I was retired for 2 months.....and then I got a teaching job.

The picture below is Abby. I babysat Abby every Wednesday evening in the summer, while her parents raced and worked. She's a real sweety. She could be one of mine, blonde hair, blue eyed. She lives aboard her boat "Child's Play" beside us at LSYC. And the boat on the right is Water Doctor. I hung over the back of the boat to take a picture of the name. Anthony was asked to bless the boat and bless the name change. Jim the captain of the boat is also a liveaboard with us at LSYC this winter. It's great having a little community of liveaboards this year.

On one of the weekends in the fall we headed to Mom's in Napanee. The above picture is of the old Post Office. Mom lives right beside it. It is a very historical and beautiful building. The colours this fall lasted a long time and were spectacular.

After the motor was finally installed we had time to sail for two weekends. We sailed around the Toronto Islands with Bohden and friends and out to the Highland Yacht Club at Scarboro Bluffs with Barb and Larry.



We sailed and sailed.

The winds were high and the temperature cool but we sailed and sailed.

At the end of August and right up until the first week of September we thought we were still going. One day Anthony said to try this on for 24 hours, "We aren't going until next June." So I tried it on for 3 hours and then called Mom, Sarah and Kate and told them we would be staying until next June. Soooo, I answered an ad for a Vision Teacher at Appleby College and....they hired me. I absolutely love teaching at Appleby College. I have an office and a chair and a computer and another Vision person to help me with the work that we get for the two students we have.



This is a picture of the Chapel at Appleby College. The pews inside are on the sides of the chapel and they face each other. I have never been in a church like that before. The stained glass windows are beautiful. The students have Chapel three times a week, during school.

It was an absolutely fabulous fall weather-wise. I rode my Honda Rebel 250 every day until the first week in November. Somedays is was cool/cold and I would wear this great cat face warmer. Appleby is just slightly west of Oakville.