Hitchin' post

We're getting a good dose of Kamloops hot, summer weather. Temps are predicted to hit the low 40's early next week with the high 30's being the norm the last few days. Even up at our place we've been seeing high 20's dipping into the teens overnight. It's about bloody time! I love the summer...the sunshine...hot days...warm nights...very little snowplowing! The dogs have both had their summer haircuts recently. I've included a picture but as many of you know, Joey hates being photographed, so I snapped this one as she was leaving.
Seriously, though, we are already starting to think about prepping for winter. Wood needs to be cut, split and stacked. Hay needs to be sourced and reserved for fall delivery. Annual maintenance on our equipment has to be done in the next few months. Come to think of it, I'd better get the snow tires off the car, for a few months at least. But, hey, before all this talk of winter, we've got a wedding in September to prepare for! Yep, if you didn't know already, Carol and I are getting hitched on September 13th. Carol jokes (?) that she chose the date partly because we can celebrate our anniversary every once in a while on Friday, the 13th. Hmmmm...

Anyway, we have a small group of friends and family travelling to Kamloops to help us celebrate. Thanks to our good friends, Bud and Lea Thorson, the wedding will be outdoors at Dreamscape Ranch with our friend, Roy, officiating the ceremony. Dress is cowboy casual, with jeans, boots and hats encouraged! We're providing wine with dinner and maybe some beer or whatever afterward, but BYOB will be the order of the day. Dreamscape Ranch is a "Bed 'n' Breakfast" so a few rooms are available for those needing accomodations. We're keeping our fingers crossed for good weather or we may be saying our "I do's", in the barn. Think good thoughts, everyone.
We're working hard at our jobs and trying to fit some time in to finish a few house projects before the big day arrives. It's still more than two months away, but it feels like we're rushing to get things done! Speaking of projects, we built a raised garden bed this year and planted a bunch of different stuff to see what thrived and what didn't. Well, we just had some lettuce and radishes the other night...grown on our farm...in our little garden! Very cool and yummy. We can't wait for the peas, carrots, beets and peppers to be ready! Sadly, none of our tomato seeds survived. We'll have to do a better job next year of starting them indoors and growing them to a more robust size before moving them to the garden. If this garden does work out, perhaps we can add another one next year as this one is only 16 feet by 4 feet.