Well, kind of, we weren’t actually in a swamp but rather on the shore of Manitouwadge Lake. To read the article I submitted to the Chronicle & Echo after this adventure, click here: http://www.karinahunter.com/?p=4138 Emeraude and I heard that the tadpoles had arrived @ Lion’s [Read more]
Emeraude & I were thrilled to learn that the Manitouwadge Family Place-Best Start Hub would be continuing there Tuesday & Thursday morning drop-ins through July. We love going to drop-in where there is usually craft, snack and circle time at each drop in. Thursday, July 9th when we attended [Read more]
Late night noises in Manitouwadge by Karina Hunter Residents of Manitouwadge will be privy to an uninvited auditory performance. As July ends, residents may need to close their windows at night to keep out the increasingly raucous, high pitched sound of croaking frogs that make their home on [Read more]
Our birdfeeder in the front yard has become a rather popular spot for the birds on the street lol. In spite of the crows and ravens liking it, the little birds still come freequently as well. It has been raining often lately and so I pulled it closer to the house (front living room window) [Read more]
The above photo is of a tree that was here when we moved in. It was, at that time, well above the eavestrough on the front of the house but had sick branches and was out of control so one fall I “trimmed” it back. I had just bought new hedge cutters and must admit [Read more]
If I had to single out one activity as Emeraude’s favourite, it would definitely have to be Play-doh. Any opportunity she has to choose an activity whether home, at the family place or at her Dad’s Play-doh is always her first choice. I must add that it is also a favourite of mine. If [Read more]
Title: EEC Fire Station tour Location: Manitouwadge Fire Department Description: Firefighter Marilyn will be giving us a tour of the Maniouwadge Fire Department and answering questions about being a Firefighter. Start Time: 15:15 Date: 2009-06-18 Absolutely wondeful! Emeraude had such a great time [Read more]
Emeraude and I went to deliver a little tray of treats to Vickie, a small thank you for her having spent her day at telehealth appointments with me. Well, most of her day, she wasn’t always in telehealth appointments, sometimes she was in the emerg watching me get pain meds or driving me back [Read more]
This week’s Steve Spangler video is really cool, as per his usual. Watch as he investigates the validitaty of and email claiming that “Mento in Ice +Pepsi” was a hoax. Gotta love how thourough he is even with something like this which does not come from the scientific community [Read more]
Service was wonderful this morning. Emeraude really enjoyed herself at Sunday School and even went up for the Children’s Prayer (big girl). As for me, I am feeling renewed, God spoke to me this morning and told me that He needed to use me & my photography to spread His message. And so, [Read more]
Painting in the woods… Friday, I had promised Emeraude a nature walk and though it was getting late and she had also earned a movie night I was committed to keeping my word (I needed some time in the bush with her as much as she did with me) Unfortunately, the time for my [Read more]
have I mentioned that I love summer? After the High School band Spvering Concert at the Public School the other day, Emeraude wanted to “just make a few bubbles Mommy” and I couldn’t refuse; in fact, after snapping these photos I decided to join in the fun for a while. I love how [Read more]
Just a couple photos I like from today. Lloyd finished the new paint job on his old board {now to be his ‘new’ board as the other one broke in half so this one will inherit the trucks/wheels to become new again.} Emeraude taking the ‘paper’ we made yesterday recycling [Read more]
DANCING RAISINS – 2nd Attempt This posts continues from our orignial experiment which hadn’t had the intended results… Our raisins were stationary 🙁 . Well, that certainly was not the case with this 2nd attempt! Emeraude was really excited to see it work (as were Lloyd & I [Read more]
So this one made the list because I’ve misspelled it so many times and I am hoping that having it posted to the front page for a while will commit the proper spelling to memory lol… mem⋅o⋅ra⋅bil⋅i⋅a /ˌmɛmərəˈbɪliə, -ˈbɪlyə/ Show Spelled Pronunciation Show IPA [Read more]
