Kissing Bridge (October 11, 2016)

 I decided to stop here on my way home one time to take pictures.

Legend has it that courting couples would kiss under the darkness and cover of the bridge,

hence the name, "Kissing Bridge." 

Just a fun fact: the longest covered bridge spans the width of the St. John's River (1282 feet) from Hartland to Somerville, New Brunswick.

Just a random addition:

I wonder why cream is such a fascination with young "kids." :D
We have creamy pictures and stories galore!

A Nice Start to October

Little niece

"Just a little smile for auntie...."

Be gentle.

Panorama to get the whole cloud growth on there.

A little sideroad near our home.

All nature speaks of its Creator.

Isn't this tree (or double-tree) just the prettiest gem ever?
Four colours; red, orange, yellow, green.



White-washed tree.

This section - on the corner of our road and the sideroad - used to have a historical marker which said (I can't remember exactly), "Peel Presbyterian(?) Church."

"Look, I got lots of flowers!"
Then my mother was worried and asked where they were from.
"From the flowerbed."
Then mom was super worried that she would have ripped out all these big flower plants, until she saw how little those flowers were.

We each got one, and they smelled pretty nice for flowers.
(aren't those green eyes just the prettiest things?!)

 

And there was a bit of a fog hanging around this morning when I left for school.

The sun did come out later.

 

Evening sunset.

Shark attack!!!!!!!!!!!
(Can you see those sharky snouts and that dorsal fin?)

Labour Day

     The best and most relaxing Labour (what does "labour" mean anyway [Sarcasm]) Day holiday we had before school started. We got a lot accomplished and it was the best way to keep the school jitters away.

Sooo many tomatoes this year!

Manual manure spreader (and a new driver who couldn't keep his eyes to the front, because he was so excited about that manure!).

Having a ride on the new tractor (I haven't gotten a chance to drive it yet).

Alphabet, the pony, helped with the weeding (aka "weed-eating." :D)

And a fine-looking garden at the end of the day.



Art credits go to bigger brother - accomplished artist, ain't he?

And of course, no day goes by without an "incident"!
As the story goes (related by my little brother), the bigger brother was rototilling when it suddenly lurched forward. The bigger brother flew through the air (so I was told, although exaggeration does run rampant in our family) and landed on his bottom into a batch of thistles (apparently they were just regular weeds, but who knows). As my little brother recounts, "I was just laughing my head off!"

 

And a gorgeous sunset (God's absolutely beautiful creation).

(I believe this was from another day)

Driving Stick-Shift

     I am learning to drive standard. I was thrust into this responsibility when my sister got herself a new, more suitable, and automatic car and gave me her old one. I started with just the knowledge of having to press the clutch while switching gears. As I started driving, I learned other lessons, on top of the typical driving lessons, along the way. As day after day found me stalling several times in one intersection after another, I found myself panicking (especially if there were cars behind me); patience is what I learned. When learning something that's full of multitasking, it is important to stay calm, know that it is something that requires effort, and have patience - you won't learn everything at once. After asking my sister how to keep from stalling, I am better, but it still needs practice. And when I stall, I find that there are many people that understand (still, if only everyone would: one car behind me in an intersection. no. parking lot! literally honked right after I had stalled it - it was almost simultaneous).
     One couple offered their help to me after I had stalled several times in succession at a gas station and had waved them on. Finding out that I was driving standard, they gave me a piece of advice, "Don't be embarrassed."
     Running the gauntlet on the streets of Fergus (stoplight, after stoplight, after stoplight), I stalled the car once at each intersection with a pick-up patiently following along behind me. On the two-lane highway going out of town, the pick-up pulled up beside me, and the young guy behind the wheel suggested that I "leave the clutch in, if that helps." I thanked him (which I hope he heard and realized how thankful I actually was for his thoughtfulness).
     I am thankful that there are people willing to help and make things easier, particularly when I feel so frazzled and frustrated.

On Thursday,

I attended convocation

(only 8 attended, out of 127 graduates from Pre-Health),

which was held at the Bingeman's Conference Centre.

My dad found 2 baby raccoons,

which my brother decided to take care of.

Kittn washed herself.

On Friday,

we went to work (E, L, and I) -

there happened to be a horse pasture right behind the house,

which took some of E's concentration.

Driving over Wilson's bridge.

Funny tree at Judo.

I guess she wants to do Judo, too.

She certainly likes my jacket.