Royal Caribbean Cruisers -- How Are Things Where You Are? (was "Routine" ​ 😁 ​day in lockdown... how was yours?)

[Bailey & Sophie]

 

We went for our daily walk today. Weather was near perfect. Saw this cute guy on one of the fishing docks at one of the lakes we frequent. I got about 4 feet away. Pretty tame. Some of the kids fishing were feeding him their throwbacks. 

 

 

I also caught this kingfisher just perfect! He speared a tiny sunfish. You have to look pretty carefully to see it in perfect position for his meal.

 

 

[aussielozzie18]

6 hours ago, Luckynana said:

@bobmacliberty I want to say the same.  Your dinner looks pretty awesome, Bob!

+ 2 

[aussielozzie18]

6 hours ago, singinalot said:

 

it was rough. we were both pretty sick and shaky the rest of the day. The drive home was not fun.

I still haven’t caught up with all your trip posts.  I want to start from the beginning.

 I so wanted to climb a similar lighthouse recently but having had vertigo for an extended period in the past - it was a no go for me. Sorry you were so ill after your spiral climb.

[aussielozzie18]

4 hours ago, George C said:

We are making our pasta sauce which is a all day thing we cook it about 8 hours and will get lots of meals so we freeze most of it will add about 4 pounds of meatballs and some Italian sausage. Will use some of it to make a baked ziti or lasagna on July 4th for my wife’s birthday and our annual pool party , will also cook more Italian sausage for the party plus chicken on my grill. We have lots to celebrate first my birthday this week then our anniversary the following week followed by my wife birthday on the 4th . Nice to have fireworks on your birthday every year. 

Yum!!  Happy Birthday to you and your wife and Happy Anniversary for this week too 🎉

[George C]

Modestly speaking our meatballs are better than any restaurant, our sauce is really good but our friend who owned a Italian restaurant for thirty years is a little better. We started with Quilt red blend which is a very nice Napa I bought 8 bottles the other day during a wine sale at local supermarket, wine was 12 dollars less than total wine will buy every bottle I can find while sale is on .

 

[aussielozzie18]

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Edited June 18, 2023 by aussielozzie18

[aussielozzie18]

Pleasant Sunday in Sydney.  Spent the afternoon at the Wildflower Gardens participating in a resin cheeseboard making glass.  I’m not very artistic but I enjoyed the experience and loved seeing

the other ladies creativity.  Pick up my cheeseboard next week when the resin has set.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[sgmn]

16 hours ago, dani negreanu said:

 

 

Also wanted to do Club Med

[sgmn]

11 hours ago, George C said:

We are making our pasta sauce which is a all day thing we cook it about 8 hours and will get lots of meals so we freeze most of it will add about 4 pounds of meatballs and some Italian sausage. Will use some of it to make a baked ziti or lasagna on July 4th for my wife’s birthday and our annual pool party , will also cook more Italian sausage for the party plus chicken on my grill. We have lots to celebrate first my birthday this week then our anniversary the following week followed by my wife birthday on the 4th . Nice to have fireworks on your birthday every year. 

Happy Birthday to you and your wife and Happy Anniversary. Busy couple of weeks indeed !

The tomato sauce sounds very yummy 😋 

[sgmn]

35 minutes ago, aussielozzie18 said:

Pleasant Sunday in Sydney.  Spent the afternoon at the Wildflower Gardens participating in a resin cheeseboard making glass.  I’m not very artistic but I enjoyed the experience and loved seeing

the other ladies creativity.  Pick up my cheeseboard next week when the resin has set.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What an excellent idea, I would love to do something like that. They would make great personal gifts 

[sgmn]

Happy Fathers Day to all dad's, grandads, stepdads and loved dad's who are no longer with us.

 

Our lovely DIL has invited Gary and I, along with her dad, (who we get on with really well) to theirs for a BBQ today to celebrate the men in our lives. 

It looks like the hot spell may break today so it may be moved indoors. I'm making hot chocolate pudding with pears. 

 

We spent a couple of hours there yesterday trying to tame the jungle of their garden. Gardening definitely isn't their thing 😁

[aussielozzie18]

1 hour ago, sgmn said:

Happy Fathers Day to all dad's, grandads, stepdads and loved dad's who are no longer with us.

 

Our lovely DIL has invited Gary and I, along with her dad, (who we get on with really well) to theirs for a BBQ today to celebrate the men in our lives. 

It looks like the hot spell may break today so it may be moved indoors. I'm making hot chocolate pudding with pears. 

 

We spent a couple of hours there yesterday trying to tame the jungle of their garden. Gardening definitely isn't their thing 😁

Sounds like the gardening might have been quite the workout.  Hot chocolate pudding with pears - yummy.  Sounds like a lovely get-together.

[Arzeena]

15 hours ago, George C said:

We are making our pasta sauce which is a all day thing we cook it about 8 hours and will get lots of meals so we freeze most of it will add about 4 pounds of meatballs and some Italian sausage. Will use some of it to make a baked ziti or lasagna on July 4th for my wife’s birthday and our annual pool party , will also cook more Italian sausage for the party plus chicken on my grill. We have lots to celebrate first my birthday this week then our anniversary the following week followed by my wife birthday on the 4th . Nice to have fireworks on your birthday every year. 

Happy Birthday to you, your wife, Happy Anniversary and Happy Everything Else you are celebrating!

And Happy Father's Day!

The food sounds delicious! Yummmm!😋

[Arzeena]

3 hours ago, sgmn said:

What an excellent idea, I would love to do something like that. They would make great personal gifts 

Me too. I have seen classes or socials like that, but never been.

[Sunshine3601]

10 hours ago, George C said:

Modestly speaking our meatballs are better than any restaurant, our sauce is really good but our friend who owned a Italian restaurant for thirty years is a little better. We started with Quilt red blend which is a very nice Napa I bought 8 bottles the other day during a wine sale at local supermarket, wine was 12 dollars less than total wine will buy every bottle I can find while sale is on .

 

Looks delicious.   Happy Birthday and Anniversary week 😃

[Keksie]

Made it to the ship.  The internet is super slow so probably no pictures until we get back.  The ma stiff club was staying at our hotel for the dog show.  Only 2  fit in the elevator at a time. LOL. The food has been good.  The drink count so far is 1 BBC and 2 dark and stormy.  The don't use real bananas in the BBC and the taste is just not the same.  Sea day today probably around the pool.

[Sunshine3601]

3 hours ago, aussielozzie18 said:

Pleasant Sunday in Sydney.  Spent the afternoon at the Wildflower Gardens participating in a resin cheeseboard making glass.  I’m not very artistic but I enjoyed the experience and loved seeing

the other ladies creativity.  Pick up my cheeseboard next week when the resin has set.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This looks fun to do.  Cannot wait to see your board.

[Sunshine3601]

4 minutes ago, Keksie said:

Made it to the ship.  The internet is super slow so probably no pictures until we get back.  The ma stiff club was staying at our hotel for the dog show.  Only 2  fit in the elevator at a time. LOL. The food has been good.  The drink count so far is 1 BBC and 2 dark and stormy.  The don't use real bananas in the BBC and the taste is just not the same.  Sea day today probably around the pool.

Grandeur was our first royal caribbean ship many years ago.  Prior to that we had been on Hal with my parents.   

Loved the ship and the crew.  Enjoy 😃

[jmh2006]

3 hours ago, sgmn said:

Happy Fathers Day to all dad's, grandads, stepdads and loved dad's who are no longer with us.

 

Our lovely DIL has invited Gary and I, along with her dad, (who we get on with really well) to theirs for a BBQ today to celebrate the men in our lives. 

It looks like the hot spell may break today so it may be moved indoors. I'm making hot chocolate pudding with pears. 

 

We spent a couple of hours there yesterday trying to tame the jungle of their garden. Gardening definitely isn't their thing 😁

+1.  Wishing a happy Father's Day to all the fathers of any type out there on Dani's thread!  We are having a nice weather weekend in Michigan.  🙂

[jmh2006]

@grapau27A friend of mine from Michigan is hiking in the Lake District and sent me some beautiful pictures overlooking Ullswater!  

[grapau27]

5 minutes ago, jmh2006 said:

@grapau27A friend of mine from Michigan is hiking in the Lake District and sent me some beautiful pictures overlooking Ullswater!  

Ullswater is probably the prettiest lake in the Lake District.

The Hotel Inn on The Lake at Glenridding on Ullswater is lovely and a regular place we have lunch.

We had a nice room overlooking the lake when we stayed there.

Prince William and Kate have visited here.

 

Edited June 18, 2023 by grapau27

[A&L_Ont]

A couple pics from yesterday. This is happening in our local community.

 

 

Dinner last night. 
 

 

[A&L_Ont]

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads here. 
 

 

[grapau27]

2 minutes ago, A&L_Ont said:

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads here. 
 

 

Happy father's Day Andrew.

You have an amazing son.

 

[A&L_Ont]

20 minutes ago, grapau27 said:

Happy father's Day Andrew.

You have an amazing son.

 

Thanks Graham. He certainly is a good kid.