Author: Bounding Over Our Steps

Mindy, Ligeia and Wendy went on a self-made city tour today. Our first stop was Forest Hill and saw many big houses like this one:We then head over to the Distillery District and enjoyed a chocolate shot at SOMA:We enjoyed visiting Balzac coffee house there too. I loved the chandelier and the high ceilings:Mindy and […]

Even though we were exhausted, we decided to go to see Cyndi Lauper last night, one of Ligeia’s favorite singers from her childhood. This involved LOTS of waiting and waiting, but we were with friends so it was nice. Here we are enjoying our time together:We also watched Dragonettte, a Torontonian band, who opened for […]

We went to the annual Dyke March yesterday and it was quite disappointing. Due to the controversy over the censorship the Pride leaders tried to instill in the parade this year, many and I mean MANY groups didn’t attend. There also weren’t many supporters this year either. Given that this is my favorite part of […]

Mindy and Ligeia hosted a Pride and Pancakes breakfast for some of their closest friends. Mindy had so much fun getting the colors of the pancakes just right. Here she is working on purple and blue:I think the colors came out great:We also made a Pride fruit salad to go with the affair:Here is Wendy, […]

We went to support our trans friends in our community and it was great:There were many strong messages……and then THIS guy. Interesting!There were many more people in the parade than we thought there would be…at least 200.Until tomorrow,Ligeia and Mindy :):)

Our friends, Wendy from Baltimore and Balder from Norway, are visiting us currently and all four of us were able to enjoy the fireworks for Canada Day. Here are some pics:We went with our friends Wendy and Balder to Tews Falls. Here are some pics:We hope everyone is enjoying this great sunny weather.Ligeia and Mindy […]

Mindy and Ligeia drove up to Barrie yesterday to visit Oma and Opa. First we went strawberry picking. Mindy found the perfect strawberry:This is how Ligeia spent most of the morning:Afterwards, all four of us went out to lunch.We are looking forward to the next time we go up.Ligeia and Mindy :):)

Today there was a ceremony at Toronto’s City Hall to raise the Pride flag, where it will stay all week during the Pride celebrations. Usually Ligeia and Mindy could not attend this celebration due to it being during the work day, but this year we were lucky enough to go. Below is Councilor Kyle Rae […]

Mindy and Ligeia decided to be Dutch for the afternoon and met our friend Freddie to watch the match between the Netherlands and Cameroon.The orange was very apparent in the School Bakery and Cafe:Here’s Freddie and Mindy excited for the start of the game:The Netherlands scored in the first half and everyone felt confident. During […]

Ligeia and Mindy just spent a week in Belize, Central America. For those who don’t know where that is (we had to look on the map, too!), you can click here. We stayed in a small village called Hopkins, where the majority of its population (total = 1000) are of the Garifuna culture. In the […]

Ligeia’s parents flew up to celebrate her graduation. The visit began with a picnic at Willow Pond in the Botanical Gardens, right where Mindy and Ligeia got married.During our picnic, we saw lots of Canadian geese and many goslings:The second day of their trip, was Ligeia’s convocation. Please see previous post for details.While going to […]

Yesterday was an extremely special day for us with Ligeia receiving her diploma at convocation. Her studies took about two years of very hard work, and it’s extremely nice to have everything completed! Ligeia waving right after she was called up on stage to be “admitted to the degree of Master of Education”. Here is […]

Mindy started off at third base, then quickly moved to pitching.And of course, she did a great job.Then she switched roles and became an umpire.Time to get serious:And left feeling satisfied about her performance.Until next Sunday… Ligeia and Mindy :):)

Here’s Mindy standing in front of our new home:The inside is really nice too, with high ceilings, just like we wanted:And it gives us a nice view of the city.Some kind of creature bit Ligeia in the garden though. We’ll have to do something about that before we receive guests.The lifestyle change has unfortunately gone […]

We spent much of our time watching for butterflies, birds and other animals. We watched this gorgeous blue jay fly from tree to tree……and this lovely butterfly fly from flower to flower:We also saw a beaver but couldn’t get any good pictures of it. We had never seen a beaver on land before and were […]

Mindy, Ligeia and Riley went to the stadium last night for a baseball game. It started out in the Jays’ favor, going up 2-1 early in the game. Fred Lewis on 2nd… …and later scoring on a single. It didn’t take long, however, for the Jays to self-destruct. With 2 outs in the inning and […]