Flags  

So here we are smack dab in the middle of the World Cup  

At first one could be forgiven for not knowing it was going on, after all Canada has no team represented this year , not for a lack of trying as we participated in the qualifying rounds as did most of the world but did not qualify , but as the tournament progresses the evidence of interest was apparent in the few flags one could see attached to car windows as we drove to and fro. Now more then a week in there is a United Nations of flags being flown around town !!! , and interestingly the occasional Canadian flag , which makes me wonder is it an insecure Canadian misunderstanding soccer fanaticism ? and finding it necessary to show national pride and rebuke the horde of supposed invaders ? or is it like my daughter says an early celebration of Canada Day ?? 

hummm ... 

Ok enough with that , so once again here I sit as rain falls outside , not as bad as last week just thunderstorms this afternoon . And once again no adventure this weekend either , the house beckoned , it needed attention again , well not so much the house as the yard , procrastination during the week meant a trip to the dump with the pruned branches and then lawn mowing which I really dislike doing on my day off but since we don't own goats I had to start up the ferrari and cut . 

Keeping the place tidy takes time !!!

Ever since we moved here Ev has wanted a flower bed under our front maple and I have done everything possible to dissuade her , but this past week two very sad Hosta plants appeared plonked down at the base of the tree , 

more of a hint was just impossible ! , 

so off I went and bought soil and two additional "perky" Hostas and with a little work and a few extra stones a found in the back yard vola a flower bed was born . 

I actually was quite happy with the results , I think Ev was in shock : ) 

The next day she calls me in a panic , me thinking the worse I get ready for BAD NEWS , but it turns out that it was just bad news , apparently our healthy population of squirrels discovered the new bed and were digging it up with gusto !! , who knows why , I don't really understand these squirrels that well , just about every house on the block has a bird feeder and even though a lot of them are the squirrel proof kind they still manage to raid them , our guys have become amazing jumpers , if I didn't know better I would think they are flying squirrels , and with all that year round buffet available they should spend the summer relaxing and lounging about , instead they still find the need to spend hours burying bounty all over the back yard with slim hope of getting to it in winter when it's frozen in the ground and covered but a couple of feet of snow , 

but I am not a squirrel so who am I to question their logic ?

The result of putting in the new bed is that every day when I get home now I park and walk over to the tree and have to put back handfuls of soil that the varmints excavated out in their daily ritual , yesterday I actually caught one red handed , but he wasn't  bothered by me until I pulled out the camera and then he v lined it to the neighbours property .

Saturday also was game 2 for Argentina , with a last minute , very last minute win against Iran clinching a birth into the second stage of 16 , this time we hosted the BBQ .

I am on a Canadian beer kick ever since my cousins came to visit , and it has nothing to do with the flag invasion going on : ) , it was my brother who suggested we treat them to some local brew to give them a flavour of Canadiana , so I bought a six pack of Mad Tom IPA from Maskoka Brewery and instantly disliked the first bottle I drank , but since I had six and I'm not inclined to waste I have been drinking one a day and I have found that I actually like them as long as I drink them straight out of the bottle and not a glass , ah I'm getting weird in my not so young days !!! 

Cheers !!