More pics of Amherst Island in the summer of 2011.

Guest Chef's Terence Culberto and Brian Piccolo (Little) treated us to a beautiful, delicious Italian Meal on a  Tuscany Friday Night at Stella's Cafe, over 60 people were fed.  Thanks to you two guys for a great evening and  lots to talk about and wonderful memories forever.  Thanks too to ALL the faboulous Island Chef's that cooked at Stella's Cafe' this summer.  Thanks to Janet Scott, Betty Wemp, Beth Forester, Julie, Jack Forester, Leah Murray, Randy, Victoria Cuyler, Karen Fleming, Saskia Wagemans, Geoff, Bonnie Caughey, Brian Little, Terry Culbert, Tagget Bonham-Carter, Diane Pearce, Michelle LeLay.  I will be calling in May of next year for the Chef's of 2012.  If you would like to be guest chef and I haven't called you please call me at 613-389-7200.  I hope I didn't forget anyone and I hope I spelled your names correctly.  Thanks to Andrea Cross for the idea of Guest Chef.

One of the windows in the Cafe'.

We bought a big screen TV to show movies.  In May and June we had a number of Thursday Night at the Movies for the kids and in September we had a few Sunday Night at the Movies, showing classics like African Queen for the adults.  Thanks to Tom Ivison who supplied us with the movies from he store in Kingston, "Classic Videos".

Flowers...Sally Bowen has supplied me with a bouquet of flowers every week since we opened in 2010.  Thanks to Sally and all the people who helped her to deliver them to us.  Elie Gowan and Dayle delivered some beautiful fall flowers too.  Thanks.  I had flowers in every window in the Cafe' most of the time.  Anthony and Sally planted our front garden .  Caroline gave me a bunch of perenials.  Lynanne and Laura cleaned up the gardens in May.  So many people to thank.  You girls and guys are the greatest.  We wanted the Cafe' to be a community project and you as in everyone that has come to or helped with anything at the Cafe' have been very helpful in fulfilling that dream.

Isn't this the greatest picture ever.  Don Tubb from Topsy Farm took it.  See the dogs in the middle of the sheep.

This is a dewy morning on the Island and these are lilies that are called Naked Ladies.  They don't have any green leaves except for the stalk the flower is on.  They come up in August.  They are BEAUTIFUL.

Alan and Bonnie at one of our sing alongs.

Barb and me.

Friday night Sing along at Stella's Cafe'.

My beautiful Zinnia garden out in front of the Cafe'.  This is the garden Anthony and Sally planted.

Naked Ladies.

Friends of Vicki Keith came to visit.  Look at all those beautiful bikes.  They are all Harley's.  They came across on the ferry just to come to the Cafe'.  Thanks Vicki.

Ian, Paul and Sharon.  Paul and Sharon came to visit us on the Island.  They have come down to the Bahamas to visit us two years in a row and we know them from Lakeshore Yacht Club in Toronto.  They stayed at Poplar Dell, a great B&B on the Island ran by Bruce and Susie Caughey.  Ian showed us around the Wool Shed at Topsy Farm.

The Wool Shed.

Inside the Wool Shed...isn't this cute?

Beautiful wool products are sold at the Wool Shed all made from the wool from Topsy's Farm.

Willow, Hazel's cat.

 Hazel and Grandpa reading.

Friday Night, Guest Chef night at Stella's Cafe'.

Seating outside at the Cafe'.

Some great neighbours and friends visiting us at the Cafe'.  Jean, Elsie, Lynanne and Molly.

This is a day off and we're visiting Doris in Toronto.

Beautiful single peonies from Lynanne.

Friday night sing along.  Brother-in-law, Dan on the stand bass, Anthony on the guitar, Alan on the guitar and Keith about to play his harmonica.

Me on the mandolin, Dan and Keith is playing his harmonica in the background.

Dan and Joan say they have "a million dollar sunset" and we agree.  Many an evening we would sit on their front porch with a beer and watch the sun go down.

Life couldn't be better.

Mist rising over Eves' farm...taken from the ferry.

I tried to put on my radio program, The Cheesemakers Daughter.  I did it for 5 weeks but it is hard just talking to a mic.  Anthony came a few times and played for the program, Dan came and played for the program, Joan brought CDs of music she liked and I played music other people had requested but I didn't continue so I'll try again sometime, maybe next May if they'll let me.

It was a very, very, cold spring so at Foot Flat's Sheep Farm they brought some of the newborn lambs in the  house and put them beside the wood stove to warm them up.  Here I am feeding one of the babies.

The pond beside Cherry and Mark's house at Footflat's.

Mom at her apartment.

Sarah at Mom's apartment.

Katie and me at Mom's apartment.