THE WEEK THAT WAS.

The Week That Was.

We took D's mom (who was in town visiting from Sackville) to the zoo. Despite the whole animals in cages thing, and the hours of public transit thing, it was nice to see the polar bears. You see, I had a thing for polar bears when I was young . . .

Otherwise, last week was all about food and drink. Poutine at Utopia, cold sodas, backyard BBQs, snack bar hot dogs, watermelon lemonade (with basil!), picnic table beers, and (highly flammable) peanuts. All totally effective summer mood enhancers.

And I'd hate to make you think everything was sunshine and rainbows and watermelon lemonade around here - the heat wave has certainly tested my sunny disposition, ha.

CATS AND CONTAINERS.

Garden experiment of 2010: containers.

Planted: tomatoes, eggplant, cucumber, beans, spinach, romaine, kale, parsley, sweet basil, thai basil, chives, a couple beets, and catnip for the big man. Nothing too crazy volume wise (the containers are pretty small), but they should be easy to maintain and fun to watch.

All of this will surely be tempting for the devilish, wailing, night raccoons, who host fight club in our yard when the sun goes down. The horrible sounds they make!

Oreo is happiest in the summer when we let him out in the yard. He rolls around in the dirt, eats grass, sunbathes like a pro, and generally lives the good life.