What lovely lilies are blooming throughout the village. Along with all the other flowers in bloom, a walk down the back alley is exciting. Of course a walk along the frontages is also rewarding, and the vegetable gardens are doing well, too. Many folks are eating lots of new vegetables, how can you beat that? It is so healthy for you.
How many seniors remember squaw corn, otherwise known as maize? My friend in Olds, Alta., still is able to grow it with seed he’s kept dating back to his childhood, when his family grew it, in the early 1920s. This is an early corn with multi-coloured kernels. As new varieties are developed, this corn has gone by the wayside in most cases.
A pontoon boat was seen out on the lake recently, sitting on its side. The people must have got it righted back down somehow, but it was too far out to see just what transpired. One needs field glasses to watch the action out there, and there’s lots of it.
Classes in China are organized with one teacher teaching up to 300 students on the internet. Students in turn do their assignments on the internet and then a slate of many teachers spend hours correcting them. What a different style of tutoring due to the pandemic.
Bridge played Aug. 6 saw top score go to David Sharpe and Vern Iverson, and second high were Jean Lawes and Fraser Glen. Fraser is a dentist so tests everyone’s temperature, before proceeding with their games.
August this year has five Saturdays and five Sundays. This only happens every 823 years. The Chinese call it “Bagful of Money” but I don’t think that’s what’s happening this year.
The Meota Golf Club held their annual couples tournamen', actually called “Swingers’ Open,” on Friday, Aug. 7, with 64 golfers participating, and it ended up being a soggy night. Winning couple was Derek and Alex Welford with a 39. Runners up on a count back were Kelly and Mark Chapman at 41. The format was a low score skin' game- only two skins were won, Josie and Craig Iverson with a birdie on Hole 2 and Lenard and Christy Johnson with a birdie on Hole 5. Long drive for the men was won by Derrick Schaefer, closest to the pin was Curt Hepting. Longest drive and closest to the pin for women were both won by Ashley Zyzmornski.
There was one garage sale held in the village on the weekend, so they are possible to do again.
The combines are running across the southern part of our province, and it won't be long before they start up here, too. Getting the hay up in the little hot spell we had went well, but there’s more to do yet. It is so much better to get it baled before it gets rained on.
Most cabins and homes had company over the weekend again, and more fireworks, too. We do have to enjoy every chance we get, so do things we like to do.
The interesting article in the paper last week about a former Meota resident, Dianne Ignace, brought back memories to all who knew her. One couple, Mary and Walter Tait, recall her babysitting for them years ago and really have been feeling sorry for her stuck away out on the west coast of Vancouver Island, so isolated from the world. Now they have read her story they realize she has had a happy life, and has no plans to ever leave there. They feel better about her situation now that they have read her story.
