Riding the Roller Coaster, What a Show! Birthday Ladies

The Ridge

On Saturday, May 11^th it was nice for both of us, but Bill especially, to not have to get ready to go anywhere. 😊 His first week of work went well but it is hard for anyone to get back into a routine of 9 to 5 (in his case, 7:30 to 4). The weekend or evenings mean running around doing things for the property and our Suite so a dull day is an opportunity to take a break.

A view to the southeast last night
Good morning!

First, I have to show you our beautiful sky show from last evening. Bill was in the Hangar and I was watching tv up here. At 10:45 Gibbs came down to go out and as I reached to close the blinds, I noticed a brilliant crescent moon in the dark sky. I put him on his leash and grabbed my phone to try for a picture. Everything changed.

I thought this beautiful sunset would be the high light of my evening.
I was wrong about that.

There was first a pink shadow-like glow all around the moon that continuously expanded and all of a sudden the sky was gorgeous with my first Northern Lights sighting! It wasn’t as brilliant as my brother in Alberta sees but I was stunned! 

My photography skills aren't great 
but I did the best I could with the amazing show.

I turned our outdoor light off and snapped photos as best I could but nothing will duplicate what I saw. Stunning, incredible, gorgeous were the adjectives that popped into mind as we went up to bed. ♥

I felt elated, fulfilled and just warm all over after this. 💕
I didn't miss it.

This morning, as I mentioned above, we moved slowly. I was up at 7 and after my tea, dressed for a walk. Rain was expected around noon so Bill had his cereal and also went out to finish cutting the grass in the front field. 

I got out for my walk this morning.
Good Mooo-ing cows!

I had a nice walk and ventured into the wooded area for Trilliums in the hopes of finding a gathering of morels. I don’t know if they are around but I sure didn’t see any. I did manage to use a stubby stick to dig up 3 plants and carry them home.

It's quiet in the woods
and Baptist Church Road was too.

Bill was at the road cutting grass
Then we drove over to the Acreage for water
Donna and Gerry's pretty Landmark 5th wheel
waits for their next visit.

As I got to the Suite, I called my daughter. Bridgette is 21 years my junior, you do the math, and I wanted to catch her as early as possible. She and Chris were at one of his dances and didn’t get home until 2 am so I delayed it longer than I usually do. Perfect timing, she said when I called, as they’d just gotten up. 😊 We had a nice chat with a few laughs as well. The temperature was hovering around 8C/48F but I was comfortable after my walk.

This is the well that our water comes from
Bottom left: looking to their 'back 40'
Bottom right: the birdhouse Bill and I made for one of
their August campouts. There is a nest in it too!

When Bill finished, we all went to the Acreage for water and Gibbs and I toured around the property while the bladder filled. Back home, I made us bacon and eggs for lunch, filled the hummingbird feeder and put some oranges out for the Oriole. Bill and Gibbs snoozed and I posted an ad on Marketplace and Kijiji planning my next thing to do. Bill called his daughter, Jess, who is also celebrating a birthday today, 14 years younger than Bridgette.

Gibbs and I walked around while
waiting for the bladder to fill up.
New sniffs, Mom, yay!

I walked up to the front
where their other cabins are and the pond.

When Bill went down to the Hangar, he just missed the rain which started at 2:30. I started going through a few recipes to make some snack foods. I’m finding I’m hungry mid afternoon and mid evening so keto snacks coming up! The rain didn’t last more than 10 minutes so that was nice. I made a batch of 3 ingredient pb keto cookies and a batch of a low carb fudge. That should do the trick.

Mrs. B. Oriole doesn't mind that the
feeder is caught on a twig.
She loves the oranges.

Bill came up at 6 for supper, which was sausages, a potato and corn for him and broccoli for me. It was delicious. Everything was done at the same time and my vegetable was perfectly cooked. It isn’t always, things don’t always work out quite so well. 😊 I’ll watch the latest episode of Fire Country after my blog is done and just relax with my book for the remainder of the evening.

Until I cut my sausage up, my meal looks small.
It wasn't, I'm full!

I did touch base with my oldest grandson, Taylor, this afternoon. I don’t ask much of him but he always seems genuinely happy to hear from me (us). ♥ He’s living in the big city of London now and he says it has its pros and cons (don’t I know it, after living there for 31 years!) but he is enjoying it. I just want him happy. I wonder if he talked to his mom today on her birthday?

The day ended much as it began
and we didn't reach anything warmer than 12C/55F

This was a quiet day and I didn’t mind spending the bulk of it indoors. Tomorrow it will be nicer out and I’ll clean up the piles of weeds I left at the garden edges. I’ll also check out how my newly planted Trilliums are doing.

Happy Birthday, Bridgette!💗

Happy Birthday, Jess! 💗
Good night everyone else!

Thank you for the visit on this fine Saturday afternoon.