Mid May

Time has gone by very quickly for the slow lane. We have done lots of work in the yard and garden and everything is growing rapidly. the weather has been very good

more spring flowers and yard work

More lilac trees in bloom

Apple blossoms

rebuilding the front patio and walkway and expanding it for a seating area

eventually it will be complete

busy weekend

the Weekend was a busy time building the frame for the big greenhouse. it is 20 ft. wide and 40 ft. long and covers our decommissioned pool. the pool needed major repair and upgrades so we decided to make it into a greenhouse unfortunately there is no way to fill it with dirt so we will be using fruit bins which are about 4 ft square.

now we are starting to get blossoms on some of the fruit trees

Bush cherry

thisnis the first bloom on the multi variety apple tree

pear tree

white lilac

spring flowers

The spring flowers have started to bloom

early April

it has been a cool start to the month.. March finished with nice warm 25c weather but the past week has only bee 10 at the most and some wind so it is not pleasant for outside work. lots of upgrades to the administration of the fire department with the addition of a new captain and 3 new lieutenants. The lieutenant positions are new ,we have not had that position before and are looking forward to the addition to the officer core.

It is the start of our wildland fire season ,we have already had several calls for grass fires and have just received our new structure protection sprinkler trailer and it is almost ready to be put into service.

not much to report for this week just having a quiet restfull day

happy Easter

It is the end of March Easter is early this year but yesterday we had a family egg hunt. we had a lot of plastic eggs with prizes inside and hid them all over the yard and were ready when the grandkids came . Not everyone could be here this year but those who came had a great time and we finished off with a campfire and hot dogs and marshmallows. The weather was good ,it could have been a bit warmer but there was very light breeze so we were all fine. Of course we got a fire call towards the end and Rob and I had to leave for a while but we weren’t gone too long and everyone else stayed and kept the party going.

The weather has been cooperating and we are slowly getting some flowers in the yard.

Sasha is helping Quill fid eggs

18 years

St. Patricks day

I am celebrating today by doing a lot of yard work. Yesterday I started to expand the little patio just outside the front door. It is the start of the walkway that goes to the front and where we part the cars. We have a table and 2 chairs by the door and I was told to extend the patio a bit so there was more room for the table, I started yesterday and today I worked at making the extension more level not perfect but close to level. the ground slopes down so it is hard to keep it level without going back to the other end and digging it all down. then I mover on to cut some lilac bushes that were coming up in the wrong place and a branch that was dead. Lilacs can be a real pest they will spread all over and send suckers up ,you have to keep cutting back all the new shouts before they take over. then we moved to the front where there used to be a hedge and last year was just weeds \,today the weeds cam out at least a lot of them. W will plant something in that location maybe corn or squash o pumpkins or beans or all the above . Tomorrow is a special day our anniversary 18 years together and we are both still alive and not in jail for murder. The past 18 years have gone by very quickly and looking back we have had some fun or should I say adventures. We have been on cruises and motorhome trips lived in 3 different houses and done renovation work that I never thought I could do. Now we are facing one of our biggest challenges my retirement, not only a challenge of time but the major challenge will be our finances. hopefully we will overcome that but we may have to face selling and moving to somewhere cheaper. This is not something we have to deal with at this time but I will be retiring at the end of the year so it is something we always have in our minds . Anyway tomorrow is a big celebration of 18 years.

Middle of March

Here we are half way through the month and the weather has finally turned warm . it has finally hit double digits. The flowers are starting to show more life and we have started some spring projects.

even the indoor plants are enjoying the sunshine

We have started on a new outside project, an expansion of the garden area outside the front door and a new stepping stone path through to the patio. The garden will be an expansion of the one we had last year and will have a combination of vegetables and flowers.

Our spring projects have just begun, there are lots more to come .

March cold night warm days

The first week of March has been cold nights and coot days warming in the afternoon but a cool wind makes it feel cooler. In spite of the temperature we have some very optimistic flowers trying to cheer us up.

the first crocuses struggling to survive

there is a couple of snowdrops in there somewhere.