The second major holiday weekend of the summer…and we have gone all out at the park…with live music, a food truck, and a fireworks display oh my. I say this is a major holiday but we call it Canada Day like seriously, all our holiday names are a little weak…I mean you just have a look at at the names Victoria Day, Canada Day, Civic Holiday, the only one that stands for anything that someone not from Canada can maybe get a handle on is Labour Day and then we spell it differently than our America neighbours.

If you have to explain what the holiday is I think you have missed the mark! Look at our friends to the south… Memorial Day, Independence Day, Presidents Day they all give you a pretty good idea what the celebration is all about…just try explaining to your America friends Victoria Day and why we are celebrating a dead queen from another country, I know there is more to Victoria Day than that but we even think so much of it that we just call it the May 24 weekend…just saying.

And Canada Day, why not Confederation Day at least it would have some significance. I remember when they changed it to Canada Day it used to be Dominion Day some politicians wanted it to be called Flag Day…now that is even lamer than Canada Day. Canadians are a proud bunch, oh sure we have our political goofs but so does every country, but we just don’t beat our chest and shout it out loud, we are more meek and to use a British term more refined (Iknow that isn’t exactly how you would describe me…lol) but it is how many people see Canadians, the people that say sorry and Eh, which has become how many of our southern friends see their northern friends from the great white northern tundra.

But all things considered it was a great day, the food from the food truck was great, Laurie had some waffle cut sweet potato fries and I had some loaded regular fries with bacon, sour cream, onions, cheese and some hot peppers. The band put on a good show with a good variety of tunes and the kids seemed to have a good time and as the evening turned to darkness the park put on an amazing fireworks display that seemed to be the perfect topper to a great Canada Day Celebration.

Wednesday is lawn mowing day, and we are finally getting so warm weather 25 or 82 degrees which is great but such a sudden change, from long sleeve shirts and sweat shirts to Tee shirts and some real heat and of course along comes our humidity….no no I’m not complaining just making an observation. because the lawns have been growing so quickly weekly cuts are almost not enough so I will mow today and try to do another trim on Friday morning as now I have rows of grass clippings to deal with. But all the lawns and the laneway have been cut.

Thursday will be weed whacking day as we prepare for the holiday weekend, we are going to have live music in the park, and hope to have the band set up on the lawn for every one to enjoy so. I also have to run the honey wagon around to do a few pump outs as well as some tank level maintenance as we prepare for an influx of summer campers, as well as my regular task of keeping the pool chemicals adjusted properly, with more use and the temperature of the water rising it becomes even more important. With the solar heater for the pool we have snuck up into the 24 or 80 degree range, it can climb a couple of degrees a day on a sunny day, and we have chased the temperature with the pool heater to maintain the temperature over night and on the cloudy days….the whole solar thing still amaze me, being able to harness the power of the sun for heat and power…just saying

Well Friday rolled around and got the lawn removed but a torrential downpour prevented the use of the blower to clean up the grass clippings so they will get tracked into the washrooms and of course the pool area…oh boy!

I put up my new embroidered Canada flag and we have not had any wind since for me to actually see it flying, but I love the colour as the last one faded so bad, not impressed. I find it somewhat ironic that you have to really hunt to find a Canadian flag that is made in Canada, the last one I bought was made in the USA but the quality was not good, and many made in Canada flags are poor quality as well…just saying