Must Have Done Something Right

The Ridge

On Friday, May 10^th we followed our usual work morning routines. I was downstairs with Bill at 7. I know I did a lot of stretching throughout the night, when I felt my legs cramping, I moved. I did some yoga stretches before bed and then before getting up this morning. They seem to help me although my fingers and shoulders from digging weeds feel tired. I’m just happy to be able to get at it. 😊

Good morning!
A cloudy start to our Friday.

Bill left at 7:30 and it was within 5 minutes that I was on my way to Durham. The sky isn’t clear but the winds are non-existent and that made the 6C/49F feel just fine with a light hoody. The Mat is always warm so any jacket is off immediately. It was in normal condition, no intense cleaning today and my regular Friday customer was waiting on the dryer to finish up.

The sky began clearing but went back and forth a lot
This garden was a mess and here it is half weeded.

This is the other half and there are a lot of Irises
trying to breathe
I didn't know I had the stamina to finish

I emptied the Lost & Found box, with mostly baby items (?) and washed them in a machine I wanted to test. Is anyone missing a sock? There are 9 different ones in the box. Each day it seems I find one in the machines and they never get claimed. The dry items went into a bag and I’ll take them to our next clothing exchange with the few adult clothes that are now clean and in good condition. A pair of knee length joggers and black stretch pants went into my closet though. Perfect fit!

But I did! I'll clean up the weeds tomorrow.

I left there and stopped at Foodland for some of their weekly sale items. Cream cheese for $3.99, eggs for $3.99 and some head lettuce. I cashed in another lotto ticket but it was only for a Free Play. Better than nothing and the jackpot tonight is only 55 million. LOL I left there and went to the Water Store to fill our 5-gallon bottle and lastly stopped at the bank to deposit some of my earnings. Little by little my account is getting built up. Before I headed home, I stopped in at Rethreads, our second hand store, and found 2 pair of work pants for Bill and I pair of brand new Costco jeans. All for $18!😊 

I picked a small batch of rhubarb today

And I washed the dandelions and snipped the tails off some
that maybe Gibbs picked for me? haha

Gayle and I agreed to go halves on some Grow Bags for our plants so I placed that order yesterday. Thanks Ken for the tip, they should be better than the flower pots I used last spring/summer. Now, I just need to buy my vegetable plants. Back home, I had a yogourt cup for breakfast, I’m down to having 2 left and will be sad when they are gone but at least here at home, I can buy the 9% Liberte plain Greek kind and it is also good.

Mr. Rose-breasted Grosbeak visited again
but was too shy to show his breast.

It was 11 by the time I got outside with Gibbs and managed to get my 3 Gladiola bulbs planted in the back hoe shovel as well as 4 of my Dahlia bulbs in the berm garden. I’m not sure where I’ll put them all, they multiply each summer! Lunch was 2 eggs today, now that I have more in the fridge, I don’t need to skimp. They are tasting pretty good and helping me to stay on track with what I want to eat. 😊

You all must recognize this little fellow!
Gibbs watches him out the window and then runs to 
where he was as soon as he goes out. 😅

Bill called to chat at noon while he was having his lunch break and then I went back out. The black flies were crazy again but I was even more diligent with how I covered my neck and face. One of the little b***ers got in yesterday and bit the back of my neck. TG for Benadryl and my shingles cream, both work wonders for easing the itch. I told Bill they love me and he just laughed.

Looks minimal but it worked to fill me.
Bill had two sandwiches.

I worked on the corral gardens after lunch and swear they will be the death of me! I wish the rocks weren’t so bad up here, I’d be able to dig easier. Now that I’ve done the best I can, I’ll add some top soil where it will stay. Being on the hillside doesn’t make that too easy. It looks tons better, I’ll have to keep at it. I dug up some Evening Primrose to take down to the front gate garden, they will multiply but they can be moved easily. Still undecided about the final look I want.

They will dry overnight in the Bunky

I stopped work at 3 and came in for a cup of tea before a shower. It has been mostly cloudy all day with just peaks of sunshine here and there. A nice day for working outside again. I washed the bag of dandelion heads and spread them out in the Bunky to dry overnight. This should make a nice batch of oil for me and there will be lots more to do. I started late last fall and only got a small jar.

We drove to Robin's after supper.
look at that perfect bank of clouds

Bill surprised us by pulling up the lane at 3:45, a shorter day. He wasted no time and went out to cut more grass. For supper, another quick and easy meal. Grilled cheese sandwiches will do the trick. We wanted something fast tonight, we have a brief outing later.

We each had showers and boy, that feels good after working outside in the dirt with flies buzzing all around! 😊 I’m quite pleased with the calm air today, even though it brings more of them out. Soon they’ll be gone! Supper was very good, melted cheese and onion on keto bread browned to perfection. Yum. Pickles on the side seem to always go well with this kind of sandwich.

While Bill cut grass, Gibbs wanted to stay outside and wait for him. 💕

We went to Robin and Andrew’s for 6. She is my Air bnb boss and she has hopes for a busy summer, starting this May long weekend. I hope she’s right, they’ve put a lot of work into this home. They leave tomorrow for 3 weeks in Newfoundland to another rental property and she has bookings at the Williamsford home during some of that period. 

Bill got to meet Andrew and we both got to meet the new baby of the family. Mildred, Robin’s pup. She lost Phoebe over the winter. ☹ She is a Yorkshire Terrier and sooooo tiny.

I sat out on the step for a while.
until the sun dropped into the clouds
Gibbs came over to the step for a while too.

They asked if Bill and I would be interested in cutting their lawns at both properties. Of course! We had a fun 30 minutes, getting the drift of where everything is etc. Such a nice couple.

Bill decided to cut some lawn at 6:30 since the night was young, before going to the Hangar. I’ve had enough of the outdoors for today so mostly stayed inside to finish my blog and watch the latest Survivor and Sullivan's travel episodes. 😊 This has been a lovely day, from start to finish. We must have done something right to deserve two good days in a row! I hope you can say the same!

It was a beautiful night!
Good evening.

Thank you for stopping by.