Here she is!

Yes our newest granddaughter arrived on July 22 early in the morning- Keziah Mary Verhoog (look in the Book of Job- near the end) Here she is on the big day.
I am leaving Jonah in charge of keeping Garry out of trouble when I fly to Manitoba on the 13th to meet her (and play with her sisters)Garry got home from his quick trip to Crimea on Monday, took the stitches out of his hand and got to work on Tuesday- here he is mixing cement with Jonah and Maxim to cover the milkhouse septic system. He is still trying to get the baler working as it has decided to quit working after getting 3/4 of the straw baled in the field he bought- the owners are are not in a big hurry to get it plowed - but would be great to get it done!



We are having the same hot dry weather as Russia but no forest fires here- just the annoying neighbours burning garbage at dusk fires- a bother when you want to cool off the house at night. It is 40-42 C during the day, and about 25-30 at night. Garry has rigged up a sprinkler for the garden- after several weeks of this heat and no water- it is not looking too good- even the beets were wilting in the photo with the puppy.
To make it worse the potato bugs have finished off the potato plants and are chewing up the eggplant and tomatoes just as they are ready to eat- I am picking bugs and dropping them into a Coke bottle but it seems to be a losing battle! Last year we sprayed the eggplant and then watched as the bugs ate the leaves, stems and finally the eggplants in the time we were waiting for them to be safe to eat. So I hope to have a lot of produce in the freezer when I leave for home. So far- corn, salsa and I am doing some eggplant/zuchinni today.