November 11, 2015

Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day will always be important to me notably because of my father (and basically everyone else in his family who fought in WWII). It's beyond my comprehension how he was able to handle something like that, but I'll forever be impressed by it.

I was very close with my Uncle Fred (my dad's brother) before he passed away in 2009, so I think of him endearingly on this day as well.

Dad's on the left, Uncle Fred's on the right

There were ten years between the two of them, but it's uncanny how they resembled one another.

In any case, I hope you stop for a minute at 11am today. And I hope that you do each year, whether you're in school or at work or even at home. It seems important to never stop doing that.

October 20, 2015

Annual Downey's Farm Trip

by Liz Heather in Family

It's already evident that this is the place I go every October. AND THAT SHALL NEVER STOP!

October 12, 2015

Heather Men

by Liz Heather in Family

This is my nephew Romeo and my dad. And yes, the sweetness of this photo warrants an entire post.

October 8, 2015

Apple Picking at Chudleigh's

by Liz Heather in Family

I hadn't been to Chudleigh's in years, so we decided to go recently. There wasn't a huge selection (we chose to go with picking Cortland apples), but that was mainly our fault since we went on tail end of the apple picking season (which goes from late August to late October).

Layla, demonstrating how to properly pick an apple

I'm not sure if everyone does this, but the best part is really just eating apples along the way as you pick them. Is that gross? Is it not allowed? These answers can't be known.

Layla getting onboard with eating unwashed apples

October 2, 2015

by Liz Heather in Advice, Family

“If you’re an aunt, you should totally be having sleepovers with your nieces and nephews.”

October 2, 2015

Layla's 10th Birthday

by Liz Heather in Family

I think it's fair to say that I talk about my niece Layla a lot. Why's that, you ask? Umm, I don't know, maybe 'cause SHE'S CLEARLY AMAZING?

I could get into some specific stories and post certain photos here as proof of her uniqueness, but she's previously said that she "refuses to give consent" on everything that gets posted of her online - so you'll just have to take my word for it.

Happy 10th Birthday, my love! You continue to wow everyone around you and I hope your day's treating you right.

August 19, 2015

Robbie & Romeo

by Liz Heather in Family, Personal

Sometimes you have to post photos of babes. Sometimes those babes are your brother and nephew.

July 24, 2015

Albion Falls in Hamilton, Ontario

by Liz Heather in Family, Travel

It's sort of insane how many waterfalls exist in Hamilton, Ontario (often callously referred to as the armpit of Ontario) - and it's even more insane that I'm only seeing this one for the first time at 30 years old.

Here is it! Albion Falls!

Kind of gorgeous, right? And there are more! I didn't go to those, but I intend to as the years go on. One waterfall a day is all I can handle at this point in my life.

Few tips?

Don't wear sandals. Wear some kind of running shoe or better.
You know how you can see people climbing the falls? Yeah, don't do that. Unless you're a daredevil 'cause it's seriously slippery.
Bring a towel.

Who the hell knew a place like this could be found only 40 minutes from Square One? Just nuts. Go!

April 28, 2015

The Heathers

by Liz Heather in Family, Personal

My parents had their 40th anniversary last month and I did NOTHING! Why? Not because I'm a terrible daughter (in my opinion), but moreso because I don't believe in celebrating other people's anniversaries. Am I only one who finds it weird? It's their day, let them celebrate it their way, without interference from anyone else. Maybe I'm abnormal, but it also seems like such an intimate and personal thing to celebrate, so why on earth would anyone ever be expected to horn in on that? I'm not opposed to expressing a simple "Happy Anniversary, guys" - but anything more than that I find odd.

In any case, 40 years is a crazy amazing amount of time to be with someone. And since I stayed out of their celebration, I thought I'd post some of my favourite photos of them here as a way of saying, "Yeah! Good work."

Lastly, my parents are the kind of parents everyone should be envious of. I know how lucky I am to be in this family and I'll forever understand that. Maybe I should apologize for how often I talk about my family, but, yeah, that ain't never gonna happen.

(Also, if you haven't called your parents in the last few days, maybe give them a ring. You kind of owe them everything you have, so it bodes well to say a small "What's going on?" every now and then.)

April 23, 2015

The Man Who Is Dave Grohl

by Liz Heather in Family, Music, Personal

You know what's weird? You don't know how much I love Dave Grohl. This is the first time I'm mentioning him on the blog since its inception two years earlier, and that seems kind of fucked up to me. I used to adore this man. And it's not as though I don't anymore - it's more of a silent "Ahh yes. Dave Grohl" kind of feeling now. Just a buried love affair that once was. I don't want to get into too much detail about being in my late teens & early twenties and fully believing that I would marry this man.

I mean, look at him.

And I was too young to like Nirvana when they were around, so I boarded the Grohl train in the early Foo Fighters years. They were at the first concert I went to (Summersault 2000) and that was when I fully knew how I felt. I mean, someone hurled a water bottle at his face and he casually caught it mid-air and then took a sip. Can you comprehend how cool that looked?

In any case, does this post have a point? Not really. It just felt weird to write on here for so long and not mention his name. Oh, and also - if you're not in love with this man's voice after the acoustic version of Everlong, then you, my dear, are dead inside.

I don't get nuts when I see celebrities, but him and Martin Short are the only two people I think I would convulse at seeing in the flesh.

All right, that's all.

Sidenote: Happy Birthday to one of the best humans I know, my brother Gary. You're in my top three of people I couldn't live without and I hope you're aware of how much I sing your praises to everyone I know. (And also, you kind of introduced me to the magic of Dave Grohl, so I kind of am in debt to you forever for that.) Thank you for being everything that you are. I love you enough to temporarily give up my Perfect Strangers collection.