some of THE hunt.

nov.1 - 4, 2010

dad, murray and ryan come down for a hunt...
dad got his on mon, ryan and curt got theirs on tuesday. murray had to wait for the biggest one...got his on wed

here are the pictures i said i'd post awhile ago...
some pretty nice ones...all seemed to be around the same size...however, murray's was the biiiiiiggest!

ryan and his "catch"

curt... pretty impressed with his

where in the world is ... waldo? no..but can you find this wild animal?

some sighting pics

the boys were glad for nice weather... gorgeous weather for november!

neat pic

hmmmmm.... lots to choose from?!?!?

beautiful saskatchewan skies and sunset

ahhhh... there HE is

got 'im!

now... time to compare....

great hunt boys! we are now enjoying some roasts (actually quite good!..if you cook it right!)

looking forward to some sausage and jerky soon!

a sneak peak

the beginning of november, we get some hunters: dad, murray and ryan. the 4 boys go out hunting and each get their mule deer!

i have more hunting pics and close-ups, but will have to post later...
curt was pretty happy...his first mulie!

mmmmm...carrot pickles

this year i had a very prosperous carrot crop... so what do i do with all these carrots?!?!?!
i remember enjoying pickled carrots (and beans!) growing up.
i had never made them before and was discussing this with a co-worker...she seemed interested to learn how!
since both of us had never made pickled carrots before (OR EVEN CANNED for that matter!), we decided to tackle this little experiment last saturday afternoon!
this saturday, a jar was opened and did not last very long! so the experiment worked!

erica peeled so many carrots! THX dear!

a science lesson was refreshed here!

look at that wouldja?

of course, i didn't have fresh dill....BUT...did you know in the frozen aisle of wholesale club they have frozen fresh dill??? just like the fresh stuff...what a lifesaver!

now to seal and listen for a "pop"!

mmmm... couldn't wait to enjoy these!

october miscellaneous

like i said...this is the year of the spider...

another spider found in my front yard... must be all my hard work and pretty flowers to attract them here! ;)

neat pic with the flies in the web

some more insect life

i wish i would have taken more time to get some better photographs but these will have to do!

curt with bear - our only kitten left! :(

we were glad mom and dad could come down for a visit - a very quick visit... i think they didn't even stay 24 hrs!!!!!!!!!

anyways we had a good time, had a turkey dinner and celebrated mom's birthday too! (Oct. 9th)

my great parents :)

some more garden produce

at school, we had a cake and bingo night - we play bingo and each of the staff make a cake... students and parents buy tickets to guess who made what cake...

here is my golf scene - i'm not really into cake decorating but it worked!

Sunday, October 24th...was Curtis's birthday. I had some family over, on my side and Curt's. We had a great lunch... took all saturday afternoon and evening to prepare!

Rhett stuffing his face... he had his appendix out less than a week ago!

happy 29th!

last grass cutting took place on October 16th... what a year for the grass!

and 9-10 days later, we get this! cold, snow and gross! hope it's not here to stay!

an update...not too much happening...

finally i get back on here... it really helps if you upload your pictures more regularly i think!

since my last post... not too much has happened, well a few events, but not too many pictures to tell the story... so here goes.



sept.18th - the S.C flying club had their annual corn roast... since curt is the prez of the club, he did a lot (or most!) of the event organizing...

sept.20 - we celebrated arlene's birthday! (with a birthday supper at our house)

i made her a chocolate cheesecake...the frozen kind! yum

some lavatera from heather... THX! this flower is beautiful and i'm ready to invest in some

i believe 2010 is the year of the spider!!!! is that true...?? this summer i found so many interesting spiders (see post "mr. spider" august 2010)

this upcoming spider was found by the kids at school... called a "cat" spider

and very large in size!


see why it's called a "cat" spider?

some of my produce... magnificently HUGE potatoes!

ethnic supper!!!!!

friday, september 17th...

sylvia and i decided we needed a get together... so we planned an ethnic supper... we gave each couple/family a different country and they had to create/prepare a dish from their specific country!!!! we had a great turn-out and the food was FABULOUS!!!

curtis and i had the country of Vietnam

rice paper...




i made vietnamese fresh rolls - with vermicilli noodles, carrots, green onion, lettuce, and shrimp. i didn't have sprouts and now i realized i forgot the cucumber!!! anyways, they still tasted great!


they are served with a peanut sauce - consisting of hoisin sauce, peanut butter and chopped peanuts!

vietnamese fresh rolls

some of the dishes

the wonderful spread

the "real deal" brought from henry (phillipines)

a Latvian dish from Lyle & Leah

enjoying the feast...

and again...

some of the gang down stairs

baby ryley!!! he's so nice...

settlin' down after filling their stomachs!

here is a list of some of the ethnic dishes we had...

Jenny & boys from India/Pakistan brought Tikka Masola and Holy Cow drink

Sylvia & Harold from Jamaica brought Jerk Chicken wings

Henry from the Phillipines brought Rellenolig Bangus (stuffed milkfish) and Paksiw (fish vinegar stew)

Trevor & Heather from Ecuador brought a Shrimp Rice Dish

McNary's from Ethiopia brought Injera and Spiced Red Lentils

Bob & Kerri from Turkey brought Chicken & Squash

Doug & Arlene from the Czech Republic brought Rizek (breaded pork cutlets)

Joyce from France brought Habish Parementier

Lyle & Leah from Latvia brought Breaded Bull Glands and Rye Bread

for dessert we had...

Lyle & Leah from Latvia brought Carrot Cake

Marg from Ukraine brought Baba Buns Kolachi

Leah from England brought Olde English Trifle

Doug & Arlene from the Czech brought Apple Cake

Joyce from France brought Tarte aux Pommes

Sylvia & Harold from Jamaica brought Coconut Toto

as you can see, we had a fabulous feast!!!! it was lots of fun too!