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The day before yesterday we all watched “Yellow Submarine” and it made a big impression on Lily & Harry.

Today we’ve been at home, either tidying or its opposite (which they call “playing”). Whatever we’ve been doing, however, throughout the day each of us have been uncontrollably and contageously singing / humming / whistling snippets of “When I’m 64″*

So be warned: whatever you do, don’t start singing / humming / whistling “When I’m 64” to yourself or you won’t be rid of it for days.

*Harry’s version is “When I’m 34”

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We had a busy week with Jess & Alon! Here are some highlights:

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Jess and Alon came to visit on the Thursday following our weekend in the cottage.

Before we left Sue had told me the cottage would be empty Thursday night, and suggested I could bring Jess & Alon there straight from the airport for a night.

Caroline was away with work Thursday night so it seemed like a great idea. I got everything ready in the morning, then after lunch I picked up Harry from daycare, picked up Lily from gymnastics camp, picked up Jess and Alon and an hour or two later we were back swimming in the lake.

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A few weeks ago our landlords, Sue & Gordon, invited us to their lovely cottage for the weekend. We went there for a short stay last year – it’s pretty remote and very relaxing, despite the passing motorboat and jetski traffic.

Here’s the location of the cottage, roughly in the centre of this satellite view. On Sunday we boated across to Rock Island for a picnic. There’s not much there except for trees and a big rock.

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In the last few weeks I’ve been getting up at 6am and jumping on my bike before my brain can protest too much.

I’ll cycle for about an hour on weekdays, two hours at weekend, ostensibly in preparation for a sponsored cycle I’m doing at the end of this month. But also it’s been a great opportunity to see new parts of Toronto and to get a sense of achievement before breakfast.

Here are a few photos from the days when I’ve remembered to take my camera.

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