A Bit of This and That, I Did it!

The Ridge

On Friday, July 5^th I was up out of bed at 6:30 and downstairs to join Bill soon after. He was getting ready for work, happy that he got 4 days in this week. I was ready to leave with my tea before him so pulled out of the lane at 7:10. It was going to be another warm aka hot day in the neighbourhood. We didn’t get any rain overnight, well, Bill says about 10 seconds worth around 11 pm, but the grass was quite dewy. Gibbs was pretty wet when he came back up to bed.

Good morning!
Wow! 3 Moonflowers this morning!
All from my newest transplants!

I did strip the duvet of its cover when I got up and replaced it with the chenille bedspread we keep under the bed. This should be all we need for a while. Fingers crossed. The Mat was empty and I’d taken my cheap little stick vacuum that I bought at a garage sale a couple of summers ago. It only works so-so and I wanted to try it on the two mats instead of sweeping them. The shop-vac they have doesn’t have a suitable brush head so I avoid the clunky thing. 😊

After Bill got home at noon hour, you may think I'm
taking pictures of our vehicles. 
Seek and you shall find the real reason. 💖

I spent a couple of hours with Gibbs before driving over to take M into town for his errands. It wasn’t long and I felt a ‘stitch’ in my side but up above my rib cage. I went into Foodland so I wasn’t in too much discomfort. It just felt like bloating or indigestion and after dropping M off, I came home, had a mouthful of cream and went up to the bedroom to watch a movie. Bill texted at noon that he was on his way home and by then, it had gone away. I’m not concerned, there and gone.

Gibbs and I took a chance, around 2:30 
and walked to 'check the mail'.
I love how he either follows or walks beside me now.

The sky as I got to the end of the lane
was definitely worth a picture or two.

Stunning but threatening?
Yes, it started raining as we turned to walk back up. 
Of course! It didn't last though.

We had lunch together and he had a snooze before going out to cut the back field. He did the berm yesterday morning. I went into the Bunky to work on the dreaded puzzle. By 3:30, he was done and by 4, so was I. I conquered it! Yay! Another accomplishment. It was one of the toughest I’ve done. Where 3 strange shaped pieces took the place of one big one far too many times! 😊 Oh well, it was a challenge.

Tadah! Accolades, please! (just kidding)

Gibbs and I came inside just in time and the sky opened up with a light rain shower. I made a cup of tea, did a bit of banking and sat with my book until it was time to make supper. Bill barbecued sausages (which turned out to be quite small!) and he had his in a bun while I had mine on the plate. We each had a bbq’d cob of corn. It was all very good, topped off with strawberries and whipped cream. Yum!

Seeing my Tiger Lilies at the end of the lane gave
me the idea to pick some for my new vase.

I love the bouquet I gathered as we walked back up
to the Suite. All from my gardens.
Even a purple thistle but although prickly to pick,
it adds nicely to the mix.

Well, what the heck. Why not?

He loaded the dishwasher and because the rain has stopped for at least the early part of the evening, he went to the front field to cut the last of the grass. With a forecast of a rainy day tomorrow, it is a wise move, we think. Who knows really when it will rain and by how much. I didn’t have to water my vegetables again, the patio tomatoes are the only ones showing fruit/vegetables so far but the flowering is encouraging on everything else. Actually, there are wee peppers too. 😊

He loves the outdoors and crashes (arms crossed)
once inside. He's by the door so he gets any breeze 
that is coming in through the screen.

Some blue sky again

Sausages and corn on the Weber Q

It was a good day. Robin has asked me about cleaning on Sunday for her but as for the other job, she has postponed it until a week from today. That’s cool, with this heat, I’m quite okay with that! M called before supper to see if I was okay. Nice that he was concerned with my ‘discomfort’, as he called it. He does aggravate me sometimes but he is a good, caring friend. I hope my American friends recovered from their celebrating 😊 yesterday and everyone had a good day today. The weekend is here!

Supper was good.
I had sour dough toast for lunch so avoided
a bun tonight.
Slowly getting the weight under control. Both of us. 

Yum!
Strawberries from Giant Tiger before they are gone.
Foodland's were just not ripe enough, even though the price was right
at $3.99.

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