The past two weeks has been very devasting for quite a few families in our area. First of all I would like to send out my condolences to . . .
the family and friends of Helen Laliberty who passed away July 19 after a brief illness. She was known and loved by many people for her dedication as a teacher and her devotion to the church.
I would like to also send my condolences to the family and friends of Linda Hines (nee Trudeau) Who passed away July 21, 2019 at the age of 65. She was married to Gary Hines and mother of Chris and Collin. We partied together as teenagers with Rosemarie Gartner, Charlene Crawford Rose, and Isabel Dittburner. We called ourselves the VO5PB. Then we went our separate ways and life happened and we lost track of each other. I will always remember that wonderful smile and happy go lucky attitude.
My deepest sympathies to Family and friends of Sally Carty who passed away July 7, 2019. I didn’t go to school with Sally but I met her through a work related job. She had such a big heart. and a great imagination and a love for life. She loved gardening especially with flowers. She had a very keen eye for art and loved decorating her little palace. She will be missed by all who knew and loved her.
We also lost William Dagg on Thursday, July 25 so I’d like to send out my condolences to his friends and family.
This weekend I went out to the garden and I saw a strange insect flying around the ground. My neighbour Jennifer was over and I got her to capture one in the jar so we could see what it was. I looked it up online and it was a ground wasp also known as cicada killer wasp or the ground digger wasp. It is a large buzzing hovering insect with no problem invading your personal space. These wasps can be beneficial or potentially harmful depending on their species. While most types of solitary ground wasps help people by eating pest insects they generally do not sting and they’re not aggressive however large colonies of social ground wasps may sting homeowners who get too close.
The problem is they bury themselves into the ground just like an ant would and it’s hard to see their nests especially when you’re on a lawn tractor. If you run over their nest they’re definitely going to take after you. Keep in mind these bees are almost 2 inches long. They look like a wasp but they have a large orange body which is a real indicator to stay away from them. I went out and bought some wasp killer because they’re too dangerous to have because they were right beside my garden and I was afraid someone besides myself could get stung.
It seems like every year something new comes up to give us problems around the garden. It’s bad enough I’m fighting off the potato bugs but now I have to be careful not to disturb these bees. Speaking of the garden though my beans have just started this week cucumbers and everything is up and growing very nicely so I figure by the end of this week I’ll be picking beans and zucchini for sure. I have tons of cucumber blossoms but no cucumbers yet. We need rain.
I would like to wish the following people a happy birthday, Basil Belland on July 30, Marion Holland on Aug. 1, Brendon Sauriol on Aug. 2, Steve Mayhew and ,Leanne Vibert on Aug. 3, Claude Bertrand on Aug. 4, Nelson Beauregard on Aug. 5th, Norma Brown and Brittany Hearty on Aug 6.
Happy anniversary wishes go out to Min and Barry Belanger on July 30.
