I am never driving in Edmonton AB again.

The day dawned sunny and humid.  The humidity and temperature increased during the day reaching mid 30C by the afternoon.

Being forewarned we went for our walk in the morning and this is where all of the photographs were taken.

Fairy rings Marasmius Oreades are a problem in Edmonton and evident in the lawns along our walk.  The grass turns dark green and the mushroom then being to grow.

It has been a very wet year here and there is an abundance on fungi growing under trees.

After lunch Paul and I decided to drive to a nearby Goodwill and then to a mall.  Well we finally found a Goodwill and our Garmin kept taking us downtown Edmonton and we did not want to go there.  We drove across the river three times each time on a different bridge.

At 2:45 and once again downtown we decided to return our Edmonton home before rush hour traffic.

We made it home and I will not drive in Edmonton again!

It felt like I was driving on the stairs at Hogwarts where everything is in constant motion.  After paper crafting for an hour I calmed down and I will not drive in Edmonton again!

Thank you for coming along today

Grandma Snyder

©2013-2019 twosnydergirls 

Being with family.

As I write the narrative for this blog post we are in Edmonton Alberta visiting now with Paul’s sibling.

The drive from Lipton Saskatchewan to Edmonton Alberta was a 9-hour whorl wind drive as we wanted to drive in daylight.

We left the farm at 6:45 am and drove under ever changing skies and ever-changing point of interest to keep the drive interesting.

The drive was stress free and passed quickly as we listened to yet another Emily Peabody novel.

My last blog post was Friday August 16, 2019.  Saturday was very busy and Sunday the internet was offline at the farm.

Saturday, we went to the local farmers market to find eggplant for Sunday supper.

The children had fun picking out vegetables with their Grandmother.

Our next stop was at the Co-op grocery store where 7 of us formed up in a line and passed Grandma’s purchase down the line to Uncle Paul who was pushing the cart. 

Back at the farm I made Rollkuchen and introduced the children to some of their Russian Mennonite heritage. 

Saturday after supper everyone laughed, and cheated their way through games of Uno.

Sunday was our last day to play with the children and that is what we did.

Time at the park,

finishing up ‘projects’

and going on imaginary trips.

This image is one we have come to understand as the potty-training walk of failure.  She was just having too much fun.

Tonight, before supper with Ron and Susan we all went for a walk.

Thank you for coming along.

Grandma Snyder

©2013-2019 twosnydergirls

Being present with life in Saskatchewan

The best day end with a fire, roasting hot dogs and marshmallows.  

This is was August 15, 2019, it was the perfect ending to a day spent doing nothing but being present with children, nature and siblings.

As is our habit while on the farm in Saskatchewan we go for a morning walk.

The wheat crop stood out today, I am told that the crop is very short this year and not worth picture and I disagree.  Not with the quality of the harvest with how amazing the images are.

I noticed a new colour had presented in the ditches a shocking splash of red.  I have no idea what plant this is.

The other highlights of the day was crafting with my pen pals.

And reading them stories.

This morning August 16, 2019 was spent in a photo shoot of my sister’s family with their farm as the backdrop.

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We had a great time as we all worked together to get the children’s co-operation and keeping the activity fun for everyone.

As a reward everyone went to the splash park and had an ice cream cake for supper.

Exhausted I was allowed to watch over sleeping beauty as she slept.

After a morning of shooting Paul and I were not allowed to get away without having our picture taken as well.

Thank you for coming along.

Grandma Snyder

©2013-2019 twosnydergirls

Rain and no power

We woke at 6:30 am to the sound of rain on the Rpod roof.

Not the type of rain that makes you jump out of bed to ensure everything is ok.  This was the type where you shut the alarm off, and snuggle deeper into the covers and go back to sleep.

With the patio umbrella a little rain does not stop the hot tub enthusiast.

At around 11:00 am the power went out and stayed out for three hours.

It was just a paper crafting type of day and that is what I did.

Thank you for coming along today.

Grandma Snyder

©2013-2019 twosnydergirls

Big Skies Beautiful Saskatchewan

Rural Saskatchewan brings to mind big sky vistas and kilometers of open space.  

There are big beautiful skies, farming panoramas for as far as you can see and wonderful people.  

Every day we have walk the grid road we have encounter at least one vehicle, a friendly smile and a wave. 

I have talked about the butterflies in other posts this month, today as I stood and admire the canola, I noticed that the yellow I was seeing was more then canola flowers it was these wonderful pollinators at work.

We spent a wonderful day sitting in the sun, talking, eating and laughing together.

I hope you enjoy the images from today’s walk and thank you for coming along on this journey with us.

Our Saskatchewan home away from home.

Grandma Snyder

©2013-2019 twosnydergirls

Even when you feel ill Saskatchewan in wonderful

The storm clouds from yesterday were very worrisome to our hosts who decided that the tractor needed to stand between the Rpod and where plough winds enter the farmyard.  

For good measure he chained the Rpod to the tractor.

It was a stormy night with little sleep and no wind events however I have started to come down with a cold.

The morning was spent at a local market where we took our time looking at the local produce.

Than back to the farm to spend a quiet afternoon and early the cloud gave way and the sun came out.

With the sun out once again the ditches came alive with colour.

The peas green and tasty upon our arrival are not dried up and ready for harvesting.

Buddy dropped by the Rpod to see how I was doing, drawing my attention with is almost lion like roar.

All the clouds are gone and clear blue skies marshal in the evening.

Thank you for coming along.

Grandma Snyder

©2013-2019 twosnydergirls