.....more new summerish photos

I'll post some more soon - we have quite a few more.......

Summer is (more or less) here.

OK, so it's been a while since we posted, but life has been happening to us, whether it's unexpected examples of mortality, too much work, having fun or having to read 'The Wild Things' to Hols one more time......
We managed to go on holiday, and went to Salt Spring Island - stayed in a sooper nice place, complete with very sloping floors, splendid hosts, excellent (unexpected) breakfasts, hummingbirds, a cute dog and a stack of free tomato plants - highly recommended if you're in that neck of the woods - weather was kind of OK - fine for wandering along beaches (which is what we mostly did), but not quite sunbathing weather - all in all, a really great week, and managed to get in a spot of rock-exploration, some kayaking, and a healthy dose of otter-spotting!
Of course, I, and then all of us, were in the UK recently - bittersweet times - just lovely to see everyone - family and friends -but so very sad for the reasons that we were there. Sorry that I didn't get to Cork, but I know that OD and Hols had a fab time.
Other than that, the usual outdoors stuff, managing to climb a fair bit with Sparky, ignoring the DIY that needs doing, slowly sorting the garden, going greyer, a spot of kayaking, fitter, happier, more productive.......
Hols continues to grow (how'd that happen?), get cuter and has a bigger vocabulary than me - obviously, she's a genius and child-prodigy as well - I just need to teach her a few key phrases and she could probably do my job for me - I imagine you only want to see photos of Hols anyway (this is what OD told me anyway), so I will quit rambling and post photies.