Rain!

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The weather did not get as painfully hot as the forecasters were suggesting. We topped out about 28° yesterday, but then, the rain arrived overnight, and today we're enjoying a lovely, soft rain all day. We really needed it! Maybe now, they can cancel the no-burn order. We haven't been able to enjoy our fire pit yet this summer!

Measure once...? How does that go?!

Looking much better!

I have completed the siding project on the garage, and find it really cleans up the appearance. Wendy has pruned all the cedars in the back yard. It's quite a job and needs to be done regularly (probably more regularly) to keep them from growing too tall! We've suffered tree interference with our power lines once too often already! Our travel plans have been delayed, so, I have decided to do some lawn work. Usually, I try to keep it as "barely alive" as possible so it won't require much attention while we're away, but since we're going to be around a bit longer, I have done some reseeding, fertilizing and watering in an effort towards a prettier lawn! I only wish I had known about these plans earlier and had planted a garden. We've had two pickings off the rhubarb plants and have some packages in the freezer and other packages in our tummies! I recently baked a rhubarb coffee cake—pretty good, and moist enough to serve as an ice cream dessert as well. 

Rhubarb Coffee Cake

The markets suffered a terrible, no good, very bad week. We suffered through two days of the FED testifying before Congress, and several FED nominees declaring their fealty to the "inflation fight"! These led to a marked sell-off in equities, and a loss in my portfolio. The Blue Jays continued to dismay their fans with a lack for hitting, but they came through with two homers and a win today. The Riders played their third game of the season in Calgary tonight—OT thriller! Nice work, nice win, Riders! 

Erica writes, "It was another very busy week at work for me; but, it looks like we are through the worst of it. Hopefully, we will have some more normal work days in the coming weeks. Eric has decided I deserve a special treat. He must be taking dating advice from my dad, because on Saturday he’s planned a trip to the dump. Then, on Monday, we are making a quick trip to Regina to see Amanda Marshall—very exciting! Liam is continuing to fundraise and work on his paper work for school in the fall. We haven’t heard much from Haaken. Greg is getting some more assessments done this summer, so, we wait to hear what those say about his options."

Erin and Kristian had a pretty usual week in Regina. They've had regular thunderstorms once again, but nothing too violent and her garden is doing well. Erin and I regularly commiserate over the Blue Jays and their lack lustre season so far—C'mon Jays! Kristian got a fresh hair cut and a new set of ear moulds! 

Andrew and Rosie brought over the ingredients and a small gas cooker and prepared a Father's Day/Joanna's Birthday meal right in front of us on the table. It was pretty novel (Vietnamese) food for us, but it was delicious—thanks folks! Travis was off to Toronto yesterday, and plans to enjoy the next while there. He's planning multiple Wrestling Entertainments as well as a Blue Jay game, during this trip. The rest of the crew will just have to suffer through our summer days here! 

And that's enough for this week!