My Weekend Treat

We went for a little road trip on Saturday.

At one point we ended up in Orillia

at PATILERO (23 Mississaga St. East)

for a wee bite and a chance to sit 

and watch the world go by.

If you are a regular reader of this blog 

you will know that I have a bit of a 'thing'

for really good food and sweets in particular.

This perfect little wild blueberry pie

(I'll call it a pie rather than a really big tart)

was EXCELLENT.

Even in this photo you can see how

flakey the pastry was.

And, it was filled with blueberries, not filler

with a few berries tossed in for measure.

July, road trip, blueberries, good tunes on the car stereo.

A perfect weekend treat 

We've got TOMATOES

I can see it now .....

baskets and baskets and ripe tomatoes

all ready the same week in August.

I need to search recipes now.

It's daylilly season

My husband calls them

ditch weeds.

My mother refers to them as ditch lillies

They are both wrong

They are WONDERFUL

Baby Tomatoes

I'm planning an Italian inspired dinner in about 4 weeks from now

Have Green Thumb- Will travel

It's early July,

hot, hot, hot, 

dry, dry, dry,

Diligence in the garden in key.

My planters get water and fertilizer (a light feeding) daily

Slow release into the beds

Hanging baskets in full sun

sometimes get watered twice daily

It's worth it in the long run

The colour feels good

It will feel even better in February

Saving sunshine for the long cold winter

This planter I picked up last week reduced to clear ($7)

It look so bad.

I've been feeding, watering and clipping 

and I am starting to see what the colours will be

The results are worth the effort

Hot Long Weekend

It's the Canada Day Long Weekend

once again.

Tomorrow our town will be hosting 

it's annual Canada Day Parade

As with most community parades

there will be 

horses

seniors

flags

And kids on bikes.

Looking forward to tomorrow.

I think we might need to find a different spot on the route

as each years pictures

look much

like the

year before

Home Again

All great adventures must come to a close.

After a brief delay in Vancouver

Hannah and I arrived home very early Friday morning.

I'm still feeling a little punch drunk from the time change

and two weeks of constant movement,

but I still wanted to share these last three images from

Gabriola Island

The beach at Sandwell Provincial Park

Shells on a long, Drumbeg Provincial Park

This most lovely dedication of a bench, obviously for

a couple who admired the peace, view and calm of this place

as much as they loved each other.