When Our Days Roll By....

Spring is here, and the weather getting nicer, do you also feel your days are zipping by on a scooter?

I've seen kids rolling by, standing on a small board with a rolling ball underneath; nothing to hang on to - they just tilt their body a bit to steer this odd traveling device.

I'm thinking that my days roll by me just as fast, and I'm not even aboard to get a free ride!

When outside I see more odd jobs to add to my lists.

But Ernie said I can make a list of jobs for him to do that I would not be so likely to do, strength- wise, and I'm already making such a list - in my head.... but I'll get it on paper today yet.

Dad was a fix-it man. If something wasn't working just right, I'd bring it to his attention. In almost no time the stove was working again, and so on.

My recliner has a loose part dangling from the foot- rest. I sure hope Ernie has Dad's gift for figuring out how to fix broken things.

But thinking about these things also revves me up with eagerness to be cleaning up and puttering around out-side.

That will create another problem; a guilt-trip for not getting my business hours in.... (Sigh!)

All the more reason to pray about my "agenda" every morning and judging which have the greater priority so very carefully.

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Cucumbers Can Climb!

I found myself quoting my beloved "Gr'ma" with that phrase a number of times last week. It just came to me again!

Dori's bag of birthday gifts included a jar of Haskap Berry jam. I saved it, but tasted it at home and now I want to grow Haskaps too. But as I'm researching them online (and apparently our U of S here in Saskatoon has developed some new varieties!) I'm learning that there are several key things to remember.

1. One must grow two or more varieties close together or the flowers will not fertilize and have berries.

2. Birds LOVE these berries so one must throw netting over the bushes to keep the birds from stealing them all. However, the mesh has to be of a certain size, or cats and dogs will get caught in them and in their efforts to free themselves will yank berries and bushes down.

3. Haskaps can be made into juice, jelly, jam, compote, liqueur, wine, dried berries and fruit leather. Use haskaps in baking cakes, muffins, cobbler, crisps and pies.

3. The U of S only sells their shrubs to the public the first week of June, so I'll have to plan ahead if I hope to get some. (Maybe Dutch Growers also carries them; I must check.)

If you know anything else I should learn about Haskaps do let me know!

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