Spring Has Departed - No, Wait. This is Ontario.

The Ridge

Right now, do I wish to have a little bit, just a wee bit of that Arizona heat. On Wednesday, Apr. 29th Bill was up with Gibbs at 6 and then preparing for a work day. It is cold, yes, but not raining, so they are able to work on their out-of-doors job.

Good morning!
This is how our day looked
until late afternoon.

I didn't have to clean this morning, so said my goodbyes from the warm bed. Bill had the furnace on, as most mornings he does for a couple or three cycles. It warms the floors nicely where the fireplace or Blue Flame heater do not. 

This is behind Bill's Hangar.
Remember the 'pond' Gibbs played in?
It's gone.
Soon, Bill will be able to get to those
broken branches, it will be dry enough.

Gibbs hung upstairs with me again, knowing Daddy was not downstairs. He watched him leave from our bedroom window and then curled up at my feet. I had my tea and then hopped in the shower. Today, I had a date! 😉 

Also, our front field is drying up.

I took Gibbs out for a piddle and sniff and then I drove B.B. into Pat's for a visit. This was the best day, so far, for us to reconnect. Yesterday, she gave me great news. She was able to attend the Ladies clothing exchange on Saturday after all! Yay! I'm pretty sure it will be all 3 of us 'musketeers' again.🤞 

This little cutie was entertaining.
So many of Gibbs' traits.

Pat, Bella and I had a really nice visit. If it was an outside kind of day, I would have taken Gibbs but decided to have a more relaxed visit this time. He and Bella would make a roller rink out of her house, methinks. 😂

Is this a bossy look?
you bet your *** it is!

When she dropped her bone,
I got a look. I know what she wanted.
😂She's a little cutie pie.

It was great to see her and after a cup of tea and wonderful chit chat with my Buddy, 2 hours later I headed home. I wasn't home 20 minutes, eating lunch, when I got the call that our Income Tax was ready. The same I.T. that we were clearly told would NOT be ready before the deadline of Apr. 30th. 

Bill will be working tomorrow, so I will pop in to pay the bill, have the staff e-file them and bring our paperwork home. I need to fit in a visit with Robin before Friday, so maybe in the same trip I can do that. She's heading to Manitoba for 10 days.

Back home, after lunch,
I shelled one bag of pecans from
the freezer.
Thank you Paw Paws Harvest Host!

So, I sat and shelled one bag of the pecans (pe-cahns) 🤭 that I picked up from Paw Paw Pecan's Plantation. They've been tucked in the freezer. Out of one bag, I got 12 oz. of fresh, tasty nuts and that's a savings of about $20. I'm quite pleased that only about 10 had to be discarded.

Finally, we've seen Chippy at the seed block.
It is almost gone, piggy Grackles.

Before I made my tea, I made a pan of meat loaf for supper. Madame IP to the rescue again. One of Bill's favourite meals. He could probably eat my meatloaf and his fries every night of the week! 🤫 I have some potatoes to fry up for him as well and coleslaw to eat.

Some pictures around the pond.

I do believe she has a nest there. 

Gibbs and I then walked down the lane where he managed to sneak to the edge of the pond and come up with dirty feet. What a little mutt! Bill messaged before 3 that he should be home around 4:30. Well, that will be nice! Beats 6 o'clock! It was 4:15 when Ptooties came up the lane.

The Blue Jays make an appearance
occasionally,

We caught up on each other's news and at 5:15, I put the meatloaf in to bake. Bill and Gibbs dozed until it was ready at 6. Madame IP does such a great job, exactly 25 minutes baking plus beginning and release times. I fried up the leftover potatoes for Bill and mixed up coleslaw for our side.

This is a better picture from my
big Canon camera.

It was a great meal, with leftover meatloaf for a couple or three more nights. Funny thing, it has been dull all day, no real rain, no real wind, but no sunshine until about 3:30. Then the sky cleared right out to prepare for a very cold night. Great. 😢

Doesn't look like much but
it was filling and I had a keto brownie
for dessert.

I tried to reach Robin about a pop-in visit tonight but she must still be out and about. I won't get to see her before she leaves after all. She's such a busy lady! I'll drop off her plaques at her house tomorrow so she has them. 

We watched Survivor together at 8 and then I found a movie to watch. It has been a good day. It was so nice to catch up with Pat, she looks great. We reached a chilly high of 8.89C/48F, dropping to 1.666C/35F. Brrrr. The ****flurries were mentioned.

Good night!

Thank you for coming around.

A Warm but Wet Day - Videos, just because

The Ridge

On Tuesday, Apr. 28th I woke up hearing Bill downstairs on the phone. He was chatting with his co-worker, Billy, about whether or not they would be going to work today. They are working outside on a house in Guelph, so the present and pending rain has made them cancel the day.

Good morning!
There is a deep discussion here.
Daddy told me he was going to work,
yet, here he still is.
What's going on?

I was happy for Bill (& Gibbs) but it also meant that it would be an inside day for them here too. What did we do? Well, firstly, I headed into town shortly after 7 to clean the Mat. It was quick and easy and I was back home by 8:30.

I pulled out a couple of wood palettes
that needed my special touch.

The rain had pretty much stopped by then but we still just hung around indoors. Because Bill was up early, he and Gibbs dozed off in the chair. I sat at my craft table and worked on a new creation using one of my dollar store palettes. 

What do you think?

Sometimes my head hurts trying to come up with new ideas but not so much that I don't want to do it! 😂 This one turned out pretty good, I think. Bill did our banking this morning, since it was payday from the Government pensions. 

A walk down to the mailbox.
After the rain.

After an egg and toast lunch, he went down to the Hangar. While he was down there, I worked more on quilling and then Gibbs and I walked down to get junk mail from the mailbox.  

                            These are some of our 
                              Ridge sounds.

When Bill got a call that the chain for his chain saw (to cut those broken tree branches) is ready for pick up in Hanover, he headed out. 

                                                                   

I stayed home with Gibbs and turned a movie on. It was that kind of day. The movie was called New Life and I enjoyed it. Bill caught the tail end with me. 

Waiting for Mom.
It's always a race for him.

It wasn't quite suppertime so we started watching Freedom Writers. A true story in Long Beach, CA in the 90's. We both found it very interesting and I'd like to find the book. For supper, we had fish and chips and I opted for squash instead of the fries. What's wrong with me? I know, right?

                        Gibbs is quite the 'marksman'

                                  when it comes to Chippy. 

Tonight was NCIS night so we watched it together, listening over the harmony of the chorus frogs seeping through the windows. Bill's least favourite sounds. It was a good day, I made a couple of plans for tomorrow and the weekend and basically took it easy.

We reached 15C/59F on our last warm day for a while, dropping to 5C/41F. Up and down, we're all getting tired of this roller coaster. I hope you've had a good day too. Oh, and thank you so much for all of your kind words regarding my friend's passing. It means a lot.

Elle-Scott is back in place
in our big periwinkle garden.
Kermit in the background,
he got left out all winter.
Woops!
Good night!

Thank you for the visit.