Update

Its been quite a time since my last Blog posting. A lot has happened! Spring has finally turned to HOT summer (it seems). The yard work is complete and the gardens planted. The trees have been trimmed and the flowers are coming up. I figured I would take a break and compute.

Our eldest grandson graduated this spring. That meant 4 days in Red Deer enjoying the event. He is off to Red Deer University in the fall. Its close to home and the living is good

 

Our bird houses were cleaned out and put back up. I put them on 2 foot galvanized pipe on top of the fence posts to discourage our neighbours cat. We will see if that works or not. So far we have a House Wren settled in. She is not spooky at all. 

House Wren

Also we have a Black Capped Chickadee in the nest at the peak of the garage. Smart bird! No cats will get up there. The male is bringing food to her, so perhaps she has already laid eggs.



Black Capped Chickadee

The other nests are being fought over by two pairs of Tree Swallows. We will see how that works out! Hopefully, your yard or acreage is bloom!







Busy Summer!

First was our trip to  Toronto (Waterloo) to see our oldest grand daughter graduate.

 Well done! We are very proud of her!

 

Then there was some sight seeing at Niagara Falls

And then off to St. Ives on the Shuswap Lake in British Columbia. This is a picture of Elaine with  our Grandson. one of three and the blanket that she croqueted for him

 

Similarly, here is another Grand Daughter with an other crocheted blanket. Elaine was very busy!

Then we come to our other Grand daughter, part of the Under 15 Girls Canadian National Rugby Champions! This required basically a week in Calgary

 

 

 

So from Whitecourt to Toronto, to Shuswap, to Calgary in one summer. I am travelled out!

 

Back Home Again!

Elaine and I took a week long trip to the Toronto area to see our eldest grand daughter graduate from Waterloo University with a Degree in Chemical Engineering. We are very proud of her accomplishment!



It's a very good thing the weather was great, else she would be flash blinded. I took a lot of pictures!

The graduating class was very large for Chemical Engineering, about 500 by my estimate. They got them all through in 2 hours!

Here is Adelle with Elaine and the blanket she crotched for a grad present.

Getting lined up for the presentation.

 On the way

Congratulations, Adelle! Well done!