My Sphagetti Squash

 

After many trials & errors, I finally found a method to manually pollinate the squash flowers so the squash would actually grow. Beleive it or not, this is the first success. Hopefully more will grow.

Strawberries Picking 2nd Time

 

 

 

Monday morning Ron & I acompanied 2 friends to go strawberries picking. I was pleasantly surprised that even this late in strawberry season the farm was still able to provide such good quality strawberries to pick from. They were all huge and juicy. After we got home we had them washed and dipped in chocolate. As I was running out of containers Ron suggested to put them in an egg crate. The strawberries were so big that they fit perfectly in every egg slot. It was so cute.

Big Sweet Cherries

 

A closer look at the cherries we picked...

Cherry Picking

 

 

 

Sunday afternoon, I was a bit tired but I didn't want to waste my holiday in bed. I did a little research the night before and found out the closest cherry farm would be close to Niagara Falls. I thought, "If it's that far, I either go this weekend or I won't get to go at all". So right after a wedding helpers' meeting, 2 friends and I headed toward the farm.

QEW was jam packed, we snailed 1/3 of our way and decided to go local. While we were driving through the small towns we saw tons of gorgeous houses that backed on the lake. We also drove through a town called "Old Oakville" which looked like another Main Street. After over 2 hours drive (which was suppose to be only an hour distance) we arrived. The farm that we went to called "E. D. Smith". When we got there we were surprised by their level of security. We were not allow to bring in our own containers, in fact we weren't even allow to bring in backpacks or handbags of any sort! When we lined up to pay for our entrance there were several staffs checking all the girls' purses. Even water bottles were not allowed in the farm. Anyhow, we left literally everything in the car so there was nothing for them to check. Once we entered, we kept on randomly picking cherries off every tree we passed by to taste them but the cherries were all sour! We went further and further into the farm and the flavor didn't changed much. Just as we were getting disappointed one of my gfs found 2 trees which had tons of cherries that were actually sweet!!! After that we basically picked all our cherries from that 2 trees. Believe me, after picking 22lbs, they stilll looked untouched. There were still loads more cherries on them.

My Dream Home

 

I was going to post few pictures of my fishing trip. However that trip had a long story behind which I didn't feel like writing it all out. As I was flipping through the other photos that Ron took (Ron had no interests in fishing so he was playing with my camera while we were on the boat) I saw this picture.

When we were sailing by this house we saw this house with a plane that could land on water. I always told him I wanted a plane like that one day. That way we could land in any water, open the cabin door and fish right off the plane. It would be great if we could live in a house like this off a lake...

Beautiful Butterfly

 

 

This past Saturday morning while I was cutting some lavenders (the purple flowers) 2 butterflies were hanging out in my garden. They were so beatiful. If you saw them up close you would notice the details of their wings, the patterns, the colors.

I love my garden, whether it's the flower beds or the veggie barrels, because they make me forget about work and all the stress in life. It makes me very happy when I see that my plants are growing. It makes a difference in my routined life. It reminds me that living is more than just time-passing.

First Pea Crops

 

I have sugar snap & snow peas this year.
Finally this pass weekend I had the previleage of hand picking my very own peas.