I thought this was worth sharing. (see end of the entry).

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Today has been a good day, we pottered around in the garden and not much sign of the Mosquito's. The MegaCatcher is doing it's work or perhaps all the Mossie's had gone on holiday. Tomorrow I will check the Megacatchers collection bowl and post information and photo's on here.

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We had been invited to an afternoon BBQ with our extended family in Canada. There is a great gang of us now who are linked. Alex and David invited us all round for the BBQ, we took wine and 20 pieces of marinated pork lion, others contributed salads and some great deserts.  The list of attendees are:

• Ceri and Jason who brought little Ellen (the boys were at a birthday party);
• Helen and Colin brought their three kids (Alice, Harry and Lucy);
• Mark and Kate (arrived in Fredericton last week) brought their three girls (Daisy, Sadie and Tessa)
• Donna and Pierre (locals and neighbours of Alex and David).

The BBQ lasted 5 hours and we all had a great time

My friend Matt often sends me joke emails from the UK. Today this one arrived and I felt I had to share this stress reliever for all your stressed out Brits who are still in the UK and those who are living else where.  Turn on the sound and Click on the link and enjoy the amazing stress relief!

Despite the cold long winter the Humming birds have arrived on the 13th May this year. These little Ruby Throated males are amazing to watch. It still seems so strange to be living in Canada and seeing tiny humming birds hovering around drinking not nectar, but pine sap and Kathryn's feeder with its sugar syrup mixture at the moment (nectar later). Below is a picture of one, nice eh?

However they have been accompanied with the other hovering menace, the MOSQUITO.

Today the mosquitos hatched, and as I sat on the deck I notice a formation of "bombers" advancing over the lawn towards me. I quickly decided to slip back inside and prepare for WAR!

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Tomorrow it is chemical warfare day. We have the 'Deep Woods Off' spray and Skintastic, for the more sensitive souls in the house(i.e. everyone except me). I have also gone a step further, and armed us with the ULTIMATE in biting fly warfare. I brought one of those MegaCatch trap things at around $299 and turned it on today. I will keep you updated on the progress of the war.

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Rufus the Raccoon visited  (Yes I know it's a pest but the girls insist on naming everything that appears in the garden). Gemma has some photos but I don't have access to them at the moment so you have to make do with some snaps of Rufus from last sept/oct.

(I have no idea if they are the same Raccoon, but they are all called Rufus, or Mrs Rufus if two appear at the same time)

This looks like a missus raccoon to me?