well it's a done, done, done deal. Taste of Prince Albert is over, with a 10 percent increase in ticket sales over the previous best year's ticket sales the event was a great success, over 9000 people in four days, with ten restaurants and thirty menu choices, great weather, great local entertainment and a super promotional job.

whew, do my feet hurt or what, oh yes they certainly do. From 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. all day long on my feet, organizing the taste of prince albert, where food is tantalizing and the entertainment is interesting and exceptional all for only 1.25 a token, as opposed to 2.00 a token in Saskatoon, albeit the choices are many more as we have ten restaurants and saskatoon has more participating.

So the whole thing about the superstore adds to attract people to Alberta is annoying. Perhaps Saskatchewan should run an ad stating "move to saskatchewan where living is still affordable." and guess what there's work too.

well, the first batch of clover blossoms are boiling for tea. The field is full of blossoms so it will be pick, pick, pick for the next while. The black pansy jelly is fabulous. with access to more flowers for each batch the flavor and color is more intense and quite delightful. Now, just to order some jars for the syrup and the jelly. Then I have an opportunity to display them at the tourism centre in pa and a small organic restauant in the city is interested in trying a few things. If only I had the time to concentrate more on the flowers. oh well!

well, I am going to be on the telly tommorrow. Ctv at lunch time i believe. what to wear, what to wear, my oh my, what to wear?

ho ho ho, it's off to work we go, soooo is that work all day in prince albert or work in the garden with the pansies, or work in the house with the meals and the cleaning or work with the papers, ho ho ho it's off to work, work, work, we go.

Congratulations to Carmen and Dan, a great baby girl, a sister for Hannah and between her and hannah probably a lot of trouble for cousin hayden when they visit.

bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz whine bzzzzzzzzzzzzzz whine, I think perhaps someone has let in some mosquitos. why do you suppose they only come out just a split second before you fall asleep, only to be so rudely awakened by that annoying little sound. I think I would be happier if they would just bite and get it over with rather than circling for hours looking for the tenderest spot to munch on.

rain, rain rain and more rain, I believe tuesday is going to be sunny, hope their right. Fun Food and Golf onf Thursday, so better not be raining.

well, it's off to the head and neck specialist in Saskatoon to check out the old lumpy thyroid. June 21st is the day, hopefully he will be able to tell me something and not just line up a whole battery of tests that will take another six weeks from which to get results. A surgery date to simply make it go away would be nice.

well, caragana jelly is quite interesting tastes a lot like lemon meringue pie. Very light color though.

well, the lilac flower jelly is very tasty almost addictive it is sooo good. We are only in need of some certo and we can try some caragana flower jelly tomorrow. Much more fun than fighting off the black ants which seem to have decided our house is their house. WE will fix them tommorrow too when the ant traps come out. ha ha ha. I am not even really sure where they are coming from as I haven't seen any ant hills nearby. perhaps they are lurking in the basement and are planning an acttack on us because we are eating the flowers. I can just see it now, Alfred Hitchcock's The Ant's

ok, soooooo, maybe making jelly from lilac flowers is well, perhaps a little less than yummy. or at least the juice that we made prior to making the jelly is a bit questionable. but then, pansy juice is a little vegtable tasting as well, and makes a great jelly. go figure. We shall now the truth tommorrow when we turn the lilac juice into lilac jelly.

It's official as of June 5th, I will be the CEO for the Prince Albert Chamber of Commerce. That will make life even busier than it already is. The chickweed is back, how about some bacon, tomato and chickweed sandwiches.

o where o where has my little dog gone, oh where oh where can he be, with his tail cut short and his ears so long, oh where oh where can he be. do you suppose that the more nursey rhymes one knows and can recite the less stressful the real world becomes.

scored at the auction for sure! a ten gallon crock and cabbage masher, a stainless steel steamer/juicer, numerous like new muffin tins and cookie sheets, two umbrellas, a air cooler chair cushion, a push wheel type garden seeder and of course coffee and hot dogs. Now all I need is about three pounds of nasturtium seeds. Tried the steamer/juicer out on the stinging nettles to day. Worked like a charm, juice from the nettles was as clear as a bell and tasty too.

well, the stinging nettles are growing quite nicely. I will have to try the stinging nettle lasagna recipe I found the other day. Or maybe I will just make some more tea for all of us sooooo unhealthy people. We will have to give the chickweed a try soon, too, it appears to be getting big enough to cut and turn into a yummy infusion. or maybe I will try out the chickweed pita recipe. hmmm, can't wait.

Arianna won, first year best cadet, out of seven possible other air cadets in level one, Arianna won, a lovely plaque to hang in her bedroom. She now has a number of badges to which we must find the appropriate place on the air cadet uniform to sew them. They must be sewn on before air cadet music camp in august or before she goes anywhere else, eeek, that is this sunday for the mothers day brunch. I will need to go on the internet to find a picture of the sleeve with the badges on it and sew them on in the next few days.

ok, so one of the ladies who bought my magic muscle rub phoned and said that she was so pleased as she was able to lift her arm, after only using the rub for a week. She couldnt lift her arm before, because of the pain in her shoulder. hmmm, might have to raise the price on that baby. I wonder how the magic chickweed excema cream is working?

brrrr, it is so darn cold today, I was going to harvest some stinging nettles for stinging nettle hair tonic today, but it is to cold to even think about that idea. At least the roasting chicken in the oven in the kitchen stove is keeping the house toasty warm. Glad tommorrow is going to be a balmy plus ten.

congratulations to marc and angela on the birth of a baby boy, eleven weeks early and only two pounds eight and one half ounces, just a little wee person today, but time and weight gain will make a big difference.