Al and Peggy's Corner: June 2009

It was another great weekend.  Little rain on Sunday, but the grass and flowers needed it.  We were up in Orillia, ON on the Saturday to check out the annual Boater's Christmas in June event for 2009.  Imagine, Christmas in June.  Us Canadians have a hard time relating to Christmas without snow.  We know a lot of you would have a hard time believing it also, so here's some proof.

We had to show you that little video, Christmas songs in June, crazy eh?

Check these pics, some of the Captains and their crew went all out decorating their boats.  Different themes were abundant.  One boat had over 15,000 lights.

Everything continued to heat up through out the day.  People were lining up along the shore waiting for the parade of lights.  The sun went down... the lights came on and ahoy... they were off.

Merry Christmas,

Al and Peggy Cunningham
http://www.TheHousePeople.com 

Here it is Friday's Foto day again.  Where are the weeks going.  Don't have any fantastic photos today but wanted to show you a new experience we are having.

Some Real Estate trainers say that one of the best ways to build your business is to farm.  So we thought we would try our hand at farming. 

Guess it's not the kind of farming that's going to get us any sales...

Seen the Ad on TV? Thought we would give it a try...

Topsy Turvey... what a unique way to grow your vegtables.  No weeding.  Being the cheap guys, we thought we would make our own Turvey's (see in background).  We had some old buckets, drilled a few water holes in the bottom filled them up and off to the races.

They say besides tomatoes you can grow peppers and cucumbers... we are trying all three.

Not bad for a couple of novice farmers.  We usually have a hard time keeping anything growing.

Okay, we had to make this one a little bigger so you don't strain your eyes, but if you look real close you will see our first little tomato... after over 30 years we have given birth... again.

If you want to see another AR's, who started growing her garden before us, our growing season is much later than where Donna Harris is in Austing TX.  Click here, you can really see her tomatoes. http://activerain.com/blogsview/1088874/topsy-turvey-update-it-s-been-3-weeks

Here's Donna' latest link, the tomatoes are now red... http://activerain.com/blogs/donnahomes?page=4

Have a Great Day,

Al and Peggy Cunningham
http://www.TheHousePeople.com

ON JULY 1ST, THERE ARE GOING TO BE HUGE CELEBRATIONS FOR CANADA DAY HELD COUNTRY WIDE! 

 In our little area of the City of Brampton, they are promising us that it will be the biggest and best Canada Day celebrations we have ever seen!  The all day event hosted at the Chinguacousy Park starts at 10 a.m. and will run through til 10:30 p.m. All kinds of activities for the kids, Amanda Marshall is going to make an appearance for the adults and then it will all be finished off to a huge display of fireworks.
Visit - http://www.brampton.ca/canadaday/home.tml for road closing information and full celebration details.

Close by the City of Vaughn will be celebrating with face painting, outdoor stage performances and of course all the activities at the fun filled Canada's Wonderland Park. http://www.canadaswonderland.com/#actions There will be 4000 custom explosions of fireworks set to music, you won't want to miss! For more details go to http://www.city.vaughan.on.ca/vaughan/vaughan_celebrates/canada_day.htm 

If you want to take a road trip, just an hour and half drive north/east of Brampton, in the quiet little City of Orillia, more Canada Day planning is underway. Their celebrations will begin with a huge parade down the main city street to the Couchiching Beach Park. There will be military reenactments with cannon fire, a red & white Farmers Market, Canadian Citizenship court ceremonies right in the park, a mammoth red & white birthday cake large enough for all to enjoy a piece and the day will be closed off with fireworks. More information is found here - http://www.orilliacanadaday.ca/   

Currently all the stores are selling Red & White Canada Day paraphernalia from flags, bags, gadgets, clothes and trinkets. 

Wear your Red and White proudly and get out there and celebrate!
Al & Peggy Cunningham
http://TheHousePeople.com             

We're at the office trying to get some work done, Agents are running around with offers trying to get all the "t's" crossed and the "i's" dotted.  An important class is going on... (look at the poor teacher) shocked... and guess what, none other than Gene Simmons is flying around every which way through the office.

Gene left as quick as he came.  Off to congratulate and present a lucky class with their report cards.

Al and Peggy Cunningham
http://www.TheHousePeople.com

City of Brampton

The City of Brampton is also known as the "Flower City" and flowers they have.  Tens of thousands of flowers planted through out the city.  In excess of 266 square miles and having about 4,000 acres of parkland and open spaces.  With an estimated population of 500,000 people and growing, Brampton is ranked as one of Canada's largest and fastest growing cities.

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Brampton is a wonderful city to live in and to work in.  The parks, the trails and the recreation centres are in abundance.

We just want to concentrate today of Chinguacousy Park, which is located between Central Park and Bramalea Road on the north side of Queen St.

What a park... There is just about everything you can think of to do.  From a casual stroll, to a game of baseball.  Feed the ducks and the geese or stop for a spot of tea at the Tea House.

Well, guess the kids would tell you their favorite spot in the park.  They like the paddle boats, and the swings and things, but their favorite spot, is the Mini Moo barn where the Cockadoodle Crew hang out attending all the animals.

Okay, enough jabber, bring on the videos and let see some of this Mini Moo stuff...

Good Morning Everyone,

Yesterday we lost an ICON, "Kodachrome Film" today we lost another ICON "Ed McMahon".  We are sure a lot of you will remember the famous introduction "Here'ssssss Johnny" as Ed introduced Johnny Carson for years.  You probably know Ed as the man giving away those poster size checks in the TV commercials.

Ed dies at 86 years old.  Our condolences to the family.

Al and Peggy

Did you hear the news? 

After 70+ years Kodak announced today that they were going to stop the production of "Kodachrome" film.  They reported that sales of the film were way off the mark and represented a very small portion of their overall sales.

You know, since we bought our first point and shoot digital camera some years ago, our Nikon F90 which was one of the best when we bought it; is now hidden somewhere in a closet.  Just checked, still got rolls of unused film.  Maybe it will be worth something to a collector 50 years down the road.

Our biggest dilemma today is whether to buy a high end Nikon SLR type or a high end video camera capable to take individual shots?

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Any ideas, love you to pass them along.  Video seems to be the market of the future.

Talk with you soon, have a great day,

Al and Peggy Cunningham,
http://www.TheHousePeople.com

P.S. Interested in a SLR, check Russel Ray's blog on his Canon EOS Rebel here http://activerain.com/blogsview/1120584/camera-review-canon-eos-rebel-xsi

Yesterday was Father's Day, the first day of summer and a marvelous day!

Mother Nature said YES! It's the first day of summer and she is going to show us what summer is all about.  Yesterday kicked it off with a sun filled 25 degree Celsius day, absolutely perfect and the week is forcasted to be full of sunshine for the next 7 days with temperatures all the way up to 28 degrees Celsius.  Finally!                             

Wildlife was out in full, frolicking in the sunshine.  We spotted a little brown weasel scampering around, pocking his head out of little holes, jumping in the water and swimming only to come right out again and run along the grass.  Chipmunks busy collecting nuts and seeds, boy they work hard.

We caught these little cuties, bobbing with Mommy. Here they are in action. 

Even though it was Father's Day, they didn't care, if the Mallard came near, Mommy chased him away and if she wasn't looking and one of the babies spotted him, the baby actually did the job!

It was an absolutely awesome day and hope yours was too!      

Enjoy your day today!
Al & Peggy Cunningham
http://www.TheHousePeople.com

We know it is Friday Foto day, but caught this gal out on the side of the road yesterday and wanted to share her with you.  For some reason she didn't want to be with the rest of the herd.  We stopped on the shoulder of the road, got the camera out and she just gave us a big smile and look of "don't bother me"

We were just wondering if this cow was giving us a lesson... "is the grass greener on the other side of the fence" she sure thinks so. 

Have A Great Day!

Al and Peggy Cunningham
http://www.TheHousePeople.com

Happy Good Morning,

Woke up to a pretty site this morning.  What time is it?  5:30... Go back to sleep.  What day is it? Friday... better get up and catch this, it's Friday Foto day.  In a blink of an eye you could miss it.

Have a Great Friday Foto day,

Al and Peggy Cunningham,
www.TheHousePeople.com

P.S. Above time is EST, you Central, Mountain and Pacific people still have a chance to see what we saw but you are going to have to jump to it, some quicker than others.