denial

 The geese are beginning their manoeuvers -

my sunflowers are really showing their stuff

 

the spiders are working overtime on their webs

and other nasty things...

and the crops are almost all off - 

except for the soybeans and the corn.
School starts tomorrow.

Fall is in the air.

We are in denial...

project #1 completed!

 There are still a few things that have been left

hanging for the last 4 years.

Yes.

It's already 4 years since we moved back to Canada

and built our house.

 This sidewalk/path project had us stumped for a long time.

We just didn't know what we wanted to do with it.

 We'd thought we would continue the lower deck into a sidewalk

 but with different materials.

 Then when we were in Alberta at my mom's I saw her

stone path and thought, that's it.

We'll keep it simple

AND

cheaper!

 We cancelled our order at the lumber yard

and bought a few more bricks to add to what

we had left over from the porch project.

 Ready for the finishing touches.

The crushed rock arrived yesterday.

There is WAY too much

but now we have enough to finally put the edge

around the garden :)

and Howard already filled the window wells

to the level they should be at.

Gotta look on the positive side! :)

First wheelbarrow load.

 Voila!

We have a path.

it never hurts to ask

A few months ago I bought myself a new Wilton angel food cake pan.

I was actually quite nervous about using it because

when I baked a cake in my teflon pan in Germany

the cake would come out beautifully

but once inverted, it would fall right out of the pan.

Not a good way to have a nice fluffy cake!

Anyway, it was time to bake the August birthday cake

and I thought I would inaugurate my new pan.

After about 20 minutes in the oven 

I started to smell something very uncake-like.

There was batter dripping out of the bottom of the pan

 and baking onto the oven.

Great.

I finished baking the cake, took it out, inverted it

and.....

it didn't fall out.

It was absolutely perfect.

And it was probably the best poppyseed chiffon cake I have ever baked.

And that's saying a lot!

Oh ya.

Anyway, I started thinking about that leaky pan...

I thought I would write to Wilton and see what they would say.

So, I did and today the email came back

saying they were sorry about my leaky pan and would I please send them my

shipping address so they could replace the pan for me!

Yes, once again,

it never hurts to ask!!

he's still the best

In the middle of our massive garage project

I took time out to attend a music workshop yesterday

and Howard took time out to pick these flowers

from our garden for me

and had them on the table when I got home.

He is still the sweetest husband to me.

harvest has begun

Howard was just saying on Tuesday that harvest could be starting

in the next few weeks.

Two days later 

we saw 4 combines taking off the first crop in this area.

The weather has been hot and super dry.

Perfect weather to ripen up the crops

and then for harvest to begin.

visiting my mom

 We had a great time visiting my mom in Peace River

a few weeks ago.

My mom's dog, Penny, keeps things rather interesting... :)

She acts like she doesn't want to have her picture taken

but she was in every picture my mom took of us!

Crazy dog.