Looking ahead to a busy week

Our busy week will begin tomorrow by going to pick strawberries at Johnson's Berry Patch, if the weather holds out, of course.  I'm sure this seems late for strawberries to those of you "in the south," which is anywhere south of here, but they just started picking last Monday so the season has begun.

Then we have B&B guests, followed by several days of my visiting cousins from Kansas City, MO and other locations in Kansas.  We haven't spent much time with them since the summer of 2000, and that was for a family memorial service for my Aunt Corrine and cleaning out her house.  So, the setting will be different this time!  They have some "tourist-y" things planned, such as the glass-bottom boat in Bayfield and charter fishing on Lake Superior.  Again, hoping that the weather is good.

Also this week are preparations leading up to celebrate Lake Superior Days next weekend.  This event was begun by some people in Thunder Bay, Ontario, back in the 1990's to celebrate and feature Lake Superior for the ever-present influence it has in the lives of people around the lake.  We will have some exhibits and tours on Saturday, and on Sunday we will have a presentation by Laura Erickson, expert on birds, and a 2pm concert by Michael Monroe. So much of this week will be preparing for events next weekend, including creating lots of signage and preparing a system of ropes on the walls of the Town Hall for the quilt show of quilts by local quilters.  And First Lutheran Church is selling pie again!

In the meantime, our gardens are finally growing!  Here are some pictures from last week.  Again, keep in mind we are living in the north and we haven't had warm weather for very long.

Tomato plants surrounded by beets and lettuce.  

Our potato patch, now with blossoms!

Carrots finally showing up, cucumbers slower than slow, and a strip of lettuce.  I already picked all the radishes on this end and replanted yesterday.

 Green beans and peas, or what's left after the crows (I think) pulled out the seedlings.  Some of those had to be replanted, so progress will be variable.

Green peppers and our eggplant experiment, with beets around the outside.  I think the eggplants might even grow...a little...

Green peppers on top and herbs below.  Look at that parsley!

And our crazy onions.  We have to pick some just to thin them out. 

A nice problem to have at this time of year!