A nice summer sunrise.

Hummingbirds were busy (for this area) this year. We very rarely get other species,; the common one is the rufous.

The garden finally started to grow. The bigger plants were from the earlier seeding – pretty sparse.

Leaf miners made their debut on the aspens. A few years ago they practically stripped the trees; now there are only a few. The eggs hatch and the bugs eat their way between the two skins of the leaf, finally folding over the leaf edge and pupating.

A nice set of grizzly tracks. Bears were sparse in this area this year.

The gymkhana was held in August. Both adults and kids had egg and spoon races.

The tire event is always a laugh. Riders take a passenger and the latter must grab the tire and stay in the air while the rider goes around a pole then comes to pick up the passenger. This is a pretty good test for the horse’s equanimity. For the younger kids, a parent was holding the horse – later it was a free for all.

The ribbon race was harder than it looks. Arriving at the first pole was easy enough, but controlling both horses one-handed while going round the pole was usually where the attempt ended.

The most exciting race was the relay. Teams of 3 galloped around a big course as fast as possible.

My trail camera was picking up quite a lot of traffic. Snowshoe hares.

Deer, both mule and whitetail. (Mum in the back)

What incredibly skinny legs these creatures have. It’s a wonder they don’t break.

The garden suddenly started producing. Two dozen cauliflowers ripened at once.

And in the greenhouse I got a good tomato crop.

First time trying to grow cucumbers

I read that bananas ripened tomatoes, so I hung them beside the clusters of fruit. Eventually, when it started to get cold, I brought the remaining green tomatoes inside and finished ripening them in a cardboard box with more bananas. Every one turned red.

It was my first year using the greenhouse and I considered it a success.