A Big Surprise

We had a  big treat on Thursday when Banana arrived!  What a great surprise! We were really happy to see her.  We started to run to the door, so Janet shouted at Rockers to slow down so he wouldn't slip in the hallway.

We love Banana!  You can see in the background that Janet was watching Burn Notice when Briana arrived.

Banana was here on a stopover on her way up island to be a bridesmaid at her friend Ka-Hei's wedding.  She borrowed our PDX Transport, AKA the Volvo and drove up on Friday morning.  Back in the "old days", say November of 2011, Phil didn't mind driving our Volvo.  Now that he has the Leaf, he thinks he is above our good old car.   Before we knew it, Banana was back in Victoria for Sunday dinner and getting ready to leave for an early flight on Monday morning.

Janet thinks Briana is really pretty and in her mind, she and Banana resemble each other...what do you think?  The first thought that comes to mind is that Janet is nuts..there is no way she and Briana look alike.

Janet took Noodles for a really big walk on Sunday and they went to Uplands Park so Noodles could go off leash.  Noodles likes to think she is the sharpest knife in the drawer, but look what Janet saw that Noodles completely missed:

Super cute bunny.

Things around here were pretty quiet after Briana left, but then all of a sudden Janet gets it in her head to go to Root Cellar and jump on the Jam Parade.

Strawberries, peaches, plums, raspberries, blueberries and more!

Here is our kitchen at a "not too bad state".  Ouch!  You should have seen it at it's worst.

Janet was flying around like a maniac trying to get the jam done before time to make dinner - theirs, not ours.  By accident, she set the oven mitts on a burner that was simmering on low.

Phil, ever the comedian, told Janet he would have two well cooked oven mitts for dinner.  Ha Ha!  You don't want to know what Janet told Phil and you especially don't want to know where Janet told Phil to stuff the burned oven mitts.  It wasn't pretty!

Fortunately for Janet, she is prepared to go to Root Cellar to purchase what she needs for veggies and fruit.  Here are Janet's tomatoes - this is 04 September and they are about the size of a quarter!  Poor, poor, Farmer Janet.