Excitement!

I found out that our favorite pizza place from the US, Papa Murphy's, is opening a location in Langford, BC, right where we do our grocery shopping! It will be in a new mini strip mall along with Mark's Wearhouse and Best Buy. For those of you that may not know, Papa Murphy's is a 'take and bake' establishment, whereby you phone in your order, they assemble the pizza and YOU take it home and bake it fresh in the oven. There was one 5 minutes from our old house in the states and we would usually get their large gourmet veggie pizza with white garlic sauce, instead of tomato sauce. We could get a large for $10.99 but something tells me it may be more expensive here in Canada. Hopefully not. We can't wait for them to open!!

Recent happenings.

Front of the house flying the BC and Canadian flags for Canada Day

Victoria Pride parade headed for the park at Fishermans Wharf.

Parade viewers atop a restaurant, tossing blow up dolls to the crowd.

Moonrise over the forest, as seen from our deck.

New hummingbird feeder with a visitor. Can you see him??

US nuclear aircraft carrier sailing past the house.

Hiking the Galloping Goose trail in Metchosin.

Frog stuck to the outside of the sidelight at our front door. He was gone in the morning.

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Yup, got new sandals. First pair in my life, not counting flip-flops when I was a kid. Kinda strange having all that air whipping around open feet, but I like it.

Victoria Pride was a bit of a letdown. Maybe I am getting too old for that scene. We did meet up with some friends and it was great to see them. And it's always nice to get into the city.

Some tomatoes are turning red! Can't wait!!!

Caught the MJ memorial. I never was a huge fan but I do like the music, not so much the newer stuff tho, and I figured this is maybe a once-in-a-lifetime event so I recorded and watched later. It was interesting.

Would love to get to the all Cadillac show in Victoria this weekend. I'm not an Escalade fan but I do like the old classics.

Took the dog for a short walk tonight and on the way up the road to the house we spied a buck in the neighbor's yard, just standing in the bushes watching us. We paused a few moments and exchanged glances, then he was off, his fuzzy antlers disappearing into the greenery.

Trying to figure out how to bring in more money.

Bzzzzzzzzzzz..................

First bee sting in my LIFE!

Ouch!

Fingernails hurt from gardening. Who knew?

No sunburn after 5+ hours outside.

Maybe on my legs. (no SPF there)

Grass is brown and brittle. No rain for 5+ weeks.

Even the weeds are stressing.

Gardens look fab, with daily watering.

Hey, I didn't put the gardens in, they came with the house.

50+ tomatoes in the greenhouse.

Quite a few HOT peppers too.


Getting psyched up for Pride Sunday. Might even get new sandals on the way into town.

Visit to the States is a month away! That is coming up FAST!

Tired.
Feet hurt.
Fingernails hurt.
Freshly showered and feeling relaxed.
Off to bed.

Ahoy!

Seen cruising past our house today, heading out to sea. USS John C Stennis, nuclear supercarrier.

Happy Canada Day. (July 1)

Where has the time gone???

Wow, I can't believe it's been so long since I posted on here!

We've been keeping very busy in the yard at home. We've moved a few more things around, gotten rid of some dead stuff and added more to the yard. We have at least 50 tomatoes in the greenhouse (little green ones), the hot peppers are taking off and there are a few that are almost an inch long! I transplanted the watermelon plants and we can almost stand and see them grow right before our eyes! The strawberry plants I salvaged from the front garden have given us about 10 berries (!), which are pretty small, but WOW do they taste good! I can't wait for NEXT year's crop!

We finally got off our butts and took the dog on a 5 kilometre hike Sunday, on the Galloping Goose regional trail, then SURPRISE came home and did more work in the yard!

I was watering some shrubs today (no rain to amount to anything in five weeks) and one of the hummingbirds from our yard decided to take a 'bath' in the stream of water I was projecting from the hose! I never knew they would do something like that and I just froze and stood there and watched as it hovered just above the water stream and occasionally dipped down into the water. It was very cool to watch, and I even have a witness if any of you don't believe me.

Work is just fine. We seem to be bucking the trend and are increasing readership, which is good for job security. Two people I know work for AIG in the US and I found out one is done in September and the other in November. They are a married couple and recently purchased a home so I really feel bad for the uncertainty that must be oozing into their lives.

Part of the reason I am not posting so much is that I am on Facebook and seem to spend a bit too much of my online time there. It's great for connecting with friends and family, not quite as 'teen' as My Space, and I even located a few names from my past on there.

It's been somewhat on the cool side here, aside from a few days in the low 90's a few weeks ago, but I am hopeful that with the turning of the calendar to July temps will start to rise. The weatherman said by later this week we'll be in the C20's/F70's so hope springs eternal.

All is well with our health, and with the dog and cat. I hope this finds all of you out there well also.