corn

we harvested a few cobs of corn yesterday

enough for Ron to have a few helpings

(he is the only one here that eats corn)

 

 

we broke each cob in two pieces

so when I cook some for him

when they are frozen,

they will fit into a pot easier

 

blanched the corn for 2 minutes

 

drained the corn

 

wrapped in freezer paper

 

2 halves = 1 serving

 

then all the single-serving packs

are closed into zip-lock freezer bags,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



musket practice

they guys were out testing their new guns today..

 

Tyler was up first..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tyler's shots are the 3 making the curve

 

 

next up Ron...

 

 

 

 

 

Ron's 3 are..

just near the middle of the side of the box,

the one on the flap

and one shot went through one of the openings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



random pictures

the meat birds are doing well..

 

they have about a month left to grow

maybe two.. we'll see..

 

my favourite tree hasn't started changing colours yet

 

Charlie snoozing away in his dugout

 

Tyler and Ron bought new guns last weekend.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



blackberry season has begun!

 

while there were still a lot of red berries

there are a good amount of ones that have ripened

 

 

we will do the majority of the picking this weekend

when Ron is home..

 

I was not comfortable out in the bush

without him and his gun beside me ..

 

 

 

 



heat wave

the July heat wave started here yesterday..

 

hitting a high of

30 C

with a humidity level of 40 C

 

 today we are at 31 C

these temperatures are supposed
to hang around till Friday..

these are pictures at Jamieson Lake
Friday July 12..
sun was rising over the tree tops,
and mist was rising off the lake

 

 

 

 

and it was still as pretty

when we took the dogs down there,

after supper

 

 

 

 

Tyler and Hayley

were way ahead of us on the way home

(squint and you may see them near the middle of the picture)

 

we've been letting Charlie off his lease

for the last part of the walks home

(he's too tired then, he won't take off running haha)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Does a McD's hamburger decompose?

I've seen those pictures

floating around the internet for a while now..

 

the ones that show a McDonald's hamburger,

and how, after a long period of time,

it looked the same as

the day the person bought it..

it talks about how the burger

does not go bad..

and if food doesn't decompose

it's an unhealthy food choice

(think Twinkie)

 

 

 

my curiosity got the better of me today..

 

going to do my own version of

myth busting...

 

 

today I went to our local McDonalds

and paid $1.35 for a plain,

(no condiments on it at all)

child's size hamburger

 

 

Tyler was with me,

and he commented how the burger doesn't even

smell appetizing anymore

(we haven't eaten at McD's for a couple of years

and we don't find that "fast food" smell

appealing at all)

 

 

I'll wrap this burger back up

in the wrapper it came in.. 

and leave it on the table in our living room..

 

I'll check it daily

and make notes as to if/when it starts to go bad

 

 

we did a unplanned experiment this past Christmas like this,

using those 2 bite cupcakes that are sold

in the local grocery stores..

chocolate ones with

white icing,

with coloured sprinkles on top...

 

the cupcakes started going hard a week past

their "best before date"

.. after 2 months I threw them out..

they  LOOKED exactly like they did

the day I bought them..

the only difference was that they were as hard as a rock

by the time I threw them out..

 

that was a big eye opener for Tyler,

and he's never asked me to buy him

a package of those cupcakes since

 

 

now I'm wondering if this experiment

is going to solidify our stance

to never eat at McD's again ;)  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



*THAT* tree is down!

that tree..

 

 

yep.. THAT one..

 

 

 

the one that Ron was repelling

back in October

 

it saw it's final day

 

Tuesday June 4th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUCCESS!

it's down!

 

the broken leg gets the last laugh ;)

 

 

and now the process

of turning it into firewood begins..

June 5th..