A small delay

Well the plan was I'd be at the airport now waiting for my flight to Ukraine, but due to some last minute possible health concerns, I'm staying in Canada an extra couple weeks. It's likely nothing serious, but its hard to get treatment when you have a language handicap!  I am already booked for a couple more babysitting jobs with the kids.

Meanwhile Garry is excited to be finishing the hay yesterday and continuing to put together all the small plastic lines' connection fittings into the big flat lay hoses for the irrigation. They got the water going on the field from last year yesterday evening. That field  is much bigger than last year. They also had to replace a number of the pieces as the threading was messed up on some last year and they leaked. It's like they had a mix of metric and imperial threads so some did not work well together.

More parts were due to arrive today, and the rest later in the week so they should have the new cornfield ready to get water on soon. It remains dry there as usual.

Our teacher from Zaporosia, Larissa, with some of the students

Today was the last day of class for the year, as everyone will be busy with summer work until fall. Victor with the help of former student Andrey who was visiting for the Trinity Day holiday Monday, harvested the first honey of the year. The other guys were baling hay.





Should lots of sweet stuff to eat when I get back, as Sunday afternoon I helped Garry make cherry jam via messenger chat. I believe Garry said that Sasha Boderenko showed up with two bowls of cherries he'd picked. He and the girls did the hard part of pitting ,chopping and cooking; while I proved moral support and hints on where equipment was hiding, for making seven and half jars of jam.

He's there!

Garry made it safely to Dnepro about 11:30 pm Wednesday his time (late afternoon here in Manitoba). He told me that he was going to check out the cornfields by headlights on his way home with Victor, but I have not talked to him again. I assume he is very busy and has not had time to post any photos. They are supposed to be putting the little plastic irrigation lines in the corn fields, and I don't know how much was completed when he arrived.

His flight left Toronto an hour late, but they made it up and landed on time. His flight to Kiev left Munich on time but landed late and his suitcase was the last one off, however he took a taxi to the train station and made his train (the timing was a little tight to make the fast train this time).

Here in Manitoba the boys have about 500 acres left to plant in corn, they are getting the ground ready yet for planting closer to the barns. They are already missing their extra tractor driver (Garry).  I have started getting a few things done around the house, and finally washed the last of the borrowed tablecloths from the wedding and returned them yesterday.

Garry's dad meeting baby Carson

 Garry's dad flew back to Ontario yesterday, I think he really enjoyed staying at our son's house for the week and getting to play with his great grandsons. Two of them live there, Isaac will be three this summer and wants to go outside all the time and great grandpa was willing to go with him. Eli is nine months and enjoyed sitting on his lap. It was disappointing that my dad was unable to fly up with my sister and niece for the wedding as planned after he needed a blood transfusion last week.

I am looking forward to attending our three oldest granddaughters' school concert and piano recital this afternoon.  Sunday evening I will be at Emmanuel EFree in Steinbach for the report night for the team that came this spring. It starts at 6:30 if you'd like to come.

Just as I finished this post he put up photos of making hay!

Wedding and goodbye

The wedding was on Saturday and everything went beautifully. Luke is our son who is as tall as his father and looks a lot like Garry did when he was younger.

Three of his brothers were in the wedding party, one did sound and Matthew, the pastor brother officiated. Garry's dad, who is also a pastor, did the blessing at the end of the ceremony.

The reception was at the farm gym, the tables looked good, the food was great, the kids had fun.

Except for when we tried to take the grandkids photo... maybe next time.

Garry will be off to Ukraine later today (Wednesday). His bag is packed and he's taking a few more turns around a field with the Salford, getting it ready to plant corn. I'll be around for two more weeks, hanging out with the kids, going to school concerts and other grandmother things.

He's in Canada, and probably on a tractor

Garry arrived a week ago today and except for sleeping, church, a couple of mission related meetings and the Sunday afternoon birthday party for two of our sons; has been driving tractor because the guys here were just getting started with spring planting when he arrived.

Garry tells me the corn in Ukraine was up, he could row it on Sunday before he left. When Garry got here I was in the middle of babysitting baby Carson for two days, so he got to meet him right away. All the family was here on Sunday for the birthday party- Matt was 37 on Thursday and Luke will be 27 on Wednesday (right before his wedding).

I expect Garry to spend a little more time with the family as the wedding approaches, both of our fathers are flying in over the next couple days. Then he will be off to the airport on Tuesday to check on his corn. They will be getting the irrigation tape in the ground soon.