What a great week and weekend we had for the Shawville Fair. I wasn’t able to go but I heard a lot of . . .
stories about the rides, exhibits and food. Another amazing turnout.
There was a lot of activity in Vinton too. I had a surprise visitor on Friday. Susan Hearty stopped in when I was just finishing my pickling and invited me out to lunch. I had to take a shower first so she went over and visited with Shirley Pepin. We had a very nice lunch at Mickey Creek. It was so great seeing her again.
On Saturday, Sharon Crawford came for a visit in the afternoon and had supper with me. She had to go to a birthday party that night but returned the next day and we made zucchini sticks together. Then we got into an old pile of clippings from THE EQUITY that my mother had saved. They were mostly from the late 1960s and early 1970s. There were stories about accidents, tragic fires, weddings, birth announcements and obituaries. It took a very long time to go through them and read the articles. It sure brought back a lot of memories, some good, some bad.
I had a fantastic weekend visiting with Sharon. We had a lot of laughs and a few cries remembering stories and events from the past.
I was extremely busy all week picking the vegetables out of the garden cleaning, freezing and picking them. I made over 150 jars of pickles and I have more to go this week. I love making them and giving them away as gifts.
Soon I’ll have to get my wood in and prepare the house and yard for winter. Apparently it says in the Farmers’ Almanac that this winter is going to be even longer and colder than last year. Wonderful, I hope it snows a lot so I can cocoon the house and protect it from the wind.
I would like to wish the following people a very happy birthday: Claude Pilon on Sept. 4, Neil Desjardins on Sept. 8, Keith and Karen Sauriol on Sept. 9.
Happy anniversary to Kim and Brian McCoshen who celebrate on Sept. 6 and to Colleen and Brian Hewitson on Sept. 8.
Remember to purchase your tickets for the Shania Twain tribute on Sept 20 from Faye or Susan Belanger and help support Animal Aide Pontiac.
