Our Friends the Superheroes!

Allow us to introduce our Super Friends…This is Riley as G.I. Joe:Below is Kristy as the coolest Tank Girl ever!!Here is Kate and Kris, looking good:Below is Jenny as the most adorable Hiro I’ve ever seen:And last but certainly not least, Mindy as Clark Kent (look at her name badge):Thanks for being SUPER friends!Ligeia and […]

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Veggie Fest

Friday evening, Mindy and Ligeia went to the Vegetarian Food Fair at Harborfront. We ate yummy food, listened to great music and learned a lot about new recipes and products. Here’s Mindy enjoying sopas, ensalada de nopales and masala dosa:We hope everyone is enjoying yummy food no matter where you are in the world.Ligeia and […]

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Labor Day Weekend

So as you may have guessed, Mindy and Ligeia went up to the cottage again for the long weekend. It rained a lot off and on all weekend so this is mostly what we saw:We spent a lot of time watching movies indoors (10 in all) and working on puzzles.The final morning we awoke to […]

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Weekend Guests

Friends of ours, Keith and Li, visited us this weekend. We went to China Town and experienced a little of the China Town festival on Saturday, where we enjoyed some yummy vegetarian Chinese food.Later we walked along the harborfront …and ended up at the Toronto Music Garden.Today they are out and about enjoying the ROM […]

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Enjoying the Summer

Mindy and Ligeia have been making sure to enjoy summer activities while the warm weather lasts. Here are some pictures of some of the things we’ve been up to:We went to a batting cage with Dad and Trixie. Here’s Mindy about to make a great hit:Ligeia spent a day with her friends Lauren and Anne […]

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Civic Weekend at the Cottage

Mindy and Ligeia spent the weekend at Mindy’s family’s cottage, trying to get some R and R.We went about this in a variety of ways. We worked on puzzles:We watched for bunnies in the yard:And we lay around working on crossword puzzles, playing Deal or No Deal on dvd and watching lots of movies:We hope […]

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Notso Boat Cruise

The Notso’s hosted a boat cruise on Lake Ontario last night, which gave some beautiful views of Toronto:Unexpectedly though, a pirate ship showed up and……a couple of very scary looking pirates boarded their ship.They forced them all to the front of the boat.This is the last thing they all saw before plunging into the water.Ligeia […]

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Toronto City Tour

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 […]

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Cyndi Lauper Concert, Toronto

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 […]

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Disappointing Dyke March, Toronto

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 […]

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Pride and Pancakes Breakfast

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, […]

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Trans Parade, Toronto

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 :):)

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Canada Day and Tews Falls, Ontario

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 […]

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Picking Strawberries in Barrie, Ontario

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 :):)

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Pride Flag at Toronto City Hall

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 […]

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Mosel laid eggs

Hello everyone,so about a week ago our little Mosel laid 2 eggs and we were very surprised and excited. Since then she has been digging up all the sand in the cage so we knew that she was getting ready to lay some more eggs.We were shocked however, to find 31 eggs in the cage […]

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World Cup

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 […]

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