Garden

Each year I try to take pictures of my garden so I can remember which things looked good that year. Also nice to look back on in the midst of winter.

This view is directly out the back yard looking East and was taken around 7PM on July 7, 2009.

Table and chair set several years old now and I like it as much as when I bought it. Nice place in the morning and evening.

Do like the coleus this year in the planter.

This is the view to the left of the one above. To the left of the fence is the gate into the yarn. To the right is the entrance to the garage.

Not sure how the plants will last in the "rock" planters but the largest was under $10 so worth a try and the smaller ones were bought last year.

This is to the right of the first picture (sorry I got them reversed) and shows 2 of the large planters I bought 3 years ago. They are concrete but weren't treated so may not last too many more years.

The Swing set you can see a corner of folds down to make a 3/4 size bed and is my Son's favorite spot. He gets not enough use of it though this year.

Flit -- you may notice a few items that you provided. Sorry, I didn't get pictures of all of them.

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International Food Festival

Title sounds very impressive but the reality falls far short.

Too many "flea market" stalls and not enough variety of food stalls.

There were about 2 or 3 Japanese, 8 or 9 Vietnamese, 5 or 6 hamburg & fries, 1 for ribs, 1 for Serbian which had 2 meat choices and that was it, and a couple of ice cream/ drinks. The city actually has a very wide range of restaurants but they are going through a change in who is putting it on and such so guess it will take awhile before they get far more vendors.

They certainly spent lots of money on advertising as they had plenty of signs along the roadway.

There was also some people doing a Chinese Massage. At 10 minutes for $10 I went back to them to try it out. (Had gone to my car, realized I hadn't gone to them and was hurting so walked back to their location.) Was certainly glad I went and only wish I had gotten their card. Would certainly go to them again! They have the type of chair you kneel/sit on and lean forward on the support. I couldn't care who went by or how many stood around -- soon loss focus on them.

There are several more festivals coming up in the same park so will have to watch for them and set my $10 aside.

And take my camera -- this weekend it was in Toronto. I don't like the big one left for me.

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