Unfortunately, Dad couldn't come with us this year to enjoy the Canadian International Air Show. Here's a picture from a previous visit a few years back when we had a photo op with "Martha Stewart".
Well, no "celebrity" photo ops this year, and we had fun nonetheless. We were running a bit late trying to leave, and Nick's mum, Jacquie, offered to give us a lift closer to the city. First off, driving along the 410 Highway, I saw the side of this truck and thought it was absolutely brilliant. I had to share, especially those who are Hot Wheels fans! This was the best picture I could get before it took the express lane. The toy car uses a wedge of cheese to launch itself into a goldfish bowl! I love silly stuff like this, and saw it as another good omen to our day out.
The CNE was full of 'good omens'. I found this fantastic tree stump with surprise art installations. Pirates and faeries and castles, oh my!
Vintage lucite, wood, cats eye and snowflake obsidian beads from the Crafty Supply booth.
A real seahorse pendant preserved in silver from 'Nature's Creations' booth by Don Innes.
A bracelet from 'The Painted Lady' booth! It's a little too long by two leaves ... for matching earrings!
A gold Buddha to add to my statuette collection, a plastic 'jade' bracelet, and Nick picked out this antique coin for his own collection in an Asian Culture booth.
Two journals with Buddha art on their covers, and a kids' book about Greek mythology! I'll be throwing this one in my hope chest for my future kids.
And every year there's the 'carnival souvenier' that everyone walking around seems to have! I saw these parasols everywhere and finally found my own for $5! Not bad!
An incredibly special hello to the fantastic people at the Lip Balm Labz booth! Whilst admiring some sparkly stuff, Nick hurries over, pointing across the aisle and tells me there's $2 lip balm. I wanted to wave him away because every lip balm I buy I always end up losing, but when he told me I could choose my custom flavours, I rushed over with him. And who couldn't resist a bunch of upbeat, spunky people wearing tie die? I mean, wouldn't you want to see what's going on?
A stop over to the Food Building for some snacks, we visit an old friend Tom and his 'Tiny Donuts', an old favourite of mine when I used to work at Canada's Wonderland! The machines make these tiny treats right in front of you and roll right down to the the packers, who then throw you a 'baker's dozen' and some flavoured sugar! You get your choice of icing sugar, chocolate, cinnamon or apple cinnamon.
... and he was really close. Ah, well. They rig those guns, I'm sure of it. Nick kept the target as a souvenier. I also got a chance for a 'mini-makeover' with an awesome wig in the Garnier Hair Products Dome. They just sent me the pictures via email! Now I am considering growing my hair out. What do you think?
It was getting late, but we had one more stop to make. The Canadian Armed Forces has a great interactive setup every year, and they didn't fail this year. It was a fantastic way to end the day, since we were both dog-tired and ready to wind down the day. Nick had a lot of fun climbing around tanks and planes, and I made sure I got lots of pictures.
While waiting for Nick to step into the cockpit of this refueling jet, I offered a couple before him stepping in to take their picture if they had a camera. The gentleman, Jim, had said he had forgotten his camera in his truck in the parking lot, and didn't really concern himself with it for the day. His wife, Maria, and I had laughed over the thought that there's never a camera around when you really want one, which gave me a thought - I have my camera, and I have a blog! I had offered to take their pictures and post them on the blog so that they can relish in this super-cool moment to their friends! So, meet Jim and Maria, two very lovely (and somewhat forgetful) folks whom I was happy to memorialize this moment for them; my good deed of the day. Smile big, guys!
That well concludes the end of our CNE trip! I hadn't been in a couple of years and had been looking forward to this all week. We both had a lot of fun, and we're looking forward to next summer to partake in the festivities again!
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