Spring is giving way to summer!

 

Spring started well around our place with lots of colour in the garden! 

Maddy is getting older (she is 11) but she still has her queen attitude sometimes. She is liking that there are now 6 humans available to provide for her every need.

Yes, Tanya and Anton from Ukraine arrived Easter Sunday and have integrated very well with our family. Maddy certainly enjoys the extra attention, and her Ukrainian humans are enjoying the relative peace of a Canadian spring.  We were able to take in a hike in the Dundas area to show them some of the local hiking trails.

We mostly wanted to find trilliums, and we even found some red ones!

Eric is back at teaching spring courses, with 2 classes online and 2 in person. 

Wendy's cousin Sarah from Ottawa dropped by for a quick visit and we had a great time catching up.

Other than the usual walking of Maddy, we also were invited to a Blue Jays game by our friends Terry and Theresa.

Wendy likes the opportunity to play games when I am not able to say no. This is a Mexican Train domino game that is a current hit. 

Wendy's brother and family had us take care of their dog for a while. She is quite young and energetic, and this is somewhat intimidating for an old girl like Maddy. Here she is climbing on me to get away from some random playfulness.

Maple is a very sweet (and incredibly soft) girl, but she and Maddy just didn't make it work out during her week at our place.

With summer flowers, also come the summer seeds. This actually makes them look pretty.

Parker and his girlfriend Jaclyn took Wendy and I (father's day gift) to see Top Gun: Maverick recently. Great movie, especially in the moving DBox seats!

As for my health, I have had some significant back pain. We found a lesion on my spine (the scooped out area in my vertebrae), and have had a CT, x-ray, MRI, and bone scan. Hard to know if it is cancer. However, I had a PET CT yesterday and it seems to suggest that it is not cancer.  We will see after a while.

Right in the middle is a large gap in my vertebral body.

PET CT (a few spots, but nothing exciting)

Summer is upon us now, just hope the weather gets warmer again to really enjoy it. Coming up in June is a quick trip to Toronto to see the Pride parade, and in July, Wendy and I go with Terry and Theresa to Newfoundland for a week of vacation.