Sunday, May 29/2016 - Saturday, June 4/2016

Sheldon got the garden rototilled and ready for planting so on Sunday, Shirley and I got everything in the ground except for the potatoes.  My hips were on a constant protest so thought the potatoes could wait for another day.  As it happened, the rains came and the spuds were not in the ground until Tuesday!!  Either way, the garden is now done so all that remains is to sit and watch it grow!!

Apparently this is a favorite pose!!

The weather has been rainy and cloudy and often chilly this week but I hear that it is supposed to be getting warmer.  That would be a good thing.
We travelled to Meadow Lake this week and bought a new riding mower and a weed wacker so now John can cut the grass and perhaps the mosquitos can just leave the yard!!  They love tall grass so there will be no reason for them to stay!!
Cooper has managed to escape the yard and terrorize the town children with his puppy antics so John had to screw a board on the bottom of the fence where he makes his great escape!!  He loves kids and whenever he hears them, he rushes to the fence in the hopes of playing with them!!  Well, that just doesn't work for everyone, especially the little girl who is terrified of dogs!!  Gosh, I can not wait until this "puppy" phase is over!!
We took another trip down the north road this week and met Dave and Shirley on their way back to town.  They had left a bit earlier to do some shooting with Dave's little 22 rifle.   When they saw us, they turned around and joined us for a refreshment at mile 13 and both John and Dave did some target practise with the gun.  Of course the "target" was an abandoned 1 pound propane bottle so before too long the air stunk like propane!!  Cooper didn't seem to mind the sound of the rifle so that perhaps is a good thing.  He was more interested in all the different smells again.  He did find some horse shit to sample!!
I have a few more shifts scheduled at the nursing home this week and that is a good thing.  Time to get back into gear.  Hopefully my hips cooperate.
Another awesome week has come and gone......  Life is good!!

Cooper checking out the new mower

He is certainly a cuddly little thing