Five's a Party

HOUSEFLIES!! with a passion! I know they are part of country life, but they are SO ANNOYING!!!! rant over. Back to your regularly scheduled programming.

I know, I know! I've been going on about my garden all summer! (pictures here and here )I just really enjoy working in it, and I am quite proud of how well things have grown. I've harvested the peas, radish, lettuce, potatoes, beets and some beans, zucchini,and most of our carrots. They are soooo yummy when they are little and I just couldn't leave them alone!

We went for a hike and Liam wore his Kilt. He enjoyed hiking with his plaid and sock knife :) the view from the trail is spectacular and always changing. Some places, the trail is wide and well-travelled by people on foot, on horseback, or on atvs. In other spots, you can follow just a deer path and see new things and discover places you haven't been yet. after the hike, we headed for the shore in spite of the grey dull windy day. We've been waiting for some nice weather, but none seems forthconming so we just decided to take the guys swimming anyway. They had a GREAT time jumping through the waves and showing off for the girls there haha

Second son and I went to ribfest today. We had a grand time! He's a regular rib hound, so was completely thrilled to have his choice of 11 or 12 different rib places. He chose a 1/2 rack pork and a 1/2 rack beef deal. we wandered around a bit, bought him a T shirt, a bracelet, some maple candy and various little things. He shot some dangly items with a paintball gun and was a pretty good shot! the highlight was the ribs, thopugh. He 'bought licked the platter clean!

uggh... it started off yesterday just after noon,with the vision going. I can only see half, in a fuzzy way, then the pounding came, behind my left eye. It was the worst it's ever been~ lasting well into today. I am still kind of dizzy and blah from it. I hope this never happens again!

Has someone stolen summer? It's July 28th, and only 22C. This summer has been about 10 degrees cooler than usual and very rainy. After a summer of record rain last year, a long cold snowy winter, and a virtually non-existant spring, I was so looking forward to a beautiful summer! I actually LOVE the temperatures this summer to be honest, but this grey, dull sky and rain every day is REALLY getting to me. I'd like some sunshine! beyond my own want of some sun, the crops are doing rather poorly. They were late getting in, because of the rainy cold spring, and then there have been no really warm days to encourage them along. Sweet corn barely knee high in some places, cattle corn only shoulder height when it should be tall and have cobs already. winter wheat still only just turning brown, instead of already dried and harvested. Hay sitting in fields, too wet to bale.

what a week it was! I had my nephew and niece over for the week, and neighbour kids every day, and we did fun things each day! We went swimming, picnicing, fishing, to a farm, on a wagon ride along the Thames, for a hike across a train bridge, picking raspberries and wild blackberries, had a pizza party, and visited with friends. I had such a great time, and I hope they did as well!