Father's Day Weekend

Hi!

How was your weekend?

Hope the Dads out there had a good day on Sunday!

We didn't take any pictures on Father's Day, but here's one of K doing his favorite outdoor chore- sling blading!

We had a bit of a busy weekend.  C had a 4H Recognition Ceremony on Friday night.

Here she is in front of 4 of her projects for the year.

Getting her certificate.

The whole group. 

Both kids went to parties on Saturday, N to a movie party in Charlottetown for the afternoon and C to a sleepover for the night.

Yesterday N came home from school with an Award for the Grade 7 Music Class!

This was his first year playing the trumpet.

Finally, here's how our view is looking from the kitchen. 

Have a great week! :-)

Front Flower Boxes

Hello again!

I've been having problems with the front flower boxes.

The left flower box had fallen down and it was kinda fixed but would get wonky every once in a while.  Then last week, the one on the right collapsed!

I've got to decide whether to repair these ones or make new ones?  

Perhaps like the ones in the back?

Hmm... Something to think about!

Have a great day! :-)

Lilacs

Hi!
How was your weekend?  Ours was good.  I had to work on Saturday in Summerside.  Yesterday, C had two 4H Events- one in the afternoon at the PEI Potato Museum to get her Agriculture Awareness project done and one in the evening to make a basket.

Isn't it nice?

The lilac tree that my mother planted when N was born in 2003 is in bloom.

The blooms aren't fully done blooming, but I couldn't resist cutting some and bringing it inside!

I put some in each bedroom- in N's room, 

C's room,

K's side of the bed,

my side of the bed, 

and the front room. 

See the pretty purple origami flower N made? :-)

Later, K did some trimming, so I had some for the back room!  It smells so good!

Have a great day and a wonderful week! :-)

Side Garden/ Old Style

Hi!

How's your day?  The week has just flown by!

A couple weekends ago, I decided to use up some paint and get the plywood painted behind the front side garden.

I felt this needed to be done asap, since it's harder to paint when the plants get bigger!

It just looks normal now, but here it is before! 

When I was working in Kensington Library, I picked up some old magazines.  This one is from June, 1993- a couple years before we started building our "cottage".

Notice the green paint?

Well, in the back breezeway, we have one window that never got re-painted white, like the rest.  It is very similar to the picture!

(We also had blue trim at one point, not sure if it was before the green or after...)

 K was working in the van and Lilly found a nice spot in the front window.

I think she looks sad because C had gone to a slumber party!

Have a great day! :-)

June!

Hi!

It's June already!  Only 17 more days left of school!  (It's still strange to me that school goes so late here- I'm used to being done in May!  But we don't have to go back til after Labor Day, so that's nice!)

We had a good weekend.  The kids spent Friday night with their grandparents.  Then Saturday, N went to a friend's house for the evening and C invited a friend over on Sunday.

Nothing much else to report....

It's raining today....

The grass is growing...

Have a great week! :-)

Memorial Day

Hi!

Happy (?) Memorial Day, down in the States!

It's a regular day for us.

We had a nice weekend.  C was busy with her gymnastics show and a birthday party sleepover.  

Here's C (at the end of the line) getting ready to do her routine.

K and N got out for their first sail of the year yesterday (even though it was pretty cold!).  They went in the Summerside Harbour and then stayed in town for dinner with K's parents at the Yacht Club.  After that, it was this month's Astronomy Club.

It's raining today, so everybody wanted to sleep in!

Have a great week! :-)

Front Garden/Shed

Hello!

How's your day?  It's raining here now and cloudy -great for the plants!

Yesterday, I got some mulching done in the courtyard.

 I also got the front garden mulched.

This is the front in June, 2014

Close-up mulch pics.

I put mulch by the shed where the transplanted ferns are growing, too!

I didn't mean to dump a whole bag here, but oh well!

It needs a little something in the back- more concrete bag stones?  Not sure....

(Notice the black trash can? It's there because we missed our trash pick up last week and I didn't feel like moving the whole full can back to the courtyard. When I called to find out why they didn't pick up our bin, I discovered we'd been on the cottage plan and our collection wasn't supposed to start until May 28! I guess there was a new driver or something because they usually pick it up!  Anyway, we got it all straightened out (and now owe another $100/year for the service) and it'll get picked up tomorrow.)

Have a fantastic day! :-)