Dragonfly

As Laura and I were finishing up in the garden, she pointed to the ground and asked, "What's that?" I leaned over to see what she had found and to my surprise, it was a dragonfly's exoskeleton. I'd never seen one before. It was completely dried out and light as a feather. We took a couple of pictures of it and then put it on Susan's dragonfly garden stone. It was an interesting find.
Dragonflies are Susan's favorite thing. She has many different pins and she wears one on her blouse every day.

A Special Day and Another Garden Update

Today is a special day. Thirteen years ago today, Susan and I were heading up to Qualicum Beach to be married. Hard to believe that it's been that long. Seems like just yesterday to me. Funny how time just slips away on us. It was the best thing I've ever done in my life though.

On another note, I dug up my garden today and planted the bulbs. It was quite a job and we ended up with a very full wheelbarrow. There are pictures below of the end product. I put most of the bulbs on both sides of our front door. I've also posted a picture of my little helper. I was told that the bulbs should be in by October the first, so I actually did something on time with my garden. I'll post more pictures again, when the tulips and daffodils come up in the Spring.

Saanich Fair Produces Bulbs for my Garden

On the Labour Day long weekend, our family tradition is to go to the Saanich Fair. It is a wonderful family day that we use to wrap up our Summer. We have only missed one year I think, and that was when we went over to the PNE which was very disappointing to us because everyone was tired from travelling over there and it was so much bigger. We'll stick with our small town fair thanks.

There are farmers fruit and vegetable stands where we always buy corn and some fruit. Lots of animals: bunnies, horses, donkeys, chickens, ducks, llamas, pigs and cows. Food, fun pictures, games and rides; in order of importance to us. The burgers and the hot dogs, the fries and the corn. Don't forget the mini donuts -- I stood in line for over an hour this year to get four bags. It was worth it. We play some games but no one goes for the rides anymore which is fine by me, too much time in line ups. There are also raffles and contests.

Susan took a dollar from my pocket and entered a raffle in which she won $100 gift certificate to Elk Lake gardening centre. So yesterday we went and bought some gloves, fertilizer, a few tools and a whole bunch of bulbs. It is so exciting to think that I am on the ball enough with my garden that we will have daffodils and tulips in the early spring. Now I just have to decide what I am going to tear out first and where I'm going to put all my bulbs.

My Garden

As promised at the beginning of the Summer, here are the pictures of my garden right now. You can see that it has grown quite a bit compared to the first few pictures that I posted. My pride and joy is the sunflowers which are amazing. Even though I planted them late and it has not been a very hot season, they bloomed beautifully. Again, the pictures do the garden no justice and it is much more stunning when standing right beside it.

I'll be more prepared next year and plant earlier. I also have a better idea of what to do and how certain plants and flowers grow. It has been fun and I can't wait to start over again next Spring.

That is my latest update. More to come soon.

No more Baking

Wednesday was my last day of baking. I am now going to be working as a store receiver and also in file maintenance. Very exciting to be moving on from being a baker after seventeen years. My sinuses will thank me I'm sure. I guess this means that I'll have to change my profile.

I've been very busy this Summer and haven't been able to find the time to blog. So much has happened and I'd like to write it all down here now but I think that it'd be better if I took my time and write one subject at a time. So, here's to a wonderful busy Summer past and a bit of a slow down going into Autumn, with more time to reflect and write. I'll fill you in on a lot that has happened over the Summer in the coming weeks hopefully.