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Friday ~
July 16th
Summer Update...

We went canoeing on the longest day of
the year.

The sky was fantastic that night!

We built a pond

& put fish in it.

Luckily Maggie hasn't noticed the fish.
Perhaps she's more beauty than brains?

We had the best tasting chocolate cake. Our friends brought it over from the new bake shop in town
called
Duchess. If you ever want a very special, very decadent cake,
trust me, this cake is for you.
I went to aquacizes for the first time on
Wednesday.
After a cake like that, it was the least I
could do.
I'll spare you the picture.

The hops are thriving.

The begonias are happy too.

The peonies are spent, but they were sure
pretty while they bloomed.

These peonies were a gift from Chris'
mom. It was one of the nicest bouquets I have ever received.
Thank you Pat.

On Monday, we had several branches removed from our neighbor's tree.
It was fun to watch the guy climb up like a monkey.

This was my yard an hour before some judges from the Edmonton
Horticultural Society popped by to take a look at things. Kind
of scary, but they cleaned it up pretty good.
By the
way, our yard will be on the EHS tour next weekend.
Here's a
link if you want to go on it. Needless to say, I have some work
to do! Many perennials took a beating from the falling branches, but I'm so
happy to have that big messy limb gone. Now my trees & shrubs
have more light & room to grow.
We got our new front door put in on Monday too. It was a busy
day around here!
I will show pictures when it's painted.
I'm going with purple.

And finally, I made new beads! Inspired by my class with
Melanie. They don't have a name yet. Any suggestions would
be helpful?
How's your summer going?
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