icewine festival...

a few weeks ago we spent a chilly saturday at the niagara icewine festival sippin' drinks and munching on samples of yummy food. i love icewine and could have had many more glasses than just the two that i did! it was a pretty small festival and didn't take us very long to get through, but delicious nonetheless.

more please.

french onion soup. yum.

afterwards we stopped at a winery because my parents had heard about their icewine marshmallows. i was skeptical. i mean, how good could it possibly be? turns out they're really good. 

caramelized sugar from being soaked in icewine. divine.  

we're ready for the long weekend ahead of us, but we're unsure as to what we're going to do. we're sitting at -9 degrees right now (and the 'feels like' is -18) and tomorrow is supposed to be worse, so i guess we'll just see what the weekend brings. whatever it is, i'm sure we'll have 101 layers on.

camping in tobermory...

one of my favourite weekends this summer was a short camping trip up to tobermory. we left friday morning and arrived just in time to check in to our site. we stayed in the cyprus lake campground in bruce peninsula national park putting us about a 5 minute walk to the water and about a 25 minute walk to the famous grotto. 

let's go!

 there's that 10 person tent again.

queen size mattress for scale.

relaxation. just what i needed.

so peaceful.

we took a walk over to indian head cove once we set up, but we only stayed a short bit before turning back to make dinner.

saturday started with pouring rain which led to a late start, but it ended up clearing up nicely.

the most beautiful water.

he just had to have the snorkel gear.

moving along to boulder beach.

working on my tan, but it didn't really happen.

sadly, this was the last of our summer plans. we've got a couple weddings coming up, but other than that, all of our weekend road trips are done! which is probably a good thing considering dylan is basically stuck in the house the next few weeks. all in all, i think we kept busy with weekends away most of the summer and i have no complaints about that! 

mom and me long weekend...

another long weekend was upon us and the weather couldn't have been better. dylan went up to his uncle's cabin with his uncle, brother, and dad for a guys getaway so my mom decided she would come hang out for the weekend. we spent some time at a few of the different man-made beaches that toronto has, shopping, eating a lot of junk (she always comes with a bag full of chips, candy, and chocolate!) and hanging out back at my place reading. it's been just over 3 years since we've had a 'mom and me' weekend  where she sleeps over since that's how long dylan and i have been living together (wow!).

 sugar beach. luckily those clouds were a big, fat lie and it never rained.

an easy breakfast for two on sunday.  

after breakfast, we took a walk down to the harbourfront. 

another man-made beach!

a perfect spot to dip our toes in the sand and read a book for a couple of hours. 

the left side of me got a lovely burn. the right side? still pretty pasty. darn. 

more reading on our balcony, just as a big storm hit when my mom left. 

holiday monday laziness. (everyone seems to have loved this book, but i thought it was terrible. i  was so happy when i finished it.)

when the afternoon sun got too hot, i moved to our more shaded balcony and started the girl on the train. 

just a slight burn, no biggie.

it's always tough going back to work after a long weekend, but i'm lucky that i only have a 3 day week and then we're off for another camping trip on friday morning!