Warm Day, Hard Job, Friends Leave, Family for Happy Hour

On Wednesday, August 2^nd I woke up around 7 to find Bill had just recently got up. What did I do? I rolled over and tried to catch a few more winks. Instead I just rested for a few minutes and then joined him. It looked like another great day so I didn’t want to miss it anyway.

The guys are working hard at 8 am before the REAL heat hit

Bill and Gerry started with the rakes and wheelbarrow trying to clean up the mess on the upper driveway. This would not be fun work and even though I offered to assist, Bill declined and said to go have my shower instead. I had an appointment in town at 11 so I didn’t argue. Us ladies sat and chatted for a bit with our coffee and tea.

I'm hurting for them but they finished by 9.

The shirts came off soon before I checked on their progress. The only bonus was that some of the shoveling was done in the shade of our tree but there were a couple of glistening backs out there. I took Bill water, Gerry didn’t want any, and did what a supervisor does. Advised them to take it easy and lots of breaks in that heat. Oh, and I snapped a couple of photos.

After dumping, Gerry is ready to pull out

See you guys!

 They managed to even it out for the most part and cleaned up what had poured down onto the grass area. What a nasty job! Bill hopped in the shower after the tools were put away and sat for a cuppa as well. Gerry and Melinda were pulling out around 1 instead of 3 because of another storm forecast to come our way.

They're on the road again

I headed into Durham and after my appointment stopped at the bank, Foodland and the Liquor Store. I needed to top up my drink supply for the next couple of weeks. Rob and Pat texted to invite us to a shady spot on their deck for Happy Hour but we all declined only because the day had been a busy one already. We enjoy their company and look forward to seeing these good people on Saturday.

Lunch, yummy and good for me
sorry for the blur, I was hungry

 Soon after deciding to forgo Happy Hour altogether, my sister Gayle and her husband John texted asking if they could stop in to have a drink together. They wanted to say hello to George and Suzie while they were here at the Ridge. So, we huddled under the neighbour’s awning in the shade (for the most part) and shared more stories of travels south and rv’s.

This fellow hopped across in front of me

We had a great couple of hours catching up and they said goodbye to head home for supper. Gayle has a cute little Chevy Cruise hatchback but I missed catching a photo when she drove out. Well, I guess they both own it. 😊 We came inside, even after a snooze that heat takes a toll on everyone so we weren’t quite prepared for supper yet.

Happy Hour with my sister, Gayle and John

I had taken a huge butt chop out of the freezer earlier so added some spice and it was ready when to put on the Weber. Tonight, we’ll just have a salad on the side, I have enough fresh veggies to toss together and even a few shrimps left thanks to Pat. The pork chop was the best we’ve had in a while. I never say that about chops but Bill does and I must say I enjoyed it too.

We finished supper and clean up by 7:15 and decided to watch a bit of the telly for once. I will sit with my book but we have some pre-recorded programs to catch up on. As tired as we feel, it is a night when we may not get them all watched. We’ve truly had a lot of great days in a row, and I don’t just mean weather. It is great to see friends and family so often. To make the week complete I’m just missing a visit with Mom so need to stop in there over the next couple of days.

I hope you have enjoyed this wonderful day. They are calling for more rain this evening but the sky is absolutely gorgeous now at 7:30. There are a few low-lying white fluffy clouds so they probably know what they are talking about. We just hope to NOT have another repeat of last night, too much rain.

Bill captures ours and the neighbour's front fields (there shouldn't be any water here

These two drone pictures are from approximately 80-100' up

From the road (northwesterly) looking back to the Ridge (southeast)

Thank you for stopping in for a peek. If you would like to comment, I’d love to hear from you.