Reunion Craft

Our family reunion for the Scherle Family takes place at the end of August. We will be gathering at LutherLand camp just outside of Regina. This year they have decided to add a little Silent Auction with the proceeds going to offset the rental costs. On behalf of my family I have created a table runner and napkins.


Stef and I found some great fabric at Fabricland.
And the added touch the will represent our family is the ladybug. I cross stitched a single ladybug and sewed it onto the table runner.

The package offers the table runner and 8 napkins. I am very proud of my work.

Baseball BBQ

The first weekend of June we had a Baseball BBQ. It was great fun. Nearly every one's comment was "I can't remember the last time I played baseball". That being said, everyone did great - and the weather was also great.

There were many cops: (back) Troy, Baldwin, (Center) AJ, Logan, (Right) Alex, Craig.

We had enough people to have two full teams. Everyone got involved - here my theatre friend Mark is pitching. Mark, Aaron (TD at Theatre Calgary) Matt (from Do It With Class) were all on my team - let's say team TFD (so named by Steve).

Stef pitching and AJ on the other team-team 2.

Team 2 - Craig, Alex and Logan. Steve, the runner on third, on TFD.

Logan's partner from Vancouver arrived with his wife Pam and daughter Madison.

Jason on Team 2, Aaron (Tech Director) TFD.

Craig and Logan in the field.

TFD waiting to bat :Matt, Aaron, Steve, Kate (Troy's wife),Mark, Andy's Wife, Kendal (Baldwin's wife) and Nathan (Kendra's husband, Auntie Brenda's step-daughter).

Andy and his wife are fresh from the UK and had never played baseball before. They were great fun.

TFD again.

Tyler batting, Kendra catching (Auntie Brenda's step-daughter)

Stef, AJ and Jason - Team 2. Kendra (my good friend from Regina) on first.

Team 2 - Miranda, Andy, Baldwin, Craig.

When we called the game, Team 2 was ahead by a couple of points. We finished our beers and walked back to our house for hot dogs, hamburgers, pasta salad, spinach strawberry salad and trifle for dessert.

AJ, Matt, Aaron.

Tyler, Stef, Jason and Craig.

Mark. (Mark and Matt were in town working on "The Producers" at Stage West.)

We had some food and some beers. Many people stuck around into the night for a fire.

First day of summer

The 21st was the first day of Summer. And we celebrated in a very appropriate way...

We had central air installed. It is glorious. Especially since it has been so hot these past few days. One of the fellows Logan works with installs AC on the side. He charged us the wholesale cost of the unit and just $500 for his full day installing it. A great deal!

Our work nearly complete

Our list of things to do in the yard (this year) has been completed.
The Garage was completed June 11. (we are just waiting on their return to clean/finish the areas that were dug up).
Logan completed the structure of the fence a while ago, but yesterday we finished all of the rails, the latch on the gate, cutting the posts down to size.

The yard is really starting to look nice too.

Hung some hooks on the fence for hanging baskets.

I love the cool flowers.

Bought an outdoor rug for the deck and some new potted plants.

Planted the front garden too.

And we bought a tree. Dropmore Linden.

And planted the vegetable garden.

The grass to the right of the garden is the space that we added to the yard by moving the fence to the property line.

Logan has spent much time organizing his space.

And our attic storage system. Logan demonstrating the pull down ladder.

And moved all of our camping stuff, Christmas stuff and winter tires upstairs.

We spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out on our deck, drinking Corona and getting a bit sun burned.

8 Jessie Nominations

You have heard of the Oscars, Grammy's and Golden Globes. You may have heard of the Tony's, the award for Theatre on Broadway. In Calgary we have the Betty's. In Vancouver there is the Jessie's, the Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards. They have announced their nominations for this season. Beyond Eden has captured 8 nominations. I have been told that is a record.

Jessie Nominations:

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Tom Jackson

Outstanding Lighting Design
Alan Brodie & Kevin Lamotte

Outstanding Set Design
Bretta Gerecke

Outstanding Costume Design
Bretta Gerecke

Outstanding Sound Design
Chris Jacko & Michael Rinaldi

Outstanding Production
Beyond Eden

Significant Artistic Achievement:
Outstanding Visual Art Design
Gwaai Edenshaw

Outstanding Projection Design
Jamie Nesbitt

That is pretty exciting!

Progress

Our little shack continues to grow. It has gone up very quickly.

The guys were back on May 13th to do the framing.

May 14th for the roof trusses and the particle board.

May 15th the particle board went up on the roof and the shingles were delivered.

This photo is from May 19. Shingles complete. Tyvek up and flapping in the wind. These days have gone slower as it has been raining. Those boys didn't wait long before declaring a rain day.

Today. May 20th. Siding is up on much of the garage. They have also put door knobs on. The tarp went up because in the few days that there has been a roof three robins nests have been found in our rafters. They are trying to keep them out.
While the garage has been under construction Logan has taken on a few other projects.

The Deck:

He flipped all of the boards over and sanded them. We screwed them back down, stained and created new stairs. Logan's creative idea of running the stair down the full length of the deck. Someday (when there is more money to throw at the backyard we will redo the deck. It needs it badly! But somehow I think we have spent enough this year). Fence:
Logan has also been ripping down the crappy old fence. The fence that we used to declare at the beginning of every Bocce Ball game "You knock out a fence board you buy a new section". It has come down in a big pile. New pressure treated boards have gone up and are secured in place (unlike the last fence which was held up with a wing and a prayer and a bit of tension from a 1x1 board). We will be able to reuse the fence section that were put up around the parking pad that came down for the garage.