July 1 brought Canada's birthday and a party to Regalridge. Working through the day and into the early evening, we managed to make it to the city for the end of day festivities celebrating Canada Day. Boarding the boat at dinnertime, we cruised to one of the inner islands, had a great meal finished by strawberry 
shortcake with berries from Ken's garden and then motored into the harbour for a birds' eye view of the fireworks. It was foggy as we left the dock and the low cloud led us to believe that the fireworks were less than probable. However, as we finished a 
rousing game of Hearts and looked out the porthole, the fog dispersed and the cloud cover seemed a bit less menacing. Sure enough, a half hour later we were treated to a great display that lit the Halifax skyline. It is never more impressive than when on a boat in the harbour. We motored back and were home before midnight.
The early part of the day saw preparations made to say good bye to Apollo and Shooz. Chantelle gave Apollo a haircut, an interesting process following the owners' dictates and adding a bit of poetic license. Let's just say that the show rings would be a whole lot more interesting if Chantelle had Standard Poodles. . . We suspect that Apollo will be happy to see his children in British Columbia but that he will miss his big exercise yard here at Regalridge and that he will particularly miss his pals. He is a very social fellow and loved company. Somehow, I suspect the old cat simply won't measure up. The new boarder, Seven, has settled in nicely. She is an old Am Staff and a great dog. KC is happily playing with any Airedale we offer and enjoys being back at Regalridge. His haircut is settling in and a trim is almost in order. Speaking with his owner, Allan, he will be with us until mid-July at least and that will suit KC just fine. 
We worried about the house dogs last night. The neighborhood occasionally adds a few fireworks to the Canada Day festivities and some of the dogs hate them. Thankfully, all was well and the combination of CBC and CNN (gotta love those letters) kept the dogs happy.
Ken gardened through the day, is finishing his flowers, weeding beds at a furious pace and finalizing the vegetable planting. Now that the strawberries are picked, we look forward to raspberries in the next couple of weeks.
shortcake with berries from Ken's garden and then motored into the harbour for a birds' eye view of the fireworks. It was foggy as we left the dock and the low cloud led us to believe that the fireworks were less than probable. However, as we finished a 
rousing game of Hearts and looked out the porthole, the fog dispersed and the cloud cover seemed a bit less menacing. Sure enough, a half hour later we were treated to a great display that lit the Halifax skyline. It is never more impressive than when on a boat in the harbour. We motored back and were home before midnight.
The early part of the day saw preparations made to say good bye to Apollo and Shooz. Chantelle gave Apollo a haircut, an interesting process following the owners' dictates and adding a bit of poetic license. Let's just say that the show rings would be a whole lot more interesting if Chantelle had Standard Poodles. . . We suspect that Apollo will be happy to see his children in British Columbia but that he will miss his big exercise yard here at Regalridge and that he will particularly miss his pals. He is a very social fellow and loved company. Somehow, I suspect the old cat simply won't measure up. The new boarder, Seven, has settled in nicely. She is an old Am Staff and a great dog. KC is happily playing with any Airedale we offer and enjoys being back at Regalridge. His haircut is settling in and a trim is almost in order. Speaking with his owner, Allan, he will be with us until mid-July at least and that will suit KC just fine. 
We worried about the house dogs last night. The neighborhood occasionally adds a few fireworks to the Canada Day festivities and some of the dogs hate them. Thankfully, all was well and the combination of CBC and CNN (gotta love those letters) kept the dogs happy.
Ken gardened through the day, is finishing his flowers, weeding beds at a furious pace and finalizing the vegetable planting. Now that the strawberries are picked, we look forward to raspberries in the next couple of weeks.
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