Petrie Island

We have been busy packing boxes these past few days and have also secured space in a storage facility close by. We've already moved some stuff into storage. Our hope is that we will only keep the bare essentials and that all the furniture will go in time. I placed ads on craigslist.com and also kijiji.com and have already had some responses.

The house passed inspection with flying colours and the new owners have secured financing, so our realtor tells us that the sale is now a done deal. Sold sign goes up tomorrow!

Chris starts work at CHEO tomorrow morning too and she is very excited about that.

We took a little break from the packing and went for a drive out to Petrie Island. We usually run in this area several times a week but there are also plenty of nature trails that we rarely visit. So we grabbed a Starbucks and headed off for a little stroll. It was already nearing 30C when we got there. We hiked all the way to the end of the nature trail and saw evidence of several turtle nests in the sandy beach area.

Two of them had been dug up and destroyed, probably by weasels, and had eggs scattered everywhere. What a tough life for turtles. They fight to make it into the world and even then there is no guarantee they won't become part of the food chain once they hatch and make it back to the river. Saw this little frog sitting in the middle of the footpath as well.

Chris saw this sign on the way home past Walmart. It would seem some kids have a good sense of humor. We got a chuckle out of it.