The Sky Can’t Decide, A Few Odd Jobs

The Ridge

On Thursday, July 25^th I was up before 7 and Bill was almost ready to go to work. It’s been a full week for him and it’s one of those mixed blessings, right? 😊 I stripped the bed and grabbed our bath towels and left the Ridge about 10 minutes behind him. I pulled into the Ultramar/Pioneer station for gas as soon as I got into town. It’s the best time, not too many fueling up, if any.

Good morning!
I caught the sun just on time last night.

Then I drove across the street to the Mat. I was alone the whole time, yay! The bag of clothes was still in the Lost and Found with two of their towels sitting on top as I left them. Crap! I removed the bag but decided to give them another couple of days. Plus, I was doing my own washing today and wanted to wash the other items in the L & F box that have been there for a couple of weeks. I put our sheets, towels and white bedspread in 2 machines and started to sort.

Gibbs and I watched a movie last night.
Not one worth mentioning but he enjoyed it. 💗

this bag was still there, untouched.
I put the towels inside and put it back in the box
until Saturday.

I throw odd socks out and there were 3 singles and I throw out anything stained or torn. Today there were just 2 items besides the socks so the rest were worth washing. With the machine for that stuff running, I cleaned. Sandy had 95% of the machines fixed when I went in on Tuesday, which was really nice, but one machine had a note today stating NO water. I tested it and the note was accurate. Hmmm. I texted a pix to him. ☹

Top picture was as I was ready to
leave the Ridge.
Bottom picture was on B.C. Rd. just around the corner.

At the corner of the highway looking east and west
as I approached town.
Fog gives everything an eerie appearance.

And then I noticed this.
Isn't that strange?

I was finished shortly before 9 and drove straight home. I hung our things plus the 7 items from the L & F box and sat with Gibbs until a few minutes before 10. M was ready with his empty beer cases and grocery bags ready when I arrived, as usual, and we drove to Durham. Only 3 stops today and at Foodland I walked in as well and picked up bread for Bill’s lunches and some grapes.

Back home, I found this 'dead?' dog on the grass.
As I approached and giggled, the tail went crazy
so he's alive and got belly rubs. 💕💕💕

For lunch, I toasted 3 pieces (they’re small) of my keto bread and slathered them with butter. Hmmm again. They were pretty good! I’m glad I’m not wasting any ingredients by making it. 😊 Gibbs and I went outside after I finished and I cut the grass up here while he supervised. ♥ It’s his job, after all, and he does it well without too much critique. The lawn looks great again, on time for company.

Our grass is far from perfect, but
it still looks good when it is cut.

My Echinacea/Cornflowers are blooming.

I worked on the puzzle for a couple of hours, I guess, and when it was complete we walked down to check the mail. No parcel today, yet, I am expecting the second part of my Amazon order. The clouds make the day feel cooler than 21C/70F BUT when the sun breaks through, which is often, it feels warmer than that. It was fairly windy earlier and foggy first thing but the winds have calmed by mid afternoon somewhat.

When I finished the puzzle (it was a fun one!)
we walked down the wider laneway for mail.
Our travel insurance reminder means it won't be long
and we'll be traveling again! 

It was time. I didn’t do anywhere near a good, even decent, job but I went to the corral. I had to go barefoot on the big hill as I kept slipping. I did manage to pull a pile of the tall weeds but didn’t get down to the nitty gritty without gloves. I am fed up with it and as much as that is the wrong attitude, that’s what I feel. It looks a bit better. If we could afford it, I’d hire a landscaper to come in and do what they can to it. Ha ha. 😊

Oh my, there IS a garden in there.
When nothing is blooming, it looks quite the mess.

I made my tea around 4:30 and brought the clothes in. A couple of items are worth keeping myself and a couple for our next exchange. Some will get dropped at the 2^nd hand store in town. Bill went and picked up Mike’s travel trailer after work and took it to the Acreage, its summer home so didn’t drive in until close to 6. I have planned smoked sausage on buns for supper with coleslaw. There are 2 buns left, so I’ll have one too.

These were good for a change
and on sale at Foodland this week.

Supper is done and it was good. We didn’t have the coleslaw, instead finished of the little bit of ice cream that was left in cones. Bill had filled our bladder with water while at the Acreage so during supper, that was transferred to the tank. After dishes, he dumped our black tank and then cut grass. Good thing he has a riding mower, that’s just too much work in one day! We like the place to look nice when we have guests coming but actually, any time too. 😊

Looking for food under the feeders.

The clouds are moving on out slowly making for a clear sky overnight. That explains the 9C/48F we’ll be dropping to. Might need our Mexican blankets on our bed. The sheets are clean and it will be nice crawling into them. This has been a good day with a few things taken care of. I hope yours was a good day too, it’s almost the weekend!

The hummer and finches are around
but each time I get my camera, the hummingbird disappears.
I'll have to make time to fill the seed feeders tomorrow.(again)
Good night!

Thank you for the visit.

A Day of ‘Nuttin’ Honey’ to Ourselves

The Ridge

Bill was up with the alarm at 6 and he and Gibbs had their morning outing. Next thing I knew, it was 6:45 and Bill was getting ready for work. Gibbs and I went downstairs to sit with him until he left around 7:30. I have no where to be today, and nothing really pressing on the agenda. Because it will be an off and on wet day, I won’t go out to cut lawn or pull weeds. I can’t wait to get into that corral garden, don'tcha know? 😊

Good morning!
The sky was pretty last night after all.

I was actually able to play all of my morning Wordle games plus Scrabble-Go. I missed a bunch yesterday. After my tea, I did a few stretches involving my feet and ankles from an app called Block Therapy. I’m not sure how much I’ll do but would like to do anything to help with my Achilles Heel. Some days, I don’t even notice it, others it aches like a son of a gun. These are easy although somewhat uncomfortable things to do here at home, using a rolled-up towel. It’s worth a shot!

Rain off and onthis morning

Gibbs went out to watch Daddy drive out
this morning.
He no longer chases, but 'waits' with me.

It rained off and on throughout the morning so I decided to Google some recipes for Keto bread. I’m not giving up! I miss my guilt-free bread and one day I believe I’ll find something I can make that will satisfy me. So far, it hasn’t happened. Some recipes have been so-so but others just plain NO! I found quite a few but many have one or two ingredients that I never have in the house, others take a lot of eggs and suggest the oven rather than bread maker and visa versa. I found one to try so I’ll let you know.

What would I ever do if I didn't have this 
little bum (haha) to entertain
me?
I love this view. 💗💗💗

Gibbs needs to get outside so we went out around 3 to check the mail and part of my Amazon order was stuffed in the mail box today. I think my collagen powder will be here tomorrow. Gibbs got a royal treatment today. His ear drops (not his fav. thing), his coat brushed and also his teeth brushed. He was very good. 

It’s a mild enough day but fairly windy so it isn’t a hardship being inside. I check my tomatoes and peppers often and I don’t know if I’m 100% happy with the upcoming results. Hmmm, or am I just comparing them to Bridgette’s flourishing garden? 😊

Yum, fried radishes and onions
(Shirley 💖)

A tasty lunch plate.

I’m very happy she is having such success, since I believe this is the first year she has gotten into planting her own vegetables. ♥  The bread is smelling good so fingers crossed I didn’t just waste 5 eggs. LOL I removed the dead flowers from my vase and picked some of our Shasta daisies to replace them. They are plentiful now and are so pretty in their whiteness.

At a few periods, this is how much
sun we saw.

Today, a parcel with my name
was in the mail box. 

By the way, I did get my results the other day from my ‘Mammy-gram’ and all is well so I can shelve that question for another 2 years. I’m not ever worried but it is nice to have that confirmation all the same. I started my blog and Gibbs and I waited until Bill got home around 4:30. He (Gibbs) hears every sound out there on the gravel road and can pretty much distinguish Black Beauty’s rumble even though Bill goes really slow. 😊

The bread looks and tastes pretty good.
Not sure if it is the best so have one more
recipe to try in a few days. 

Told you it was windy!

For supper I have a pork tenderloin out so it should cook up nicely with coleslaw on the side. Bill may want a potato too, we’ll see. As it turned out, I cooked it in Rosy, the air fryer, little yellow potatoes for my working man along side the coleslaw. It was all very good and we have some leftover pork for another night. I perked it up by adding bacon while it cooked. Bacon makes everything better!  We loaded the dishwasher and washed the pots by hand.

My daisies perk up the vase flowers

It has been a day on the cooler side, with lots of clouds, a few periods of sunshine and some rain showers off and on this morning. It reached 22C/72F but it didn’t feel like that at all. I enjoyed my peaceful day without having to leave the property. That all changes tomorrow again and that’s okay. 😊

Supper was easy. Yes, there
was enough meat here. It filled the plate
once I cut it up. 😂
Good night!

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