Time For a Catch Up

   Feeling very guilty as much has gone on since my last post. Will try to update my goings on. It was very hot until Thursday when we had a humungous rain storm which ushered in cooler nights (high 'teens). It is still hot during the day but at least we can get some sleep at night!

    A week last Sunday was Canada Day and we had a good turnout for the holiday social at the tennis club. People were actually playing in the heat - not me! Lunch was barbecued chicken skewers with bean salad, greens and potatoes. Dessert was a very good Canada Day cake and there were leftovers for us to finish up at the Tuesday round robin.

  On Thursday we had a cruise of the harbour aboard the Mariposa. I forgot my camera which is a shame as we had some great views of the city from the water. I was amazed how many trees could be seen despite the area being almost completely built up. We had a buffet lunch but it was extremely hot on the boat - no breeze out on the water at all! Before returning home we had a visit to the Distillery district and found some relief in the air conditioned shops there. I got some really good Greek olive oil for salads.

   Since then I have been binge watching Wimbledon - still one Canadian left in the men's draw but all the past ladies top seeds are gone, so it will be an unseeded player who wins this year. It is shown in the mornings here which has worked for me - I can get on with other things for the rest of the day.

July Flowers in my Garden

Phlox

Day Lilies

Bee Balm

Balloon Flowers

Don't know the name of this shrub - I used to have four of them but the others expired. This one hung on and is gradually filling out again.

The Last of the Strawberries

   My annual visit to the strawberry fields yielded 6 jars of strawberry jam, one strawberry and rhubarb pie and seven jars of strawberry rhubarb jam, plus quite a few that just got dunked in sugar and went straight in my mouth! It's been a busy couple of days but that will stand me in good stead for the rest of the year.

   It's a holiday today so I didn't go anywhere - mostly watching Wimbledon and making the last batch of jam. It clouded over at one point and we had a few sprinkles of rain so I managed to get the grass cut. Not enough rain to wet the garden so I had better get the hose out and give everything a drink. Still hot!

Dizzy

    The room was spinning when I woke up this morning but, despite feeling off colour all day, I have managed to carry out my usual Saturday chores. Still headachy and a bit queasy so have taken it easy. I think I may have got a touch of heat stroke when I was picking strawberries yesterday.

   It is still blazingly hot so have stayed indoors all day except for a quick run to the grocery store as everything will be closed tomorrow and Monday for Canada Day. I was in the pool twice but came back indoors almost right away as it was too hot and humid to dry off outside.

   I got a batch of jam made this afternoon - thank goodness for air conditioning - but still have enough strawberries left to make a pie and freeze some. I used most of the very ripe berries so, hopefully, the others will last a couple more days in the fridge.