Judo Girl and Chemistry

Cute sister. :)

In this experiment, we added some drops of food colouring to the milk. Then we added a bit of dish soap. Because milk is both polar (the water part) and nonpolar (the fat part), the dye showed how the milk was both attracted and repelled by the soap.

This picture and above: October 12, 2016



My 12-year-old sister arranged these mums.

They're lovely, aren't they?

This picture and above: September 30, 2016

This picture and above: September 28, 2016

This picture and above: September 26, 2016

This picture: September 24, 2016

Acting silly

This picture and above: September 23, 2016

Something spooked her.

This picture and above: September 22, 2016

Ikea

 

On September 16 last year, we went to IKEA to get a few things we needed.

       

We stopped at Tim Horton's first and there was something small going on.



It's always fun to go through the houses. :)

When you work night shift, sleeping or going to IKEA can be a difficult choice: Or choose both!  

Possibly the bed for my new room??

 

Of course, you have to just have a stop at the restaurant to get some Swedish meatballs.

Hall of Mirrors

* Christmas post hopefully coming soon!

Johnston's Cranberry Marsh and Muskoka

 

Thanksgiving Day we spent up north in Muskoka and at Johnston's Cranberry Marsh.

The scenery is breathtaking, and I am considering moving up there to live. ...

 

Aren't those roadside rocks amazing?!



Cranberry sorting.

I LOVE this picture - it shows how much all of us adore our older sister.

Tadpole :D

They had helicopter rides, but really?! In a big family, you can't afford 6-8 minutes of flying for $60 per person.
Cool to watch, though.

Walking the marsh

Some of the cranberries that missed collection.

Beautiful fall colours.

Raking the bushes.

This corner was missed for the moment.

This shot is so typical of northern Ontario: rocks, trees, lakes.

These pictures all show my efforts at getting the raking operation and the colourful trees in the same picture.

They have a bunch of ducks here; I am not sure, but I suspect that they may be there to eat the insects off the cranberry plants.

Submerged cranberry bushes.

This machine lifted the boats out of the water and dumped them into the truck
(whose driver enjoyed honking that wonderful Mr. Toad horn)

The operation

Of course, little boys cannot keep their eyes off moving things. :D

I always knew our house was a zoo!

Rocky fascination

The old raker. It was enjoyed by this little boy. :D

The "beater."