5C's Que Pasa

In the morning we left the girls at home and went to do a bit of weeding in the garden. The carrots are far behind as you can see. That is a head of romaine and celery in behind, that Colin snuck into the garden, when I wasn’t looking. We usually only grow from seeds but we many rethink that next spring.

I have now planted Swiss chard three times. Let’s hope that the third time is the charm as the expression goes.

We have peas but they are thin, no fat peas in the pod. Only one person has fat peas in all of the gardens, I really hope that the heat will fatten those peas up.

First time that I have planted lettuce and I used seeds, the package says ‘Lettuce Salad Bowl’. It is very tasty and can be picked by using the entire head or just by picking the outer leaves which is what I have been doing. We now have so much of it between the garden and the lettuce I planted in the two flower pots. I will be painting this again.

After lunch we went for a drive looking for off leash dog parks along Woods Lake. The first one has a steep drop off with no beach so me moved on to find the next one.

We had very vague directions and I am not even certain that we found it. We did ask a lady who had a dog and she directed us to walk along this trail.

Off the trail there were a limited number of tiny trails in the bush leading down to the lake. This was the only one that did not have people with their beach chairs. However it was one of the largest areas we saw. Basically the girls just sniffed around. So we moved on down the main trail hoping to find ‘the official’ off leash beach which is supposed to have sand.

We walked and walked. Next thing we knew we were at the people beach, just before the area that they rent boats and other things. There was no one where we were standing, so we let the twins run ( leash still attached ) back and forth a few times.

They knew that this was not Mexico and they weren’t too excited.

Carlie made a bit of an effort to go into the water but the continued waves created by the boat wake as well as the wind stopped her. The sun had disappeared by now and it was cool. Time to head back to the car which was ever so far away.

They were excessively thirsty.

The girls slept deeply all the way home.

Homemade salad with dinner. Everything from our garden including 3 different types of lettuce, radish, green onion ( first time I have grown this )  basil and cilantro.

It was ever so flavourful.

Then we were treated to a gift from Mother Nature. What can I say? Tomorrow night, Wednesday the 13th is a supermoon. So named because the moon will be very bright and appear much larger as is will be closer to the the earth. I hope that you get to see it.

Can’t remember if I ever told you but we purchased this hammock back in 2007 or so when we used to winter in Acapulco. Oh the places we have been.

I love the colour of these umbrellas. Sadly they are fading from the sun. Today at yet another park garage sale ( on a Sunday!! ) I found 3 medium/large plant pots in this exact shade of green for only one dollar each. Who knows what I will plant in them? The way the world is going I just might be using them for extra vegetables next summer. Perhaps a cauliflower in each. I wonder if they would grow in pots only 12/14″ tall.

We were grocery shopping yesterday and a smallish head of cauliflower was $4.99!

This tortoise is a pet of a neighbour up the road from us. She has had it for 12 years but I am not sure how old it is. It will live for over one hundred years she said. It has its own room inside their home, a fenced in outdoor area and it walks on a leash.

Someone on the lake has a new toy.

Its purpose is to catch the wind and then the owner gets on some sort of board and becomes airborne.

We have been watching this for several weeks now but they don’t get much past this point.

Snake hunting with the girls. Colin has a pair of tongs behind his back with which to pick the snake. It has managed to escape twice now and once he somehow pinched off the end of the tail.

Yes our neighbour is now breaking up the concrete that he poured a few months back. They can’t seem to get the vision of their yard right.

One of the lovely rainbows we have been seeing off and on over the past weeks. Hard to see the indigo but I do see the violet. If you squint you might see the seven colours of the rainbow.

Surprise photo. Colin must have used my camera.

I was picking herbs here for a salad.

Over and over and over they rush out the door to look for their snake. It does give them something to do.

Last year at this time we were eating out of our garden. Today I was able to pick just enough Swiss chard for a few bites each. I also need to replant my Swiss chard for the third time. Usually it grows like a weed. We do have one zucchini  coming which is about two inches long. We remain hopeful that we will harvest many veggies.

Most interesting read. Saw this somewhere on line and did a copy/paste.

Finally my first sighting of ducklings.  It was getting past dusk so not a great photo but proof that we finally have some on the lake.

The Canadian Forces Snowbirds are in town for some special flying this weekend. Here they were flying in in groups of three, directly above our heads.

The weather has been up and down, mostly dampish and with winds as you can see.

Even the chair was tilted over. We are fortunate that the umbrella never went through our window.

The garden is doing so so. My petunias drowned from all the rain.

These are under a bit of an overhang. Basil, surrounded by lettuce and portulaca.

This pot has cilantro in the middle.

Another great salad with the herbs. Tomatoes still from the store.

I took this tonight through the window.

While Colin did this for the blog.

You may recall that this was the card that Colin gave me for my belated surprise birthday. You pull that pink ribbon on the right to open the card fully.

Once the card is open the music starts.

So Colin took the older card apart to see what made it tick. Very complicated. Quite amazing actually. The card is still in the shed.  Maybe I’ll bring it back into the house and see what happens.

Time has passed so quickly since the day they were born.

Here they are on their first birthday.

This was their last beach run on March 21st.

This series was taken shortly after we arrived home in April. They obviously are not impressed with their sweaters.

This was taken on the May long weekend and is a favourite photo of mine.

I took this yesterday as they were looking for a treat by moving the ball ( I just use the same kibble they have for a meal ), works for them. They truly are long dogs.