Author: Bounding Over Our Steps

Mindy signed up for an ice-hockey tournament with her Moss Park team in Niagara Falls. Friday night they played their first game and won 4-1. Mindy got one of those goals.Saturday, they played To Killa Rose and lost 4-0. The other team were overall better players and it was clear had been playing together for […]

On Friday, May 14th, Mindy and Ligeia drove to Niagara Falls and spent some time at the Butterfly Conservatory in the Botanical Gardens. We enjoyed watching all the butterflies and got some great pictures:After enjoying the butterflies, we went back to Willow Pond where we got married and had a nice picnic. Here’s Mindy showing […]

Mindy and Ligeia decided because it was so sunny today that they would go to check out the Scarborough Bluffs. And they did not disappoint. It was beautiful there, especially the water.We saw so many birds on the lake today, including some loons.Mindy couldn’t help herself. There were perfect skipping stones on the beach.We watched […]

Wow, I’ve waited several summers to see lightning hit the CN Tower and tonight I finally did. It was amazing!!! And so beautiful.And like the saying goes, when it rains, it pours, it kept doing it over and over. I must have seen it 10 times. So I decided to go and get the tripod […]

This evening we celebrated Cinco de Mayo with wonderful Mexican music……a variety of salsas and wonderful company. Below is Dawson, Jenny, Mindy, Heart and Riley.We played Mexican Jeopardy and Heart was the winner by a landslide!And to our surprise, a bandito showed up and stole all the margarita mix.We had a great time and hopefully […]

Mindy and Ligeia decided to spend a little time looking at the cherry blossoms.But we had a difficult time locating them. We searched high and low…We even looked in unexpected places…We were fooled once by some very bright colors…Then we started to get annoyed……and the stress was making us lose our hair……but we finally found […]

This weekend Mindy and her ice-hockey team played in a tournament and many people came out to see her play. Friday night her Dad and Trixie were there to cheer her on. And Saturday, Mindy’s mother and Ligeia went to her first game.Here are some pictures to document the event:Here she is all ready to […]

Hello everyone, Mindy and Ligeia went to watch the sunset last night at Leslie Street Spit. It was a nice short hike in and the same out, with lots of birds and bicycles along the way.We saw a swan, several ducks and several Canadian geese, as well as a loon and many smaller birds. The […]

Ligeia finished her last class ever at OISE/U of T this evening. She turned in her final paper and feels really good about it. Her friends came out to celebrate with her. Above is Vijay, Winnie, Lauren, Man, June, Thomas and his fiance Amity, and Anne Katherine.Plus after hearing Ligeia talk endlessly about Mindy they […]

Just kidding, she was playing a cop in a documentary theater production about sex trade workers and their rights. It was a final project for one of her classes. It was a great show and she really enjoyed acting again.Ligeia and Mindy :):)

Vivace, our beloved pet of almost 14 years, died today after a long struggle with a respiratory infection. I adopted her when she was a little baby on May 26, 1996, the very day I graduated from college. She was small enough to fit in the palm of my hand and she ran around my […]

To celebrate Mindy’s last day of work, we booked a bowling alley.It was 5 pin bowling so we had to figure out how to score.There was some falling.But everyone had a good time…Most of all Mindy.Congratulations Mindy!!!Ligeia 🙂

Here’s the newest hockey star of our family! On Saturday, Ligeia participated in the charity “Wives’ Game” for Mindy’s hockey league. Each year, wives, significant others and friends of players in the league (attempt to) play an exciting game of hockey! This year was no different. “Lethal” Ligeia was a force to be reckoned with […]

Ligeia had such a fantastic birthday yesterday. Mindy left work early so she could make an Italian meal from scratch. She even found the recipe for the salad dressing of Ligeia’s favorite Italian restaurant, Chiaparelli’s in Baltimore’s Little Italy.The meal also included garlic bread and fettuccine Alfredo (which Ligeia discovered from her Italian friend is […]

To my wonderful wife – hope you have a fantastic birthday! Please, friends, join me in the birthday wishes! Lots and lots of love,Mindy : )