morning as i got the house ready for our guests.

Dan's sister and the family were coming to visit for a week.

we watched some Good Mythical Morning and the kids got inspired.

See the inspirational video below:

5 Weird things to do with Duct Tape

Then we went to the boardwalk.

Friday

finished getting the house ready

and moved a chair outside that i've been wanting out of my bedroom.

it's currently a reading chair outside until it gets gross.

later that evening our guests arrived.

Saturday

the kids wanted to show their cousins the boardwalk.

it was unattached so we got creative getting to it.

dan set up a giant swing

and we had a bbq with family and friends.

Sunday

church

hiking at Limberlost

and prepping for our camping trip.

Monday

the boy turned 9!

it was his birthday and we headed up to a favorite place.

Killarney Provincial Park.

the boy's birthday dinner request

Tuesday

day trip to The Crack.

so hot!

lots of swimming.

Wednesday

i got up and went for a walk with Gertie.

time for a hike.

pack up and head into Killarney for fish and chips.

mmm so yummy

swimming at Georgian Bay

and time to head home.

it was yet another wonderful week of our summer.

so many memories.

so thankful we had family here to enjoy it with us.

*photos 1&2 with Chester, taken by me

rest of photos taken with Gertie.

13 taken by Dan

19 taken by the boy

22-365

day 22:

Eight

one of the repeated monthly themes - a number.

i had this amazing idea in my head for how i'd capture it.

buy sparklers.

go into a dark room.

set shutter speed to hold the formation of whole number.

don't burn anything in room.

maybe do it outside when i got home tonight.

i bought sparklers today at our local Dollarama...

where they were dollarquarterama.

got home tonight.

tired.

going to go to bed...besides it's not dark enough outside 

thank you factory down the road.

got pjs on.

ran back downstairs.

grabbed tripod.

sparklers.

lighter.

camera.

headed to the basement.

i was lighting one and only one sparkler.

one attempt.

if it doesn't work i'll do 'late eight' tomorrow.

i got 2 eights out of that one sparkler.

attempt one.

i dropped the sparkler before the shutter closed.  

this is eight on a stick.

there's my eight.

i like them both.

next time i'll wear all black.

*all photos taken by me, 

with Gertie.

edited/cropped with Photoshop Elements

See where my challenge began : Here 

on fire

it can destroy

it can save lives

it can warm

it can burn

we can eat because of it

we can lose everything because of it.

we must respect the power of it.

i love fire.

*all photos taken with Olympus Stylus 790SW*