Family

Ah, family! they are either great or frustrating. I’m privileged to have a bit of both. Some of my kids are not talking to us, however, my eldest daughter Lisa is.

A while back I spotted a sign I wanted to put up at our trailer. I was fed up with all the “Welcome to paradise, Life’s better at the lake, My kids are little angels”, mamby-pamby signs. So, I got Lisa to make us our own little sign.

I loved it but it was a little too harsh for Rosalie so Jim said we should add a little something to make it genuinely Canadian and he came up with this…

Thank you Jim for coming up with the idea and thank you Lisa for making it for us. Rosalie’s much happier now.

As well as being a talented craftsperson, Lisa also takes after her Dad when it comes to other things like fishing. Her husband Peter didn’t do too bad either.

They had a good fishing trip and shared some of the catch with us. Rosalie and I had fish three days in a row and we loved it.

On a different note; I am still experimenting with the bokashi compost. I hadn’t touched it for a while as we had been away, so when we got back I opened up the bucket expecting a horrendous odour. I was pleasantly surprised at how little smell there was and what there was of it, wasn’t bad at all. The reason for that is, instead of just rotting, the bran that we add to it ferments the waste.

Even the juices running out of the bottom of the pail didn’t smell so I mixed it with lots of water and fed some of the flowers with it.

I’ve filled my first bucket and now have to leave it for two weeks to brew a bit before putting it in the garden for another two weeks before planting. It should just be in time for us to head back to Mexico in a couple of weeks. Geepers, it’s getting close. It was 9 C outside this morning so I think it’s time.