Summer Days, Geese Return, Ptooties Health Check

The Ridge

Monday, June 22^nd we’ve moved into summer and it really does feel like it! Bill was up shortly after 6. I glanced at the clock and thought ‘ah, no work this morning so I can stay here’. At 6:45 he was waking me up as we were dropping Ptooties off for an oil change and safety check over. Woops! I forgot! I didn’t feel very awake as I drove her following Bill to Pletsch’s service shop.

Driving home from Walkerton

Bill drove Black Beauty to Walkerton and I drove home. We remembered that it is garbage day so when I returned home at 8:20, I hiked the 2 bins and garbage bag down to the roadside. Then I should have walked as I’ve missed a few days but I preferred having a tea instead. For some reason, maybe the weird wake up, I felt tired and hungry. I had my cuppa and a bowl of Shreddies and cream. That only made me feel more tired so I stretched out on the couch like an old potato.

It is a game of Hide and Seek every day
Where is Carmelita today?
Can you see her?
Hint: don't look for a green frog

Obviously, I needed that as I dropped off for an hour before forcing myself to get up. There was a nice breeze coming in the windows so I opted to leave them open rather than turning the bedroom a/c on. I was comfortable. 

She is sitting on a black pump so now she is black and gray

It was a day for vacuuming and even more with the little tiny bits of evidence of a small visitor. 😊 You realize how ‘child proof’ your place is NOT when such a young fella visits. He kept everyone hopping, “No, Easton”, “don’t touch that”, “sit on your bum”.

She is so interesting and tiny!

Then I went outside and after getting some sage advice from Pat, I finished sewing Bill’s knee patch. That worked much better and didn’t need to do it by hand after all. It sure doesn’t look pretty but he didn’t marry me for my sewing skills. Ha ha. I didn’t have anything else to sew so packed the sewing stuff up and got my small craft glue gun out for another project.

Good thing I'm better at hair cutting than I am at sewing, huh?

The cacti, I think there were 5, that we brought home from Lake Havasu Flea Market in the December of 2018/19 have died. They were doing so well; one had grown babies and everything. We love the pot and the little Arizona sign and roadrunner so at least it wasn’t a total loss. Today, I removed the last of the dead remains and replaced them with my own cactus. What do you think?

A new cactus garden that we don't have to water

Then, I decided to paint our patio table. So, after wiping it down I set to work. I love the new look and it will fit in nicely with our Adirondack chairs. I felt a few drops of rain so moved the table under the Suite’s nose cap. By this time, I needed to close things up and get ready to go pick Bill up from work. The car’s oil change was done and some service on the brakes was necessary (not replacement, at least). I dropped Bill at Pletsch’s on the way home and he paid and brought Ptooties home.

Our free dirty patio table gets a facelift

There is a lip right below the table top that I'll also do orange
and then sand and paint the legs white

We have been talking about how the geese have all disappeared and yet it didn’t seem the babies were full grown enough to fly yet. As I drove in the lane, the geese were ALL gathered up at the base of the corral hill. I drove really slow but couldn’t get close enough to get a good picture. The babies now have feathers like their parents so were sure they’ll be gone in no time.

How neat to see the geese were still around!

And they don't look like babies anymore
They have the same colouring as their parents

When I walked down after supper, they were all in our front field
but still skittish and moved when they saw me

There was also a mama turtle in the middle of the lane so I slowed down trying not to scare her. Bill had caught up and was right behind me. Apparently, the truck spooked her and as I crept along, she moved and almost got squished. Oh my God! I would feel sick if that happened. She made it safely across and her life will go on, trying to find that perfect spot to lay her eggs. There are so many of them!

Supper was delicious!

It was neat to see the geese anyway. Inside, I had a cup of tea and mixed up the ingredients for a meat loaf for supper. I set 2 whole potatoes on top in foil and cooked some spaghetti squash for me and corn for him in the microwave. It was a yummy supper. I could feel the air cooling down outside very slightly from 26C/79F but not by much. There was no breeze today which didn’t help matters. It will be a nice night for sleeping around 17C/63F.

I took this picture last night but forgot to post it this morning
So, we'll use it tonight
Good night!

After dishes, we just relaxed in front of the tv. I took a walk down the lane to try and get a picture of the geese just in case they came back. This was a great day without a lot of activity.

Thank you for stopping in.