Showing posts with label holiday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holiday. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Canada Day Eh!

We had a Canada Day Potluck dinner on our crescent yesterday.  We have a number of events during the year on our crescent; it's a great little street.  This is the longest I've lived anywhere in my life. There's a new crop of kids on the street now. The people who were children or young teens when I moved in are now grown adults, married and moving into their own homes. Even the little ones in this picture have grown up so fast, seems like they were all babies just last year.


We had a wonderful potluck. Some of my neighbours are great cooks, we had ribs, wings, pulled pork, burgers, hot dogs and all the fixings. Me, I'm not so much of a chef so I made a dill potato salad and brought potato chips. The socializing started around 5pm although my neighbour started smoking the ribs around 1pm; they sure smelled good. We ate at about 6pm. 





It had been threatening to rain all day but it was supposed to clear in the afternoon so we all thought the weather had missed us; we were wrong! Luckily it happened after we had finished eating and had put most of the food away. I had just got Liam out so he could meet a neighbour's dog, then this happened...


The kids certainly enjoyed it. Most everyone got soaked and had to go home to change but the party wasn't over. 

Most everyone on the crescent, at least on our half, chips into buy fireworks and around 9:30 pm we head to the end of the street. The guys set up for the fireworks display in the park across the road. One of my neighbours said when they started doing fireworks, they were the only group that did them in Barrington Park. Last night, there were three groups in the park setting fireworks off and another group probably at the next park as we could see their fireworks over the library roof. This was actually the first year, I've gone down to see the fireworks; in past years I've just watched from my bedroom window or tried to keep the dogs calm. 

Video of the

Smithers Crescent Fireworks


The fireworks display went on for about an hour. The guys didn't rush it but tried alternating with the other groups setting them off in the park.

When I got home, Teddy and Liam both seemed to be quite relaxed. Maybe without me there to try and calm them they just settled down somewhere to wait out the noise.  

Teddy and Liam want to wish everyone a very Happy Canada Day eh! But they're really happy those fireworks only happen a few times a year.




Saturday, December 21, 2013

House Tour

Hey dere, eberybody is me, Beckett. Mums says I gets ta do da Crisp mas blog since Keltic gots to do it last year and he gots to do da blog about da parcel our friend Pippa sent to us all da way from Scot land.  Weese about ready for Santa Paws, Mums is still wrapping pressies but da house is all decorated so weese thought we would give you all a tour. We starts da tour in da family room. We spend a lot of time in dis room and we is aloud on da furniture in here. You can see our stockings are hung waiting for Santa Paws to fill dem up. I hope he thinks we been good boys and gives us some good pressies again dis year. Mums says Keltic might get a rock as he's been chewing da stuff off da tree and da snow man behind me.


Mums put me up on da back of da couch, I really isn't aloud up here but Mums wanted you all to see da lighted tappastree. You can also see da snow man blanket I be sitting on. Reilly, we has lots o snow freaks here but none o dem be real so we aint afeard.  Dis is also in our family room.


Da next room dat Mums has decorated is da live-in room. She has a little village on a table, a Nativity seen and, of course, dere is da Crisp mas tree.


Youse can see da village behind me. Our Auntie Julie made Mums a bigger top for da table last year so Mums has been able to buy some new pieces for da village.  There's lots of dogs and peepuls in da village. Dis is the first thing Mum's puts up and it's da last thing dat gets puts away.


Ise has a good view of da Village from dis couch. Ise isn't normally loud up here needer. Mums bought the Nativity seen two years ago. She was lucky and gots it after Crisp mas when it was on sale.

Also in da live-in room, we has da Crisp mas tree.  Our Uncle Joe hepped Mums get da tree in da house.  It's kinda funny habing a tree in da house but it sure does look purty wid da lights and decorations.


Dis picture is kinda blurry as Mums wanted youse all to see da lights in da tree so she took it wid out da flashy thing. Mums bought some little bits o tin to puts on the tree dis year, she says it be called Victorian tinsel. It's all sparkly wid da lights. Me and Keltic each has an ornament wid our picture in da tree and so does all of my brudders and sisters afore; Mums puts dem in special places on da tree.  Crisp mas is kinda sad some times.


We also has angels on da table in da room; Mums says dey be singing Hark da Herald Angels but I canna hear dem. Maybe der singing be like a dog whistle cepting only peepuls can hear dem.

We would a showed you da dining room too but Mum's is still wrapping pressies and it be a mess in dere so we is gonna end our tour here.


Me an Keltic wants ta wish you all a berry merry Crisp mas from our house ta yours. Hope youse all enjoyed my little tour.

Lots o licks from me Beckett and from Keltic too!


Saturday, December 18, 2010

From Evergreen to Christmas Tree

My 2010 Christmas Tree - a Fraser Fir


With just the lights

All Decorated



Tucker and Beckett wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!!