July 3 was the first sunny day we’ve had in weeks and by 3 p.m. the grass was dry enough to mow so I started cutting the grass. All was good until I tried mowing on the north side of my garden. Yes, I should have checked all over first but I didn’t. My riding lawn mower got bogged down in the mud and I could not go forward or backwards. The back wheel dug a hole about eight inches deep and I was stuck.
I tried putting planks under the wheels but it was really sucked in so I had to call Jerry Pepin over to help me. He just used old-fashioned man power and lifted the tractor out of the hole and got me mobile again. Thank goodness for great neighbours. When I checked it out I couldn’t even mow the grass with my push lawn mower because the ground was floating in water.
The creeks are at the same level as they were this spring. I was listening to the radio and they were warning the public to keep the children away from creeks and riverbanks because all of the banks are unsteady and are caving in due to the enormous amount of water we’ve had.
The ground is so saturated that even the worms are drowning. Over at Randy Sloan’s what used to be a mud puddle is now a pond and the ducks, bullfrogs, and even a snapping turtle have moved in. Karen had to take water out of her swimming pool and she’s never had to do that before.
I haven’t had to water my garden once this year or wash the truck. So there are some benefits to all this rain but unfortunately the farmers still can’t get into certain fields to cut their hay and the gardens are literally frowning.
I don’t think we will get any apples this year because I never saw the trees blossoming. The red currents on my current trees are ready to pick however so if anyone would like some, come and help yourself.
Holy cow, I can’t believe it … we had three consecutive days of sun. Hard to believe but now we’re paying for that sun with the high humidity. Then we had that wicked thunderstorm which literally shook the house and the lightning was striking right in the fields beside my house. I was honestly, very scared and I was sitting here with the keys to the truck in my hands and ready to run.
A lot of peoples’ basement were flooded as was mine and quite a few trees were broken. The winds have been pretty bad and have damaged a lot of property in our area.
I would like to wish a happy belated birthday to Karen Frost on July 10 and Jessica Hill on July 11. Happy birthday greetings to Cory Pilon and Suzanne Dubeau today, to Lynn Morin, William Jr. Rivet, Linda Ferrigan all on July 13, to Lana Desjardins on July 14, to Gerald Brown, Donna Black and Sharon Gravelle all on July 17, and to Vera Mayor and Melissa Kavanagh on July 18.
I would also like to send happy anniversary wishes to my son and daughter-in-law Alex and Suzanne Kluke who celebrate on July 13 along with Nicole and Raymond Lariviere and Suzanne and John Walsh, Jill and Charles Heaphy on the July 14 and to Pauline and Tim Hearty on July 18.
My sister Norma made it to the East Coast in time for July 1 and she kept her date with a lobster. Now she will be taking the month to go through all the eastern provinces and Labrador. What a fantastic year to be travelling and seeing each and every province in Canada and how each province is celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday. She sure will have lots of stories to tell when she gets home.
