another update

Well. Two eggs hatched and two did not.

It is amazing to see how quickly these

little creatures have grown.

The parents have been highly stressed with me

trying to take pictures

and I was as well because they kept flying at me

and screeching!

Fortunately they were out hunting crickets

this morning when I went out.

I will save the eggs and the nest and take them to

school in the fall for my first day

of morning devotions with my grade 3s.

What a wonderful creation lesson it will be!

backtracking a bit

 On Canada Day we went to Lower Fort Garry -

a Hudson's Bay Company Fort

just north of Winnipeg.

The Canadian flags were free!

Do you notice the photo bomber in this picture?

 It's a beautiful old fort that sits alongside the Red River.

 The general store was stocked to the rafters!

 Next item:

David and Katy arrive home from Pennsylvania!

It was fun to make a bit of an event to welcome this "foreigner"

to the True North Strong and Free!
It's so wonderful to finally have him here!

I think he'll do just fine!

He's even worn his new Canada cap a few times - 

much to Katy's chagrin. :)

update...

Not much to report this morning.

I think the mother is weary as she stayed in the nest

and didn't notice me

until I was right beside her. 

The babies look a bit sleepy this morning too.

they're hatching!

The miracle has begun!

It has been so windy the last few days

in the aftermath of the tornado

that I was fearing for the lives of our wildlife!

But mommy robin knows how to

stay upright even when the tree is swaying from side to side -

nearly bent double 

at times.

This is SO exciting!

crazy skies and crazy weather

 The cloud formations have been absolutely spectacular

the last few days.

 Then last night there was a HUGE tornado in southerwestern

Manitoba which touched down for

almost 3 hours

and at some points was more than

1 kilometer wide.

Miraculously, no one was hurt and there was

little damage.

 The weather continues to be hot

and humid

(the humidity was over 80% again this morning)

and as a result the storms are fierce.

 We had another thunderstom this morning

but now the sun is out and the wind is blowing.

It feels almost cool in the house.

 Our streets were flooded again last week with another

2 " of rain falling in about an hour and a half.

In a few days we leave for Scotland where the weather

is wet

but considerably cooler.

We will definitely be wearing more and warmer

clothing for our week there.

As I've said several times -

we aren't going to Scotland for the weather. :)

yet another deluge

Yup. 

Another storm last night after a very hot and humid day.

The lightning was crazy 

together with the rain and the wind.

We actually drove out during the storm last night

and some streets in our neighbourhood

were almost impassable.

But we made it out and actually saw this

motor home stranded in the middle of the highway through

town which was closed for several hours again

last night.

(Another borrowed picture.)

I did check on the mother robin and her eggs this morning

and all is well.

I was fearing for their lives last night during the storm.