Strawberries and Cream at Wimbledon

   Still very hot so the A/C has been churning away for the last few hours. The grandkids were over yesterday for a cool-off in the pool and I have been in several times a day as well.

   I remembered to take my camera to the Wimbledon social at the tennis club on Tuesday... then forgot to bring it home! But now I have it, somebody had put it safely in the office for me. We all wore our tennis whites (except for the guy in the red shirt!)

Nancy Jean dishing out the strawberries and cream. There were also blueberry muffins and lemon drizzle cupcakes.

This is our large, air-conditioned lounge - very welcome on a hot day. Everyone enjoying their treats!

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!