OK--OH Canada part deux

So, the camera still doesn't want to down load my pictures, but I got a handy dandy compact flash reader that more or less does the same thing. Now I'm trying to get them into the blog--in no particular order.

Here are my hosts, Margaret and Ken Melsted, Ken wearing one of his 11 new Tilley Hats, courtesy of Lee. That was the actual purpose of the trip. Ken and Margaret were great hosts. they let me do as much or as little as I wanted to do. Mostly it was just laze around.

This is the farmhouse. Ken was born here.

Next, we move to some grain bins. There are lots of grain bins. It is a huge farm.

And just to prove there is some livestock, here is Ken with the horse. They also have breeding stock pure bread cattle--the bulls were hiding in the shed behind the horse. How many bulls do you see?

Last, but not least, this is the Provincial Flower of Saskatchewan, the Red or Prarrie Lilly. Margaret has two growing in her garden. With luck. the bulbs will multiply as the lilly is in danger if extinction.

I didn't have my camera out with me in Saskatoon--too bad, it was really pretty around the hotel and park where we saw The Tempest.

Orc report--so far, so good. Not even any drums beating yet. I don't hold out hope of a stay for more than another day, though.

xxooxx