Somewhere Over the Rainbow...

We've had particularly chaotic weather this summer, with numerous sunshowers over the past couple of weeks. I saw this rainbow this evening after one such sunshower and imagined that Allison was at the end of it.

I hope you're having a good time at Aunt Linda's, my poptart! :)

Allison in Wonderland

One of the advantages to being an independent artist and having an independent art studio is, we can occasionally take the day off and do stuff like go to Canada's Wonderland!



Wonderland is like our Six Flags. It's one of the biggest theme parks in Canada. And like every good theme park, Wonderland has a big fake mountain complete with waterfall.



There are some insane rides at Wonderland, many of which I didn't manage to get photos or video of, such as:

The WindSeeker, a swing ride that rises 30 storeys (!!) above the park. (This is Wonderland's newest attraction for 2011. When we were there, it was temporarily closed due to high winds. Not that any of us would've gone on it.)

The Behemoth, the king of rollercoasters at Wonderland. This monstrosity is 230 feet high and opens with a 75 degree drop! Allison wanted to go on this one but the wait was over an hour so we spent that time going on other rides instead.





I don't like rollercoasters so I stayed on terra firma with the koi fish.



:)

Hail and Thunderstorm!

Allison has been saying lately that she misses thunderstorms like she used to have back in South Carolina. So of course what happens? We get a string of crazy thunderstorms! This particular storm was the most freakish in that it came out of nowhere, rained buckets, involved some hail, and then afterwards, cleared into blue-ish indigo evening skies.

Ah Toronto. If you don't like the weather... hey, just wait fifteen minutes. :)

Unicorn

Oh my, I have turned into a unicorn and Ben thought it would be wonderful to take a picture of me haha. I had always want to rip off a huge icicle and this is what happened afterwards. =)

Guinea Pigs!

Guinea pigs are too precious for words! Peanut is chilling halfway in and hallway out of her box and Mocha is munching on some carrots. hehe.

Herbert, the Tulip

Ben and I had to run to Home Depot to look at flowers and I remembered that they had a garden section. I ended up buying this new pink tulip plant that I have since named Herbert. Now that he is blossoming, I will post more pictures of him! Oh, I also bought him a nice pot that I will plant him in once it gets warm enough to take him outside for a bit. =)

Allison snowboarding!

Ben took a video of me snowboarding, it was getting pretty dark outside because we had been there all day. =)