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The Ridge

On Wednesday, May 20th I was up before 7 so I would be awake enough to take Bill to work. With only one vehicle now, my penance is to get him where he needs to be so I can get to where I need to be. 🤭 I have the Mat commitment this morning.

Good morning!

We left Gibbs in charge at 7:30 and I dropped him at Murray's for 8 am. From there, since I was so to Hanover, I drove in to Walmart to check on their vegetable plants. Yay! They had a few varieties of cherry tomatoes so I picked up 4 plants. That means one in each of my plots.

For some reason, the clouds were
drawing my attention today.
Driving home, north on BCRd.

I drove straight to the Mat and did my cleaning in the empty building. We have a hooked rug from my Uncle Harold in our short hallway to the bedroom and it has needed a good washing. I think I usually just shake it out real good and hang on the line to air.  So, I washed it with our bath mat while there.

Looking to the northeast
from Baptist Church Road.

Did it ever come out nice! Note to self, 'do that more often'. I hung the bath mat on the line when I got home and that was it for my day. Thank you all so much for the kind words over my Oopsie. You are all correct, it could have been so much worse and Gibbs nor I were hurt.

Gibbs walked partway to the mailbox
and stopped. That wind was cold in our
faces. He has his sweater on today,
protection from the cold day and blackflies.

Since my puzzle was done, and it was too cool to plant (dropping to 1 or 2 overnight), I did some paper quilling. Just a couple of bookmarks. I'm feeling quite good today, just the odd cough now and then but I believe I've kicked this cold to the curb.

Uncle Harold was the bachelor
of the family and kept busy with many things.
One hobby was rug hooking.
I love this one. He had so many that after he
passed, many of us picked one out.

Bill was done early, they are drywalling so that means mud, tape, wait, sand, mud, tape, wait - something like that. But a process so in between they can't do anything but go home. I met him and Billy in Durham to pick Bill up and we headed to Harriston Ford.

Yummy tacos for supper.

Black Beauty has a recall on her backup camera so we wanted to make an appointment. With the warm then wet weather, 2 nights of rain, the grass is going nuts! So, Bill hopped on the mower and cut the grass in the fields and in my area. It was yellow with dandelions too.

After supper, driving into
Durham at dusk.

We watched some afternoon tv, more Bosch, and we had tacos for supper. So messy but so yummy. We cleaned up and drove in to the new police station in town for 7 pm. The West Grey-Durham Lions Club supports the Police with various things so we were all granted a tour of their new building. 

The two officers didn't mind
posing with our WG-DLC 
President Lion Doug.

We were greeted by 2 on duty officers, I'm not sure of Nancy's position but she took half of our group on one tour from the back to front and Sgt. Ben Meyer took the rest of us on a tour from the front of the building, administration office to the back. 

This is a really nice building
allowing them to expand a lot!

He was very informative, personable and interested in sharing information in answer to our questions. It is a wonderful addition to the town of Durham and such an improvement from the former station. Kudos to both of them for their time and for obliging me with a picture!

I love this picture as we were
arriving home.

Survivor was on when we got home at 8:15 and it was the finale. That meant 2 1/2 hours so I skipped the blog (not the dishes) and we watched it together. We were a tad disappointed with the outcome but only because we had a favourite. No spoiler here in case you missed it.

Looking over the berm to 'our' turbines
in the fields behind us.
We like the view a lot.

It has been a great day. I've put things behind me from Ptooties damage and forgiven myself. Such a dumb thing, beating yourself up over an accident. I hope you had a nice hump day. We reached 10C/50F for a high temp, meaning Bill had a reprieve from blackflies while cutting grass!

Wednesday draws to a close

Good night!

Thank you for taking the time to stop by.

Oopsie! Go to Your Room! Handsome Boy

The Ridge

When I woke up on Tuesday, May 19th, I knew I'd had a really good sleep. I know I was dreaming, my step-daughter, Krystal and her sister, Charlotte, were prominent just before waking. Interesting. I could hear Bill get up so that was around 6:15, I think.

Good morning!
This is the morning ritual
before Bill goes to work.

Today was another warm day with more thunderstorms forecasted for the day's end. Each day I wake, I am feeling better and still am so grateful that this 'cold' has not progressed beyond my throat. No sniffles, no fever, no headache and even my throat hasn't been sore since the first day. 

The little boy I dropped off
at Bath and Biscuit.

Soon it will be but a memory.😉 Bill left at 7:30 and Gibbs and I relaxed until about 9. I was finished my tea so went upstairs and brushed the little guy. He loves being brushed but when I came across a couple of sticky 'buds' off the tree, he wasn't so happy.

I stopped at Foodland's garden centre
and came home with 12 plants to start

I finished by brushing his teeth and snipping a couple of hair clumps from those long flowing ears of his. At 9:45, we drove into town for his grooming appointment at Kates. I couldn't locate his seatbealt in the back so had him on his leash, tethered beside me in the front seat. He behaved very well.

I had to stop at the bush
on Baptist Church Rd. for
a picture before these Trilliums
were gone.

After dropping him off, I drove to Foodland and picked out 12 vegetable plants. At 4 for $12, I took advantage. Just various tomatoes and peppers but I want some cherry tomatoes as well. They didn't have any. I have 16 'plots' so will shop either at Coop or Walmart.

The handsome boy I picked up 
2 hours later.

I came home and worked on the puzzle until it was time to pick Gibbs up at 12 noon. He looks as handsome as ever and I'm sure feels like a million bucks. It didn't cost quite that much but his fees are still a lot. We keep saying how good a job she does, something we can't do, so pay what we need to.

Going out of town, the
Donut tree is filling out.

This little guy was having fun
with his head in the wind.

Then, at home, when I'd almost slowed to a stop, I thought I'd put Ptooties in Park and took my foot off the brake as I gathered up his leash and my purse. Oopsie! We rolled slowly right into the Suite's 5th wheel hitch, smash right into the passenger side windshield! 

I feel/felt so bad.
Poor Ptooties!

I put her in Reverse and backed up before calling Bill. What a blubbering mess I was! Poor man, took a while to get out of me what happened. I'm sure it was a scary 30 seconds for him too! He calmed me down and after making sure Gibbs and I were safe, said he'd be home soon.

Finally, my first hummingbird
visits.

There's always worse case scenarios, you know like touching the gas instead..........so, I calmed down and when my dear, sweet, hubby came home, he pulled her up onto the mat so I could vacuum up the mess. He called Speedy AutoGlass and made an appointment for Friday to replace it. LOL

Because of the impending rain,
we covered the windshield.

I will be taking him to work in the morning so I have Black Beauty to do my job. The car is driveable but until Friday, when Bill takes it in, we'll not risk it. Tomorrow's temperature will be another shock, just so we don't get comfy with the warmth. Good grief!

While they slept, I
finished the puzzle.

Bill and Gibbs snoozed and I went out and finished the puzzle. One piece missing, darn! It was a fun one to do but I miss my puzzling partner, Renee, and Sue, with her odd piece here and there.  🤭 We had some good conversations while she worked and I played.

One of those pictures that
are too precious to miss.

For supper, I will quick fry a couple of eye of the round steaks that Bill brought home from the field yesterday. Extras leftover from their brunch. Never look a gift horse in the mouth, right? Steak supper, it is! The steak was a bit tough but they actually were okay.

The Phlox is brightening
up the garden.

I cooked potatoes and a vegetable each and black cherry Chapman's ice cream for dessert. I had a half banana in mine. 💕 We cleaned up the dishes and continued with Bosch. I'm enjoying watching tv with Bill, he remembers more of these episodes than I do!

A rare picture.
3 Goldfinches having a meeting.

It was a good day if we can forget about Ptooties. 😕 We reached 26.67C/80F and will be dropping to 4.44C/40F overnight. Back to winter temps tomorrow. Oh brother!

Supper was good.
Good night!

Thank you for the visit.