Saturday, April 3, 2010

Summer in April

My little Yukonners honored their homeland by swimming in Massawippi Lake on April 3rd, exactly 3 weeks after we watched the firefighters train by jumping on the ice!

Mes petites Yukonnaises ont fait honneur à leur patrie en nageant dans le lac Massawippi le 3 avril, exactement 3 semaines après que nous y ayons regardé des pompiers qui s'entraînaient à sauter sur la glace!!











We planted some tomato (cherries, Ultra girls, San Marzano, Latha), yellow watermelon and ground cherry seedlings.

Nous avons planté des semis de tomates (cerise, Ultra girls, San Marzano, Latha), de melon d'eau jaune et de cerises de terre.



It's quite funny to check last year's picture of that same activity at the same date! It was a tiny bit colder!

C'est plutôt drôle de regarder les photos de l'an passé de cette même activité! Il faisait un brin plus froid!







We started covering the garden alleys so they do not become full of weeds. We kept all the animal feed bags from this winter that we lay on the ground and cover with old straw.

Nous avons commencé à couvrir les allées du jardin afin qu'elles ne deviennent pas envahies de mauvaises herbes. Nous avons conservé les sacs de grains des animaux de cet hiver que nous étendons sur le sol et que nous recouvrons ensuite de vieille paille.





Meanwhile, my little amazons were taking a mud bath with the goose and ducks!

Et pendant ce temps, mes petites amazones prenaient un bain de boue avec l'oie et les canards!



And a little wet felted chick project (I'll explain more in the next post).

Et un petit projet de poussin feutré (je donnerai plus d'explications dans mon prochain billet).

5 comments:

La Marmotine said...

Et bien, quelle belle journée! Il fait bien beau de par chez vous. Gros bisous

heather said...

that's a beautiful post. you have had some real life fun. inspired. and that is really funny to see the contrast of this year to last year. were your girls so shivery after that dip?

Catherine said...

Yes, they were shivering, but it didn't last long. Aïsha was actually crying because her legs hurt from the cold (cramps I guess...). Gotta love swimming!

cypress said...

Ha-ha! Catherine, my kiddo took her first swim of the season on April 3rd, too! A dip in the nearby river...I was way too chicken (I'll wait till June!)

cypress said...

Oh, I forgot to say how much I love, love, love the mud photo...that's the BEST!