Rick has some fun with Photoshop.

Aloha!

You may recall this funny photo of the Coopers' pooch Roxy that I included in my "El Grande Fiesta ~ After-party activity" post on July 28. 6



Right after I took the picture in Bud's front yard, I showed it to Rick Belliveau on my camera's LCD display. Well, the seed was planted, my friends...it didn't take long for ol' Rick to go ahead and get all creative wit' it...


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Hee hee hoo hoo hah hah.

(Hey Rick -- if you can find the time to change the 'S' on the cape to an 'R,' send me the updated photo and I'll post it instead.) --- Note: Revised image added 08/09/2006. Thanks, Rick! That was fast!


Fine work, young man! See ya soon!

K

-B.

August Long Weekend...

4Gotta love the Civic Holiday in August (that is, if you're not working or remodeling. :) Woo hoo, three-day weekend! On Friday Brent's better half Nerissa dropped into The Business Inn from Kingston for a visit.



The three of us wandered through some bars on Elgin Street on Friday night, then paid a visit to the Dow's Lake Marina on Saturday afternoon. 6





A few cocktails on the Mexicali Rosa's patio-deck...

Don't forget Jim the crazy dog...

And hey, what can I say? Everywhere I go... :)









Bud and Laurie dropped by the hotel on Saturday evening...





...and later we crossed the street to The Fox & Feather and hung out on Swagman Jack's patio overlooking Elgin.

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Recovery-time after this bit of craziness was a little ragged, with these guys re-doing the walls of the hotel through the whole long weekend. 6

Friendly bunch of fellas, but they sure did a lot of drillin.' (Home renovation seems to have been the theme of the weekend for a lot of folks, eh Matt & Melissa? :)

Anyway, earlier today we dropped into the St. Louis Bar & Grill for a taste...





http://www.stlouiswings.com/location_ottawa.htm

Cold draft, super-hot wings & ribs (and waitresses). How can you go wrong? All told, a fun long weekend downtown.

All for now / more soon...

Later,
Brian