Yes, indeed - another Birthday!

Happy Birthday to Jim. 
May your day be extra special.
Hope you enjoy this simple message Jim ..........
(even if my card was not received by you as being as humourous as it was intended haha!)  
Have a fun day.

We are off to pick more blueberries this morning - early to avoid the hot temps and sun if possible. We haven't heard from the orchard people down at the lake but hoping they may come up and call us that they have some of their delicious peaches.
This weekend is the Sundridge Sunflower Festival - main street is lined with vendors and displays and lots of activities at the waterfront.
Other than that, just watering and gardening. Such fun....take care. 

Jim's Birthday

Okay, Beth.  Jim got his card today.  He says you are a bad girl and he is going to slap you the next time he sees you :)  I thought it was funny!!!  AND  I got an email today that they found my mortgage.   It should show up in my bank account tomorrow.  It may take a couple of days for the bills to show as paid, but they said they would re-imburse any interest charges on the bills.  I am so glad to have that off my mind.  I feel like a huge load has been lifted and I am actually tired now. 
(9pm)  I knew I was stressed but not really how much!

It is sad...

But sometimes trees do have to come down. In our area Hydro One is on a frenzy cutting trees and clearing hydro lines. They have been challenged because of all our power outages in the past few years and more particularly this past year, to improve service and confidence level of customers. 
I just watched The Quilt Show - 1903 - Jane La Fazio Show. I so enjoyed what she was doing with stencils and needle felting, and I thought of you Pati - have you done any needle felting lately?
The best part of watching The Quilt Show now for me is the speed. before changes were made by ?them, the buffing took so long it would take almost 2 1/2 to three hours for me to watch one show. Just now it was just a bit over one hour - so much more reasonable.
All we have done is water - this heat is almost too much. For me it is OK but for Harry, he cannot tolerate it. 
We have a new gadget/machine. It is called Yonanas Frozen Dessert Maker (from DOLE)- is makes frozen fruit desserts - produces consistency of soft ice cream made from fresh fruit that has been frozen. Nothing in it except frozen fresh fruit - bananas being one of the main ingredients.  I urge you to look into these - go on line , or peak at one in the store. We checked in Canadian Tire today - new they cost about $66.00 but Harry got an essentially new one at a garage sale this past weekend for $10.00. I like it.
Bed time and more reading - this Stone Barrington is a real character, isn't he!!!  Take care

Sad, but interesting

Right across the street.  This whole process took about 40 minutes from parking the equipment to only a stump.  I was amazed at the size of the pieces that went into the shredder--the stump was well over a foot in diameter.  The skill of the man with the chain saw, ( in the bucket) had to be seen to be appreciated. And isn't it nice to be at the stage of life when we could sit on the steps and take time to watch the whole process?

Weird day

Warm, but rainy.  We knew that a thunderstorm was forecast for around noon, but it was quite a storm, and lasted from 11:30 until about 2:00, and then just rainy after that.  David was busy, first in vacuuming the stairs, right down to the basement.  This is a nasty job, and one I just can't do.  I think this is the first time it's been done since we started the renovations.  Perhaps it needed doing?  You think maybe?  

Then he decided to start a wine kit.  We had bought it some time ago, but delayed starting it with the renovations.  Well, unfortunately the grape concentrate spilled a bit, and ran under the dryer of all things.  That's a very small area to work in, so we just finished getting the kit on the go, and then he had to clean up, pretty well on his own.  I'm so afraid of the damn ants getting in the house, and sure don't want to do anything to attract them!  So, other than a quick trip out for a cup of coffee, ( we both have to go, you understand), I got to spend most of the day in the studio.  Having finished my most recent project, it was time to clean up in there.  There were little bits of paper everywhere!

Bed time now.  Hope everyone had a good weekend.

I'm done

I pretended that the Salsa Queen (of sorts) was with me - that would be you Cathy!! And I think I just made a very nice looking, and tasting salsa.  I have never quite mastered this before so your influence helped me. And maybe because Harry headed off to pick blueberrys at Spring Hill Farms. So I guess my next chore today shall be to process them when he returns. But time for a quick coffee before tidying up.  XX

Salsa

Today I shall complete my Zucchini Salsa which was started yesterday. Some of it had to be left overnight - with pickling salt, and then this morning drained and rinsed before the other ingredients are added , boiled and bottled. Yesterday Harry also made his own recipe of salsa and got 8 pint jars done.  This will use up the cucumbers and tomatoes we have had on hand right now- but there are lots more growing as we speak. haha!
I got desperate for reading something last night so pulled out a Stone Barrington novel I had here at the house - one I had bought at the ReStore and holding until it's title (Hot Mahogany) came up on my list. It also has Holly Barker in it and I can tell that her story line has changed since I read her last novel.  But I guess it will all sort itself out when I at last can read in order? I maybe have set myself up by wanting to read them in chronological order, especially since the Library cannot always accommodate my desires.
Hard to believe it is August- as I turned the calendars onward to a new month this morning.  Of course, I make a little ceremony with this event as I do every new month!  Hoping that we will hear from the eavetrough man this week - he said two weeks when we last spoke and today it is two weeks!
Well, the kitchen is now mine - Harry has finished getting his breakfast made. So here I go, ready or not.  Hope your day will be just great.  Take care