Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The weather has been great including some much needed rain. The fire hazard has dropped, but some fires continue to burn and we get smoke on some days. Many people are being evacuated from threatened communities; some of these are being housed here. Wendy has completed most of her Sweet Adelines business for this term and passed the audit successfully on Wednesday. I got the rhubarb picked again, cut, packaged and in the freezer. The lawns have been cut, so we're handing the place over to Andrew now—Thanks, Grandson! Wars continue to rage as well, including the Russian attack on Ukraine that Trump said he would solve before even taking office—Putin is openly laughing at him. The Israelis are now attacking Iran, also for no good reason. Trump has similarly said he could end that one, but Bibi is also laughing at him. USA has engaged in a series of meetings with Iran as Trump tried to walk back to the treaty that was in place before he cancelled it in his first term! With the Israeli attack, those negotiations are now cancelled, and Trump has declared that he might bomb Iran, that he could kill their leader whenever he wanted, and that, as usual, this will take "two weeks" to be determined. However, today, he began a bombing campaign against Iran with strikes on at least three sites there—Where's my two weeks?! The TACO trade continues on the markets as more tariffs are threatened and relaxed every week or so. He has also reawakened the 51st State threats against us, so we feel in some kind of war as well. The markets continue to feel the effects as all USA indices are in the red for Trump's term. The TSX is up 7%, but we have a hard time making progress on our own when our big neighbour is doing so poorly. Also, his tariffs against Canada are resulting in much less buying by USA businesses from us, and our country is suffering as well, even though we are finding new trading partners. The Blue Jays have cooled off a bit, but are still doing well and in a playoff position as we near the All-Star break. The Stanley Cup playoffs ended with heartbreak for my Oilers as the Panthers prevailed for the second year running. The Riders are doing pretty well, while showing some problems that need to be addressed. Still, they won again last night in Toronto to improve to 3-0 in the first weeks of the season.
Erica writes, "We are planning for Mom and Dad’s visit, finalizing our renovation plans and rearranging our home. It has also been busy at work and Mystery Train is practising for a gig at the World Men’s Softball Championship. That’s about it for this week." Eric and I are scheduled for a charity golf tournament on a nice course while we're there. I've only golfed once this season, so I can't say that I'm ready for it!
Erin and Kristian are enjoying the arrival of summer in Regina. Kristian is planning to travel to PA with us to assist with the projects up there. Maybe we'll manage a round of golf for us as well! The vegetable garden is doing well. I'm looking forward to checking it out next week. I hope I can get the drip-irrigation system working.
Travis and Joanna celebrated Fathers Day with us, and passed along some more gifts. Thank you, my children for the golfing blessings that you have prepared for me this summer, and for the continuing blessing you are to me each day. They were over this evening to say farewell, provide some coffee and wish us a good trip. Thanks guys!
And that's about it for this week.
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