Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts

3.5.13

Canadian Tire Garden Centre: Spring Review 2013

I did a recon missing to check out the Canadian Tire this year... looking pretty good this season, I might say. The inventory looks very healthy, very vigorous, nice sized plants, no pests, no moss. Some plants of course are decent deals and where as others are absolute steals. They like to rip you off in some areas, but I'll always give it high grades for clearance sales. I have also never lost a plant from Canadian Tire, they always come back the next year.
Large pots of Strawberries, Rhubarb, and Raspberries
Tradescantia "Red Cloud"...
I bought Tradescantia "Pink", they also had "Osprey"
(Must add that to my Wish-List)
Giant Colombine Flowers "Red & White"
Bonnie's Plants (Herbs, Veggies,  Fruits, Annuals)
Small perennials on sale for $1.89... price usually dips
again in July when the centres close for the season
Fruit trees selection at Canadian Tire,
Plums, Pears, Cherries and more...
They were flowering the second time I visited,
really lovely plants,  about $40.00 each
...More Canadian Tire visits to come!

20.8.10

Cottage Life!


Sorry, It's been so long. I haven't been on my computer or watched a lot of TV recently, the weather has been to good! The family has been super busy as well, from sports, the dog, the cottage and friends. Recently we spent a week up at my uncle Alain's sister's (Frances Lajeuness) cottage. I drove up on a Saturday with my grandma and aunt Cheryl. They even let me drive a couple kilometres on the cottage roads. It was funny to see the line of cars behind me, even if I was going to speed limit.

We arrived all in one piece and had a nice quiet evening and rainy day with Paula, Alain and Malin, before Mark, Tamara, (cousins) Emma, Brooke, Joel and puppy Claira arrived. They bring lots of fun, and there was always lots to do when they were around! I went on a boat tour with all the kids, and Emma and I caught up down by the dock. There was also so much food, it was hard to believe that water was the only thing we really ran out of all week.

The next day we all made bets on when my family would arrive. Based on the "normal" family, if they departed around 11-11:30am they would arrive around 4-4:30. Therefor I bet they would arrive at 6:30, with Aidan and Bronwyn being car-sick victims and Scamp needing breaks, and everybody getting hungry. The bets filled in from around 5:30 to 7:15pm. To every one's delight, the Sweeney-Rogers family rolled in at around 8:30pm.

The rest of the week was spent in half chaos and half gloriously sunny weather, enjoying good-eats, warm water, water sports, a little fishing, a trip to the island and camping out under attack of raccoons. We even had an outing to the dump to see some bears, and my dad and I enjoyed an evening canoe paddle around Little Kenisis Lake.



2.7.10

Happy 143 Canada!

"Canada will be a strong country when Canadians of all provinces feel at home in all parts of the country, and when they feel that all Canada belongs to them." - Pierre Elliot Trudeau
I spent Canada day at Riverside Park in Guelph. Rosalie, my grandmother lives right across from the park, with her balcony in full view of the firework action. Paula, Alain and Malin watched up stairs with Bronwyn and my mother. Aidan and I enjoyed the music, food and display with our friends down in the park. I met up with some of my best friends and we all watched the fireworks together and just had a blast, like we usually do.

If anything the last 4 or 5 months have made me feel more Canadian than ever. Tapping maple trees and making my own syrup, snowshoeing, making my own muk-luks, camping in every season, cameoing, hiking, swimming in every body of water I could get near and so much more. I'm loving the life-style I've been developing and I am ready to take it to new heights.