It's always too soon!

No matter how long, it's always too soon! 

We reflect on Mother's Day and Father's Day, and those who are no longer present for those observances. We miss them! 

Another week has passed. We have migrated from Regina, via Winnipeg to home on the shore of Lake Superior. We enjoyed the week in Regina and got a few more projects moving forward. I got out for a bit of golf practice, and got the car in to repair the Air Conditioning. That hasn't gone as cheaply or well as I was hoping, but the mechanic remains on the case, and if it remains troublesome, he'll do more work on it when we return to Regina later this summer. I was able to reestablish the irrigation system at Erin's place, and obtain soil for two more large planters and two pots. We got two hanging baskets of strawberries, along with tomatoes and peppers. Erin will be planting more veggies soon, and then fine-tuning the drip irrigation. I was able to clean the surplus irrigation piping and controllers out of 55 Laird as David had no use for them, and was glad to be able to pass them along to Kresten & Star for their garden, and to Barry & Ashley for their garden. I'll follow up with them in the summer to see how those installations are going. Last Sunday, we celebrated with Logan & Kaitlyn as they were married in a lovely service at the RCMP museum. That was followed by a tasty reception dinner out at Lumsden. We were delighted to touch base with relatives old and new. We had supper with Liam in Moose Jaw on Thursday. He certainly seems to be doing better; we're glad to see that! We drove from Regina to Winnipeg on Friday and enjoyed dinner out with Tom & Mariette before retiring for the night at their place. Then, we completed the trip home today, arriving in Thunder Bay before 6pm. The markets had another troubled week as the Republicans continue to threaten the economy not just of the USA, but of the world. It will be helpful, if and when, we get this mess behind us. The NHL playoffs continue. I was able to pick the losing team in the eastern conference and still have hope for the same in the West! MLB is about one quarter through the season, and my Blue Jays certainly are not achieving up to expectations. C'mon Blue Jays! Let's play ball! Pre-season football began this week, and all teams are potential Grey Cup winners at this point! Riders won their opening game over BC. 

Eric writes, "Erica spent the week in LaRonge. She has been working extra as a coworker got sick. This weekend Erica and Eric went to Saskatoon to take Eric’s nieces to the dinosaur exhibit. Eric has been offered the opportunity to teach a therapy class in the new year. More details when the contract is signed. Liam is seeing an eye doctor for help with his allergies. Liam is making plans to take some courses in the Fall. Haaken continues his job at Costco and is looking for animation work. Greg is still in Kenora healing."

Erin and Kristian took care of us well for the week in Regina. We arrived last Friday. They both had Monday off for the Victoria Day holiday, so we got to hang out with them. We enjoyed supper out with them on Wednesday at Classic car night. There were some spectacular looking cars and trucks there. We were able to take Kristian to some of his appointments. One afternoon, we were delighted to see a McLaren parked at the location of his UV appointment. I had not seen one in person before—striking looking car! 

Trav, Joanna and crew have been taking care of things here including accepting our mail and ensuring the house is okay. Thanks folks! We look forward to catching up with them soon. 

And that's enough for this week!