Still on the Go - No Complaints

The Ridge

I was awake early on Wednesday, July 15th, hearing Bill and Gibbs. Thinking it was the usual 6, I was surprised to see it wasn't even 5 am! What's going on you two? Unless I was dreaming. I felt stiff across my shoulders and achy in my arms and legs. LOL

Good morning!
9 today.
We're not done yet.

Bill went out to load his cooler on Jazz and Gibbs watched from my bedroom window, right in front of me. Cuddle time for me! It wasn't even 6:30 when he came up for a goodbye kiss all ready to leave. His head was really big! Oh, he had his helmet on. 🤭

Chuckle from the hardware store.
Louise works in the paint department
and this was on the wall above her station.

I had to clean today but didn't get up myself until 6:45. I did the big dryer lint trays today and that was just the perk I needed! First, I found Daddy's dime sitting on a washer and a nickel on the floor. The dryers garnished me with $5.96 in change so it's a good day.

Their loss, my gain.

Before leaving Durham, I stopped at Impact Tire for our C the A tickets and then at the Home Hardware to get the second 5 gallon pail of paint shaken for Bill. Once I returned home, the sky was featuring a lot of yellow, dull, hazy yellow. 

No special effects here.

There are forest fires in the northern parts of Ontario and it is drifting this way. It is quite bad here so I can only imagine what our friends up there are experiencing. 

Left - my wagon is full!

Despite the warnings, I put on long sleeves and went to the front field to clean up branches. As my daughter says "they always say don't work outside. Too hot, too cold, too ticky, too whatever. When are we supposed to get stuff done?" It wasn't the heat or the smoke but the bugs.....again!

I piled my trusty 'not red' wagon high and lugged it up to the brush pile. Done and done! Now Bill can cut when he is ready. Our grass looks worse than our neighbours and Robin's now! Neglect does that. 😉 He'll get to it, soon. 

It was quiet eerie inside looking out.
Truly yellow tint to everything.

I stayed inside and started another pair of earrings and at 10:30, packed a snack, made my coffee to-go and drove to Williamsford. The guests have checked out. For a reason that I didn't at first understand, I seemed slow at cleaning today. It wasn't that dirty although all 3 beds needed to be stripped.

Going the back way to Williamsford,
I saw these and thought they were hawks.
Just turkey buzzards having a
private rendezvous.

Just as I realized I was 30 minutes longer than normal, it dawned on me that the guests had turned the a/c completely off. It was 90F/32C in there. That would slow a person down, I guess. I drove home by way of Durham and fueled up Ptooties. Rumour has it that the price is going up.

The country road was quiet
and spooky.

The rest of the day is a blur but it was spent inside until 4:45 when Bill got home. There had been a spattering of rain earlier so I had worried about him getting wet. I was showered, dressed and ready to head out but wanted to make sure he got home safely.

By 2 pm, it had cleared quite a bit.
The turbine blade tips are a bit lost
in the smog.

I can't even imagine what he is waiting
for. Can you?
💘
I tell you, he's a laugh every day.

A friend and Lion's Club member is opening an air bnb in town, beside the Funeral Home (of which she is the director), and she was holding an open house from 4 to 7 today. I went to have a peek. 

My lilies caught my eye
this afternoon in their
brilliance.

It is a century home and she has done really well with the upgrades without changing the esthetics of the older home. Lovely. 

'Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do.
I'm half crazy over the love of you.'
Oh dear, that made me remember Mom and
I singing that together. 
💕💕💕

Not surprising, she knows Robin and has benefited from her tips regarding starting in the business etc.

It's a lovely air bnb.
I'll try and include the link if
you are curious.

https://www.airbnb.ca/rooms/1725750187826669089?adults=1&location=Durham%2C%20Ontario%2C%20Canada&search_mode=regular_search&check_in=2026-07-19&check_out=2026-07-24&children=0&infants=0&pets=0&source_impression_id=p3_1784061585_P3MPUzIb50gVpDIF&previous_page_section_name=1001&federated_search_id=d5b3abe3-9662-4a94-bd12-e99cabc2f25e

I was home by 6 and Bill had dumped the black tank and cut a bit of the berm and our lawn grass while he had the mower out. He uses it to pull the blue boy/honey wagon.

My old fashioned flip flops.

I made us toasted bacon and egg sandwiches for supper. It was enough. I'm off all day tomorrow (at this stage) so will plan on making a cheesecake or something 'edible' for dessert. 🤭 I sent Bill off to cut Dot and Gord's lawn and cleaned up the fry pan. 

This was very good!
Good night.

This was a good day. I wonder what tomorrow's weather will bring? Today started out hot and sticky so we turned the a/c on. By noon, I had turned it off and opened windows. High of 20C/68F and a low tonight of 15C/59F. Crazy, huh?

Thank you for popping by!

You Just Never Know........

The Ridge

Bill and Gibbs were up at or shortly after 5:30 on Tuesday, July 14th. I think I was in the throes of a dream but could hear Gibbs chewing on his yak cheese bone beside me. Bill was getting ready for work and came in to say goodbye around 6:30.

Good morning!
Last night's sky was a pretty one.,

He loaded Jazz and off they went down the lane. I had no scheduled time slot today so just relaxed for a while, did my stretches and got up. The duvet was on the floor at the bottom of the bed where I tucked it when I crawled in last night. It was another 10:30 night for Bill next door.

We won't need that duvet tonight either so it can stay right there. I was going to have me tea here at home and then go to Hanover for groceries but decided to get moving early. I took my tea, slipped on my summer dress and left Gibbs in charge. I was on the road by 7:30.

It isn't Quartzsite, but
it's pretty. The red dot says
goodnight over the Ridge.

Traffic was light on the way and when I pulled into both Independent Grocers for yogourt and when I pulled into the Walmart parking lot 10 minutes later, there were maybe 10 vehicles. Independent doesn't open until 8 so there were 4 of us waiting.

My list for W wasn't as long as usual, no real meat to purchase and that kept the bill down too. I did need to get our printer ink tanks (ouch!$$) but was expecting that. I wear my barefoot/earth shoes pretty much everywhere and they are my favourite.

Funny guy. I let him out
around 9 after it had cooled down a bit.
He goes piddle and then lays on
the grass - not looking at me.
I had no choice tonight but to 
wait him out. 
🥰

However, when I sit outside, I slip them off so my feet aren't white at the bottom of tanned legs. Yes, I'm vain. When I saw my sister-in-law, Liz, wearing not uncomfortable sandals like what I have, but the old-fashioned flip flops from my teen years. Yes! I wanted a pair and found some for $5.

This morning, I count 5
Moonflowers.

Surprisingly, they slip on easy and STAY on until I want to take them off. Thanks Liz! Back in Durham, I stopped at Home Hardware to get the 5 gallon can of ceiling paint shaken for Bill. I asked for help and young Bentley came out and carried it in for me. Here is where the chance meeting took place.

Because one day, they'll be done,
I wanted a close up.
Such a pretty flower to brighten
my day.

While we waited for Kelly (whom I didn't know before today) at the paint booth to shake the paint, she and I struck up a conversation. She flipped over my sunflower earrings. When she discovered that I made them, she started asking questions. What is your website? Are you on Etsy? I want some!

Our morning sky has been
interesting lately.

I didn't have one of my cards (I didn't need to pay for anything so my purse was in the car) so I gave her my email address and told her I would be in the parking lot on Sunday. I'm so pleased when things like that happen. You just never know. Whether she shows up is neither here nor there, it's a contact. 😃

I found this interesting.
Walmart had this bird seed.
Apparently it is spicy. The squirrels
and probably chipmunks don't like it.
Isn't it odd that birds don'd mind it?
🤔

When I got home, I watered my vegetables again and then decided there would be no more outside work today. By 10, it was already 31C/87F so I believe that to be a wise decision. Unfortunately, Bill and Billy are building a fence at their job. Mike did tell them to be wise and stop when they needed to.

She asked if I had daisy earrings.
I didn't. Now I do.
Finicky, detailed but fun!

I was so excited about meeting Kelly that I came home and set up my table again. I wasn't going to make many more earrings but now she has given me incentive. I'm going to focus on flowers rather than just designs. Everyone loves flowers, right? 🤭

I made my tea at 3:30 and started my blog after finishing 2 pair. Bill was home around 4 and although we'd planned to go into Durham and cut grass for Robin's 'soon to be' bnb right away, we pushed that until after supper. Hoping for a wee bit more shade in the area.

Supper was spaghetti and meatballs cooked by Madame IP. One dish meals, nothing like it on a busy night. I had spaghetti squash with mine but a few noodles got mixed in when I dished it out. It was a very good meal.

Yummy.

I cleaned up the dishes, Bill loaded the dishwasher and at 6:15, we drove into town. We took my battery mower and picked up one of Robin's gas mowers. Bill did the back of the property and I did the front and side until my battery died. We definitely need new ones. 😕

We stopped at Robin's home and Bill started her mower for me and he hopped on the rider. At least we were working in the shade at her place and I was quite comfortable cutting her front and side lawns here too. 

Oh my! Our babies have all
grown up! Soon they'll be leaving.

I ran out of gas both with the mower and my body so just waited until Bill finished up. No trimming tonight, it's too hot and it really isn't bad at either spot. She's home tomorrow and we probably didn't need to cut it but she asked and we said yes. She likes her place to look neat.

They look just like Mom and Dad
now only an inch or so smaller.

Back home, we each hopped in a vehicle and after greeting our good little watch pup, drove next door. I knew I'd get eaten alive but it was the perfect time to water Dot's gardens. I slipped on my windbreaker but they still were a nuisance! Egads!

That sun never rested today
at all.

Bill stayed to do some cutting in that he didn't get at last night. Everready batteries, if that is what he's running on - I recommend them. They last forever. 💕 I came home and worked on my post. Gibbs is happy, one of us is home again.

This was a 'too' hot day but we can do nothing about it so will get through it with the tools that we have. The Suite is cool. He is working in a/c and we can open windows tonight again for sleeping. I did get the birds fed this morning so they are happy but I do believe the Orioles have left me now. 😟

With no clouds, it didn't get
any more spectacular than this.
Good night!

A long post again, and very few pictures. It was a good day.

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