A Nice New Fence between Good Neighbours
‘ll give you a break from my gardening news for this week, but I am excited to report that my neighbours on the east side put up a nice white mesh wire fence yesterday. Brad is planning to put in a gate for my car too, since changing the fence meant that my old gate had no fence post to hang on. It will be a much better gate than I had! I just have to wait another week for that gate.
I tried to say yesterday that I would contribute financially to this fence and gate as soon as I can, but Brad insisted that I did not have to do that. They were prepared to absorb this expense. Wow! Praise God!
Tomorrow is Canada Day, our nation’s birthday, and on Saturday is Independence Day for our American neighbours. I guess people celebrate it differently, even within their own country. I heard on the radio that there are all kinds of events going on here in Saskatoon, to help people celebrate together and with government officials participating.
For many years we’ve had a good border/fence between Canada and the USA. We’ve been able to cross back and forth freely. The threat of terrorists has changed all that, and it is now more difficult to cross. In the past I’ve crossed over with nothing more than my driver’s license or birth certificate to prove I was a harmless Canadian. Now as of today or tomorrow, everyone has to have a passport or visa, which costs $80-100 and has to be renewed every so many years. Three, I think. I’m hoping that will not affect our attitudes towards one another.
I don’t know about you, but I must confess that I’ve often used this Canada Day holiday as an extra work day. I happen to need one this week, so I’ll spend it here in the office, but I’ll be doing something rather unusual. Something I don’t normally allow time for. I’ll tell you more in the next section.
Let me take this opportunity though to wish all my Canadian friends a very Happy Canada Day, and all my American friends a great and exciting Independence Day. (Hey, maybe, because the statutory holiday falls on a weekend, you’ll get another day off, making for a long weekend! Lucky you!)