A belated Happy 157th birthday Canada! What a hot summer we are experiencing! My vegetable gardens are flourishing so long as I water them each evening.

If you’re planning a delightful summer picnic I have the perfect cake for you to make. The broiled top icing stays nice and firm so you won’t have to worry about icing melting all over the place. Of course all of the ingredients I used to make it came from Sharyn’s Pantry.

Roxanne and Peter are doing such a wonderful job carrying on with my beloved store of 44 years. I am very proud of them! And Gary and I are enjoying our retirement! Our golden retreiver Maggie sure is happy to have her Mommy at home with her too!

Have a great month and don’t complain about the heat. We will remember this in fridgid winter months to come. It seems that our summer is just flying by.