JULY - WEEK ONE - HOT!!!

THE HEAT WAVE HAS CONTINUED INTO JULY!

MOST MORNINGS THE HUMIDITY IS 99% BUT NO RAIN!

SO LOTS OF WATERING!

THINGS ARE GROWING WITH THE 35+ DEGREES.

AND THE GRAND KIDS FIND A PLACE TO COOL DOWN

THE SPLASH PARK IN ST NORBERT HAS HAD A LOT OF USE

THESE PAST FEW MONTHS!

FUN!!

TRYING A NEW TOY

BACK TO A THREE WHEELER!

THERE WAS A HUGE WILLOW IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THAT 

WAS TAKEN DOWN. RON ASKED TO TAKE HOME THE

LARGER PIECES FOR FIREWOOD.

HE GOT HIMSELF QUITE A JOB!!

 NOTHING LIKE SPLITTING WET WOOD

WE HAD A STORM ONE NIGHT - NOT TOO MUCH DAMAGE BUT

THIS PIECE OF DRAGON WING BEGONIA BROKE.

I DECIDED TO ENJOY THE FLOWERS FOR A FEW DAYS

AND THEN SEE IF I COULD ROOT IT.

STILL IN PROCESS.

THE ROOTING GLASS NOW ALSO HAS SOME MOCK ORANGE

CUTTINGS IN IT. COULD NOT THROW OUT THE

TRIMMINGS WITHOUT TRYING TO SEE IF THEY WOULD ROOT!

WITH THIS HOT SUMMER, THE CACTUS THAT SURVIVES OUR MANITOBA WINTERS HAS

HAD A LOT OF FLOWERS. THEY ARE SO BEAUTIFUL BUT

LAST ONLY A DAY!

 LOVE THE LEMON YELLOW COLOUR!

 THE SAMBA PORTULACA ARE FINALLY SHOWING A FEW

FLOWERS BUT THEY ARE RATHER SLOW!

 MY MORDEN BLUSH ROSE IN FULL BLOOM

AND THE PEONIES ARE FADING QUICKLY!

 

BUT THEY LOOKED BEAUTIFUL THIS YEAR!

THE LITTLE RAIN WE GOT DURING BLOOMING TIME

 DID NOT DO TOO MUCH DAMAGE.

 

A NEW CLEMATIS I PLANTED LAST YEAR. 

I HAVE NOT FOUND MY TAG SO I CAN NOT

REMEMBER THE NAME. THAT BUGS ME!

I WILL HAVE TO DO MORE RESEARCH TO

IDENTIFY IT. IT IS A SMALLER FLOWERING ONE

AND QUITE WELL SUITED FOR THE PLACE IT IS GROWING.

PRAIRIE JOY AMIDST THE BABY'S BREATH!

WE ELEVATED THIS 1/2 BARREL FILLED WITH WAVE PETUNIA SO THAT IT

DISPLAYED A LITTLE BETTER. WE USED ONE OF THE CHUNKS OF

WOOD RON DRAGGED HOME. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE FLOWERS COVER THE

ENTIRE PIECE OF WOOD.

MY RED PIIXE LILY BLOOMING AMID THE THYME.

THE BLACK SWALLOWTAIL CATERPILLAR ON MY DILL.

NO SIGN OF ANY MONARCHS SO FAR THIS YEAR.

IT HAS BEEN A SLOW YEAR FOR BUTTERFLIES AND

DRAGON FLIES.

THE NUTHATCH HAS NOT BEEN AROUND MUCH THIS SPRING

IT FINALLY SHOWED UP AT THE POND. HE GOT HIS HEAD PRETTY WET!

AND IT IS STRAWBERRY TIME! 

MY SMALL PATCH HAS BEEN PRODUCING

QUITE WELL. ALTHOUGH THE HEAT HAS STUNTED THE GROWTH THIS 

PAST WEEK.

A SECOND PICKING FOR THE GRAND KIDS TO ENJOY.

TOMORROW WE WILL SEE IF WE CAN HEAD TO THE

STRAWBERRY FIELDS TO GET 5 BUCKETS OF BERRIES

TO FREEZE.

AND AFTER THE STRAWBERRIES, WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR SASKATOONS.

NOT SURE IF THE EVANS CHERRIES WILL BE AVAILABLE 

BUT WE HAVE FOUND A COUPLE OF PLACES THAT

HAVE A U PICK CHERRY ORCHARD.