A Beautiful Day! A Birthday Too!

The Ridge

Let's start this Thursday, July 23rd off by saying, this is the kind of day I'll take forever! It was a cool start; Bill ran the furnace for a cycle when he got up at 6 and continued to get ready for work. I came down around 6:45 and started my day too.

Good morning!
I can tell it is going to be
a good one!

Bill left first with Black Beauty and I wasn't far out the lane after him, making my tea to-go. I drove straight to Battery Pro to get a bottle of water. A couple of regulars were at the Mat when I arrived and a couple of new notes (scraps of paper) were left on machines.

One Moonflower today
and
one I missed from yesterday.

I texted Sandy again about dropping more off and when I noticed the office light still not fixed, I mentioned that too. I took a picture of the machines in need of attention and he called right away. The light is not an easy fix so he apologized for that. 

A hassock full of toys
dropped at Robins'

At least now I understand the delay. His office assistant will drop more notes off today. 🤷‍♀️ It was only 8:05 when I left there so Impact Tire wasn't open yet and I didn't want to sit and wait for 25 minutes so drove home. 

Gibbs enjoys his morning
teaspoon of yogourt just
as much as I do!
(and he's fussy just like me!)

On my way, I stopped at Robin's and dropped off the toys and other purged items from the Bunky. I told her I didn't want anything for them but she offered to sell them all the same. When I had returned home, she texted that she had the morning off and was going to Williamsford, saving me the trip.

Some things in nature are
nice. I'll take this pretty garter
snake over the bears some of my
friends are seeing in their yards!

Works for me! I wanted to cut the grass once the dew was gone. Gibbs was happy, as always, to see me and so we hung together for the morning. I decided to make another pair of earrings and then went out to test my mower. 

My Echinacea/Coneflower
are finally beginning to bloom.
I love how the petals form slowly.

It worked for about 15 minutes then died so we definitely need new batteries. They aren't that old so I wonder if it is just the mower itself? I enjoy the grass cutting si I was disappointed that I couldn't finish and get a 'clean' result. 

My Midnight Snack cherry tomatoes
are starting to ripen.
Bottom up!

I pulled my screen tent out of the storage shed and noticed how much it has deteriorated over the winter, even in it's storage bag. This will be the last year and I fought to get pegs in our stone infused ground in order for it to stand up. LOL 

The screen tent is up!
Celebrating its last year though.

Gibbs and I enjoy the shade it provides and sat there until lunch time. After lunch, scrambled egg and bacon on an English muffin, I sat and got lazy.

We enjoy our tent

I got caught up in watching Youtube videos. Watching Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga singing Shallow gives me goosebumps. 🥰

Whenever Gibbs does goofy things,
I call him his 'Daddy's son'.
🤭
It must feel cool with the nylon
over top of him. 

I made a tea after 3 and we went outside again to sit in the tent with my book. We walked to get the mail, of which there was nothing but it was a nice walk. A video of you know who follows:

Bill was home just at 5:15 and settled in for a snooze before supper. Sausages on a bun and the last of the cheesecake for dessert.

Hostas in bloom and the
Sedum is popping too.

He made his lunch and tally-hoed to the neighbours. He is getting closer and closer to completion each time he goes. Tomorrow I hope to finish cutting the lawn since I have no jobs outside the home on the agenda. I do have to make a trip in to buy our C the A tickets though.

An easy supper tonight.

It has been a dandy day, I even managed to empty the second drawer where our stove will be going. We had a lovely high of 21.66C/71F today so I ask for a repeat, repeat, repeat, please! 

Today, one of my big sisters celebrates her birthday. I can't show you the card since she hasn't received it yet. I'll see her on the weekend so didn't mail it.

Happy Birthday, Donna!
💖
Good night all!

Thank you for stopping by! Your comments are always welcome.

 

Switching it Up, Exciting News!

The Ridge

It was crazy unbelievable when we woke up on Wednesday, July 22nd. The clock read 7:10!! I did open my eyes at 6:45 and couldn't believe that but when Gibbs and Bill didn't move until later, I was amazed. We've not slept like that for ages!

Good morning!
My first picture of the day.
Our lovebug.
💘

Bill was off today so he didn't need an alarm to wake him, thank goodness. He doesn't sleep well at the best of times, and often it is in his recliner for short cat naps (sometimes longer ones too) that he gets his best sleep. I did sleep for an hour yesterday and still was very tired when I went to bed at 11 last night.

A peek of blue sky at
11:45.
The wind kept the flags
straightened out too.

No problem sleeping, obviously, for me. 😉 Bill had a couple of things he needed to do and one that he wanted to do so he made his coffee in a to-go thermos and went out to close up Mike's trailer. It is an old one so he pumped the tires, manually put the jacks up and hooked up to Black Beauty.

Mike asked if he would take it to a friend's place, (Murray's in fact - where we store our vehicles) for a weekend event and then he takes it for a vacation with his girls and their families. Bill is always happy to help. Within an hour he was back and drove over to pick Dot up.

Coming home
early afternoon.

They went in to the hardware to pick up more paint supplies so he could work on that this afternoon. I had my own plans with my Buddy, Pat. I picked her up at noon and we drove to the big downtown of Durham to West Grey Auto Parts. 

Two more Moonflowers today.

They had a big expansion to their building last summer and today was their Open House. The weather looked 'iffy' this morning but by 11 am, the sun came out as forecasted and they were able to bbq burgers and hotdogs outside. Everyone who attended filled out a ballot for a Blackstone bbq. 

Bill was prepared to go with us but at the last minute got a message that our stove was en route from Oakville.......7 stops away. He stayed behind and waited until 12:30 before he popped into town to enjoy a burger for lunch too. They were on the house.

We peeked at it but it will
stay in the box for now.
🫣

When he left, the delivery van was 2 stops away (we've never had that kind of notification before!) and by the time I dropped Pat off, picked up bread and milk at Foodland and returned home, I met the MyCarrier truck as he turned onto Baptist Church Road.

Bill was smiling at the top of the lane, happy that such an easy purchase took place after all the run-around from the first one. They offloaded it right into the shed for now and we will wait until next week to 'unwrap' it. 

The freezer fits perfectly here
in the corner.
I just shifted my desk down to
the window.

In the meantime though, I will start moving things inside from the 2 drawers that I am sacrificing. 🤭 That's when Bill told me about a 5 cu ft chest freezer he saw at the hardware with Dot that was on sale for a great clearance price. We've talked about one for the Bunky so drove in and brought one home.

He changed into shorts and went next door to do some painting before supper. Since this was totally unexpected, I had to do some rearranging in the Bunky to get it inside tonight. There are things I've been hanging onto.....kids toys, in case little visitors came. That doesn't happen often enough so out they go. 

I got the freezer inside, it is actually very light, and although it is still very crammed in there right now, everything is in its place and I can still walk in and work on a puzzle if the mood arises. LOL I need to get rid of 2 large bags of clothing that I've gathered for the exchange. 

The Bunky is still jam-packed
but it's neat at least.

I don't know that I can wait until the end of September so may take them to town. Not sure what else to do to make room. I'm sure I'll have more by the time Joanne, or whoever, has the exchange. I came inside around 4 for my cup of tea and had a yogourt cup.

For supper, we had fish and chips/onion rings. I got a text from Pat that she won an Amsoil tool tray from the draw today. That's a $55 win! She was lucky but neither of us won the bbq. 🤷‍♀️ We had an enjoyable time together for a little over an hour. It was very nice.

Bill got back home at 5:30 and had a wee snooze while I started supper. Fish in the air fryer first, then when they were done, onion rings went in. Bill was waiting until I gave him the word to start heating the peanut oil for his fries. I'm so anxious for our oven with meals like this! 😉

Supper was so good, it's almost better home cooked than store bought. We cleaned up, Bill made his lunch for work tomorrow and went next door for a couple of hours. This has been a great day. Time with Pat, time with Gibbs and time with Bill. I call that a great day!

Sometimes I use sayings
from other cards we've received.
This one now is really finished.

We received our stove, got a freezer and I managed to make some room for things in both the Suite and Bunky. 

Sometimes I write on the outside

I got a bit of quilling done this morning, finishing another card. This one could be entitled 'to the moon, Alice!' I suppose but that's not a nice birthday greeting. 🤭

We had a high temperature of 17.22C/63F and if you weren't in the sun, it felt quite chilly. I hope you enjoyed your hump day! I did hear from my oldest grandson today so I'm happy that Taylor (Tj) is doing fine. 💕

Such a good supper!
Good night!

Thank you for popping by.