Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Canada Day


Happy Canada Day, eh! We are close to the water but it is still far too hot to do much outside. Norma planned to be out in the garden by 7:00 AM but we both slept until almost 9:00. She did an hour or so before she got chased in by the heat.

I ripped some cedar boards salvaged from the old fence and made a couple of trellis' for the rose bushes and some stakes for the garden but that was it for me as well.

There is activity in town today. Helicopters have been roaring back and forth along the beach as someone is selling sightseeing tours from town. Ships are sounding their horns and our two pair of nesting eagles are spending their day off teaching their young ones how to fish. Always fun to watch.

Our deer made a very quick incursion yesterday. Norma was out with the car and as she turned into the driveway coming home she startled two deer who were studying the gate. One took off into the neighbour's yard and the other somehow got in between two wire strands in the gate. Norma beeped the horn to get my attention and I yelled at her to open the gate and block the deer's way back around the house. I went around the house in the opposite direction and between us we convinced the deer to go back down the driveway. I don't know when she had the chance but on her way by she ate Norma's brand new white rose bush! I added more stainless steel wire strands to the gate and added some ties so there is no way they can get in that way again. No Way!



10 comments:

  1. Amazing! They sure know when it's NOT hunting season. Happy Canada day to you both.

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    1. They don't care. We are in the city so no shooting any time, they are safe. We can actually get almostclose enough to them at times to smack them in the ass. Not that it would do any good.

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  2. Yet another episode of Annie Get Your Gun! Happy Canada Day! A wonderful country that I can say I visited and was treated like royalty.

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    1. You and Juan ARE royalty. To us anyway..

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  3. Happy Canada Day eh!!!!
    Good luck with keep those deer out.

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    1. and yes Happy Canada Day, eh! to all of you...

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  4. "... so there is no way they can get in that way again. No Way!"

    Love your optimism amigo!

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    1. The one thing I have learned is that the deer are WAY smarter than me.

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