Yep, It's Summer

It's time again for the Burlington Sound of Music Festival - another sure sign of summer. While out for our walk on Thursday, Simon and I spied all of the activity. The amusement rides and vendors get set up early and crews were working on getting the stages ready. There will be music and merriment all weekend. This takes place downtown with most of it as Spencer Smith Park.

This is a block from where I live. Makes for a noisy weekend, but there are very seldom any "bad" incidents. I doubt I'll be participating much this year. I'll be working most of the weekend. The committee does a great job at getting something for everyone. There's rock, jazz, country, big band, something for the kids, etc. All of the muscial acts are free! Hometown rockers Finger Eleven have played a few times in the past, but unfortunately, not this year. You may have heard this song. It was a big hit for them. I'm really diggin' their new song. Check it out.

Simon was fascinated by the Berry-go-Round and begged for a turn, but mommy said no.
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So I guess we've determined that summer has indeed come to stay for a while. What better time than to have some BBQ Ribz!

I used this recipe and tweaked it a bit so it was more to my liking. When I made these the last time, I thought the peanut butter flavour was a bit too strong. Vicki at Vegan Vice had commented and suggested tahini instead of peanut butter. What a great idea!! I used half PB and half tahini. It was much better. I also added some BBQ sauce with the water to get more of the barbecue flavour into the actual ribz. Jim threw them on the BBQ for a few minutes at the end of the cooking time and it all worked really well.

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More roasted vegetables. I can't seem to get enough of these. I just use whatever I have hiding in the fridge. This one was broccoli, carrots, red peppers, and a few odd pieces of leftover cauliflower.

Since we were celebrating (nothing special, isn't life itself a celebration?) we had Jim's favorite wine.

Henry of Pelham winery has been around for over 20 years. They have taken the lowly hybrid and made it a bit of a cult wine here in Ontario. They have some of the oldest Baco vines in the province and the winemaker really knows how to work this grape. This is a perfect barbecue wine. Alas, this is our last 2002 bottle.

For a light, tasty finish we have Dreena's Coconut Lime Cookies!

These were a big hit at our house. So soft and chewy and what a great flavour combination! I think the batch made it through 2 days...just barely!
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Enjoy the weekend! I'm going to try and make the rounds to the blogs I visit over the next couple of days.