Thursday, June 30/2011

It is the last day of June and I can hardly believe that we have already spent 8 weeks here in Canada. The days are now getting shorter as we have passed the magic date of June 21st.
Today John is to get the fancy new winch on "Old Blue" (our latest acquisition) and hopefully get the tabs welded on to the bumper so that it can be towed behind the bus.
The garden requires my attention and being that I really don't have much on my agenda for today,  I decide to get out there and do some weeding.  It looks like it could rain again so it would be nice to get some of it done before that happens.
John started on the winch install when Gary came over (beer in hand) to check out the new truck.  Since it is rude to allow anyone to actually drink by themselves, we both had to stop for refreshments.  Dave soon appeared (beer in hand) to check out the work in progress - which now was not really "in progress" at all!!
There were several oohhs and aahhs  about the winch and the truck and then it started raining.  It was time to move the chairs under the awning and enjoy nature's watering can!!  It turned quite cold during the rain and we suspected that there was hail in the area.  Within 30 minutes, the rain was done and the sun was shining like crazy. Gary and Dave went home and John and I watched the first official game of the 2011 Canadian football season.
Once that was over and supper was done, John went out to start a fire. It has turned out to be a wonderful evening.  It is grad weekend in Leoville tonight and I am sure there is going to be a party or two in town tonight.
Beef stopped by and we sat around the fire and enjoyed good conversation, lots of laughs and a few refreshments.  Life is good!!
As we were sitting there, Beef noticed the Northern Lights had come out to provide some wonderful entertainment in the skies.   I thought that they really only appeared closer to the Fall but after doing a little research through Google, learned that they most often occur around the equinoxes.  Fascinating!!
What a pleasure it was watching them and I couldn't help but think how lucky we are to witness one of Nature's most beautiful phenomenons.  A nice way to end the evening.