What used to be a weekly update turned occasional seems to be working as it has been a busy 15 days. How much fun is it to peruse the pictures on your phone and remember fun moments and share them with a legion of Hive Bloggers from across the world? Enough for weekly excitement in the Zekely but this is a 2-week doubleshot.
In this edition, I am enjoying overdue of spring weather by spending time both indoors and out!
Music & Kids
One of my little ones has been in the school symphonic band a couple years now after joining with next to no music experience. They gave her a triangle back then and now she is a strong part of the percussion section. When she asks me if I am free at 7pm on any night because the band is performing a live rehearsal, I go. So neat to see and they are buffing up for the national championship so this is legit! Proud dad.
Business
We
@town-crier / https://towncriermarketing.ca were in a little competition of our own as we were nominated for a Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Award in the Service category. The nomination is recognition enough for a marketing company as we can publicize anything. The awards gala is always a special night as gathering in a room with all of the other celebrated business owners is pretty good company. We didn't take home the hardware which is just as well for us but Table 27 was again the 'Fun Table' and we had a fantastic evening at this fancy event.
Business has cranked up a notch as we have scaled up our operation with a new office space right downtown with all the businesses we support. One of them is rather fancy and now popular at lunch time as the busy season approaches. I like to drop by for a business meeting, snap a few pics for the social media posts, and maybe have a beer. As fantastic as https://revival.house is in the cathedral, they have a great outdoor option now that the warmer weather is almost here.
While staff is busy attending to patrons indoors, the owner and master gardener in the middle of the picture are hard at work prepping the terrace for summer action. There is a bit of tidying & setting up with a great deal of garden prep to be done. You can either visit my blog posts from last year or tune in this summer as I share the growth and floral explosion that happens here. This will act as the before shot that I can compare with a very different one during the summer solstice where everything is in full bloom. Still a great place to drink a beer!
Out Doors
There was no hibernation for me as this little dood loves his runs in the park too much. We are almost through the wet season after a relatively mild winter and spring that took a while to arrive. It is a week and a half drier than this shot would lead you to believe and those little lakes have given way to dry green grass. He still sprints around with a smile on his dog face and finds all of the rest of the water to frolic in.
The trees are starting to show their buds a little later than last year. Better late than never and this will be a big green oxygen producer in no time.
With the delayed onset of the warmer part of spring has come a couple weeks of procrastination in the garden! Though we have been growing from seeds indoors, I have yet to do anything besides clean up a bit and mow the lawn outside. That leaves the prepping of all the soli for garden planting, and removing some of last years dead stuff so the new sprouts can grow. Some of the perennial flowers are getting a head start with plenty of daffodils and tulips budding and blooming.
In related news, the hops I started last year have survived the winter and are starting to climb! What #beerologist worth his salt wouldn't want to grow hops? These ones are Rakau which originate in New Zealand if I am not mistaken. Ah yes! https://yakimavalleyhops.com/products/rakau-hop-pellets Should make for a good late process hop for some fruity and piney IPA beer.
Speaking of Beer
Yes of course there was beer in the last 2 weeks! Plenty of it in fact. I didn't miss a beat with #beersaturday posts and this weekend will be sort of special. The vivid designs and weird beers of this region seem to be a popular topic so I have gone all in on the wild. Orange Creamsicle quadruple IPA? That and more this Saturday with
@detlev & the crew. Join us!
The sun has gone down on another Zekely as I leave you with my best attempt at a
@daveks sunset shot. The days are getting warmer, I have plenty of things to grow, and next edition will hopefully showcase a budding garden and summery weather.
Thanks for checking in riding the spring roller coaster!