Boring post ahead

Another laid back week, I could get used to this. :) And oh my goodness, the cool temperatures definitely settled in. While we didn't see it here, portions of the province did see frost overnight mid-week. There were many photos of sad cucumber and pumpkin vines on the FB Saskatchewan gardeners group. Here the cherry tomatoes continue to keep on coming, the lettuce hasn't yet gone to seed, but the peas are done. 

I was late planting sweet peas, and they are finally blooming. My mother always had these, usually marking the entrance to her vegetable garden. The flowers bring back many memories.

I did spend a wee bit of time a couple of mornings, moving rocks and digging up the flower bed. It's slow going though, as there are rocks under the dirt as well, and some of the rocks are large and too heavy for me to move very far. I suspect D and I need to work together to continue this process.

Both the day lilies and regular lilies are blooming all over the yard. According to Google lens, the lily in Wednesday's photo is a tiger lily. I believe there are wild and domesticated version of these lilies. When I was a child, I remember searching the ditches near the farm for them, but I don't recall my mom growing any. We have masses of them in this yard, along the fence and on either side of the row of peonies. ( as viewed from my bedroom window) Whoever started the flower beds here in this yard had imagination and put in a lot of work. However, the previous owner allowed the weeds to make serious in-roads, while the house was vacant for a year. To his credit, he did hire someone to mow the lawn.

Meanwhile, I watched more of the Olympics. Men's and women's hammer throw was interesting and particularly exciting because both golds were won by Canadians. I've been enjoying watching the various races, the steeplechase was exciting and then sad, as one of the racers was hurt and taken off the track on a stretcher. I do hope he is okay. By end of day Friday, Canada had doubled the number of expected medals, with at least a couple more possible over the end of the event. Good for the athletes who worked so hard to get to the top of their chosen sport.

Eli had day camp on Wednesday and Thursday this week. Because of the cooler weather, they were able to play outdoors all morning on Wednesday, something our (not-so) little guy enjoys very much. Thursday was even more exciting as the program came to our town to visit the arcade - another one of his favorite activities. I took advantage of the time to myself to catch up on some housework, vaccuming the main floor, laundry, and a bit of decluttering.

I ran out briefly to buy a few grocery items - mostly sale items - on Friday, and then spent some time outside deadheading flowers and chatting with my friend S on the phone. She's been quite sick for awhile and has finally convinced her doctor to send it to a specialist. Hopefully she gets some answers to explain the issue and find proper treatment.

I did manage to finish the older children's mittens made - there are five, and have started the baby's. He's about five months old, so I need an infant size. Free patterns for thumbless mitts seem to be hard to come by and are generally knit with two needles. I prefer four double pointed needles so I don't have to sew up seams. So, I'm playing with the number of stitches and the size of the mitt - I've already frogged it twice. Wish me luck!

The warmer temps are expected to return early next week. In the meantime, I'm enjoying not needing to use the a/c. A night or two of open windows cooled the house down nicely. We've nothing specific planned for the weekend. More Olympics, baseball, knitting and perhaps some park time is likely.

Have a great week ahead, everyone!