Saturday 30 July 2011

first tomato salad from the garden

Lauren made a delicious salad for lunch yesterday with fresh tomatoes and basil from the garden

Friday 29 July 2011

July pics

Lisa & Adam harvesting the lavender crop
                                          


drying racks of lavender in the upper story of Scott's Barn   scottsbarn.ca
                                          
Pat Scott of Scott's Barn lavender


Lauren working on her first knitted garment--WOODLAND HOODLET' from tiny owl knits tinyowlknits.com
                                          
                           


a little garden pic of clematis & echinacea
                                                    
Zinnia 'Lilliput' from a seed packet
                                          
homemade raspberry & blueberry vinegar steeping in jars

Monday 11 July 2011

tree frog on beehive

 
found this little fellow on the outside of the hive when I checked in on the bees--yikes!

Lavender festival; Scott's Barn in Grafton, Ontario

 
Site of lavender festival July 9 & 10, 2011 in Grafton, Ont.www.scottsbarn.ca/lavender-festival.htm -

picturesque fragrant lavender fields overlooking Lake Ontario

Sunday 10 July 2011

 
Pier at the Cobourg Waterfront lit up on the holiday weekend with midway rides

Canada Day

 
Archie wearing his maple leaf scarf-- a gift from Frances.  A relatively new Canadian, he came from Ohio to a shelter in Whitby, Ontario in 2009.