I got caught in that intense hailstorm last week and I have never been so terrified behind the wheel of my car. It was like driving on marbles. What a strange storm that devastated Black Diamond and didn’t touch Turner Valley. The flowers at my house were spared and, surprisingly enough, my vegetable garden a half mile away and right in the eye of the storm didn’t suffer very much damage either.
I’m not sure I’m winning the fight with the dandelions on the lawn at VNC. Now that they have stopped blooming in profusion, I thought it was a safe time to attack them as they are taking over the grass completely. The courtyard is finished, the new sod is beautiful, Randy has mowed it for the second time and the peony that Margaret gave us in memory of her Mom is in bloom, along with many of the other perennials, and the bench is in place. Come by and see what you think.
Sheldon Kennedy is one of eight distinguished Albertans who will receive the Alberta Order of Excellence in October. I can’t think of anyone more deserving.
We attended the Blackie parade and pancake breakfast on Canada Day, then to George Lane Park for birthday cake and on to the festivities at the Bar U. A full day but so much fun.
