Happy For a Rainy Day!

Did you hear about the fields of sunflowers that were damaged by hordes of people looking for the perfect selfie photo to post on Instagram? This actually happened about an hour from where I live in Flamborough, ON. 

Here's the news item below:

"What would you do for the perfect selfie? Would you trespass? Park illegally? Trample a sunflower field with thousands of other people just to get Instagram likes?

Over the weekend of July 29th over 7,000 cars showed up after sunflower photos taken at the farm went viral on social media. The police had to get involved and the Bogles have now permanently

 banished the public from visiting the sunflower field.

Berry Bogle just wants it to all go away.“There are even local businesses mad at us right now," he said".

"People are parking in their parking lot and walking over to our field. They are taking the heads of the sunflowers and taking them home."

He says some of the crop is now ruined, but people keep showing up, telling the Globe and Mail the influx of selfie seekers was like "the zombie apocalypse."

The photos below were taken by me...but not at the Bogles farm near Flamborough. No, I was with a friend who was going thrift shopping in Stratford and along the way we happened across this field of sunflowers. Naturally we took a few photos but I assure you we didn't go into the field nor did we take any sunflowers home with us (but we did have an awesome time thrifting!)

Consider yourselves extremely lucky because other than maybe on Facebook I won't be posting these fabulous sunflowers on Instagram or anywhere else and I won't be telling anyone where this field is!

Feast your eyes!

Why would anyone want to foist their mug in amongst these glorious flowers anyways??

Sign me confused!

  

New Family Member

Here's a recent photo of my girl and me at The Tragically Hip concert in September. Such a good time :)

And.....Here's my daughter and her newly discovered half sister - Hannah!

I don't know if I've ever blogged about Kazi's dad. He had (has) issues. Understatement. I'm not going to get into all of that. Ancient history. Let's just say that l still have anger simmering way down deep. Not because of anything he did to me (well maybe a little!) but because when Kazi was 12 he stopped coming to see her. Hard to imagine, I know, but true nonetheless. Which explains why I get Mother's Day AND Father's Day cards from Kazi.

Matching sweaters for sisters :)

When Kazi was 16 we found out that her dad had had another daughter. At that point Hannah was a baby and Kazi wasn't ready to be a sister. When I got back from Ireland Kazi told me that Hannah had been "liking" Kazi's posts on Facebook and Instagram. She didn't know who Hannah was but checked out her FB profile and discovered that she was her sister! And she lives in London...with her dad.

Apparently her mother has severe mental health issues and no longer has custody of Hannah. They would have to be VERY severe since now her dad has custody. We will say he is trying to be a good parent this time around. I don't know for sure and have no intention of seeing him. Kazi wants a relationship with Hannah, but not so much her dad though she will have to see him to some extant as Hannah is just 12. She is coming for a sleepover this Friday as she wants to get to know me too. I am good with that.

Hannah adores Kazi. Her dad has talked to her about Kazi and gave Hannah Kazi's name as her middle name. She has had photos of Kazi and took it upon herself to find Kazi through social media. She's even in French Immersion, just like Kazi was.

I hope that they can establish a good relationship. Hannah's at that age where she needs good female role models and Kazi is very willing to be a big sister and provide guidance through those difficult teenage years. I am VERY proud of her for diving right in. She's handling herself really well and navigating through her dad's issues like a pro. This is one of those moments when you realize that your kid has turned out really well :) and doesn't it feel good!!

I never badmouthed him to her but honestly answered any questions she's had over the years. So she knows about his struggles but not all the gory details. 

So that's our excitement for this week!  Try to beat that!!