“The RoseBouquet”

Well, no watermelon garden - yet. But we’ve had a few days of rain, so our garden is looking blest. We should be eating radishes and lettuce soon. We already use the sorrel, onion greens and chives that come up naturally every year. The rhubarb is ready to use too.

But hey, what really absorbs our attention today is that we’re going to the city this afternoon to buy a digital camera! We went shopping last week Thursday and cased them out at six stores. One of them has a deal on which includes an HP Photo printer with the camera. Hopefully they haven’t sold out by the time we get there.

Friday morning we’ll have an early breakfast, and try to be on our way by 8 am, heading to a Bible Camp in southern Alberta, where there is to be a reunion of Dad’s Friesen cousins and their descendants. The last one was held in June 2003. At least one of the cousins has died, plus one in-law. Dad will be the oldest surviving cousin there.

Not only that, but all his surviving siblings will be there; Aunt Jessie, Aunt Helena, Uncle Bill and his wife, Aunt Eunice, and Aunt Jean. It’s an opportunity for a reunion between them - okay, us, if I may include myself.

Besides exploring and learning to use our new camera, I’ll be busy packing for the 8 hour trip, and an exciting weekend. I’m thinking of taking along my older genealogy computer, so I can do lookups for people right on the spot. I want to update some of my charts in preparation for a new revision of my “Grandpa’s Stories” family history book.