Delicious! I am surprised so many even made it into the bowl.

My son tried dipping rhubarb in white sugar for the first time today. The dentist he saw this week said juice was terrible. Ha ha, he would be appalled but rhubarb and sugar dipping is such a fond memory from my childhood we had to do it. It reminds me of those long summer days of fun as a kid and the tasty goodies we enjoyed from the garden, like Mrs. Blais’ raspberry jam and our elderly neighbour Rose’s pickled carrots. I remember eating a whole jar with my little friend Sarah on the rock wall by her house one day. I don’t recall getting sick from eating too many just how good they tasted.

Playing with cardboard.

My nieces were over last night for homemade pizza and they requested heart shaped pizza. This is so easy and they were so pleased. Their simple enjoyment of something small like heart shaped food is a good reminder to me that I need to take joy out of the small things in life. It is so easy to get caught up in life’s worries and forget to just really enjoy the little stuff. Luckily kids always remind me of this. I have been working on a large painting which has been taking up a lot of my creative time. So I though I would share some art even if its not mine. This is my son’s first crayon drawing! Enjoy your day!

Another fair has come and gone. Summer wouldn’t be complete without chuck wagon races, veggy critters, small parades with lots of candy, every kind of pie under the sun and making yourself sick on fresh corn on the cob.

We headed to the farm after Piprell because we were going to go the Kelvington Fair on the weekend. We went on a long hike while my parents babysat and picked tons of wild raspberries. We found quite a few wild strawberries as well which we just ate. They are so tiny and so good. It would take you a week to fill a cup of them though. I will have to make something tasty with my raspberries and post it.

We had another great time with the family up at Piprell lake. All the cousins had a blast together. We had good weather and the fishing was better this year. I was able to go see some of the gem lakes for the first time as well and now I want to go back and see all of them. H. went belly boating with us and had a bottle and napped the whole time.