Still Here, Some Clarification, Remembering Daddy

The Ridge

On Saturday, June 28th I woke up to a day of no commitments. That soon changed when I opened the door to my options. 😊 First, I think I owe you all a bit of clarification over last night's mixed up post.

Good morning!
These few pictures are from last night
after the storm.

We got home from Catch the Ace and it began raining within 10 minutes. The winds picked up and the rain became quite heavy for probably 30 minutes. Once the winds calmed, we both received a notice on our phones that we were to take shelter, tornadoes were 'in our area'.

The ONLY good thing about storms,
they make some pretty pictures.

That is never a nice message to receive but for us, living in a small box on wheels, on a hill, it puts a whole new spin on things. So, we grabbed our 'bag' of essentials and ran to the truck to wait it out. We were already soaked from that short jaunt.😒

The prettiest of them all is the bottom one.
See the moon?
💖

Immediately, Dot from next door, messaged. 'You guys are welcome to come weather the storm over here'. Next message 'Come over here, It's just Caper here'. She knew that with the other 2 dogs (her son's) that things could get harried with Gibbs. 

A cute picture worth a repeat.
Bill and Gord had a beer and
Dot and I had a spiced rum and mix.

So, that's how we ended up in their warm and cozy garage for the following hour. We are grateful for their friendship, for many reasons, but in this case it is a blessing. 💗We've had 5 different neighbours over the 9 years we've lived here and not one has offered a safe place before. 

Back to today, no damage was found up here other than a few grooves in the lane going down the hill. Bill was getting ready for flying or at least meeting the guys. There was a fair bit of fog and dampness surrounding us. It wasn't in the forecast for rain.....well, so much for that.

I took a chance and came home by
the gravel roads. These get washed out really
easy with heavy rains but I only encountered
a few bad spots to avoid.

After he left, I messaged Robin. She had asked me a couple of days ago if I was available to clean on the weekend, to which I responded 'yes'. I hadn't heard from her and I began to wonder if I missed a request. I sure didn't want to leave her stranded!

She and Andrew were trying to finish their new shed at Williamsford and if I could clean, she could carry on helping him rather than take the time to clean. Made sense. 

This is the new shed that they are
building at Williamsford in place of that
old one.
It will house games, bikes and the riding mower.

So, at 10:40, I drove to Williamsford. Just as I was about to leave, they pulled in. They would 2 hours to work before tonight's guests arrived. Sadly, it had also started to rain. 😩

I gave her, her little hanging that I made for them and she loved it. She's a minimalist but I'm sure she'll find a corner for it to hang in their home.

Maybe I've posted this before, I can't remember.
Robin is from Quebec and
Andrew is from England so I included both flags.
They loved it, 

Back home, Bill had his new toy sitting on the counter. Yes, he was waiting for my reaction! He just picked it up from Craig this morning and was busy putting it together. 😀 New plan, happy man!

What a bright chubby plane, sitting on the island!

Well, it was after 1 when I got home so he had already had something for lunch, naturally. I made 3 of my cream cheese tortilla rollups with a banana inside......fried to a crisp. 

A late lunch but a tasty one to fill
the gap until supper.

It was pretty good and I'm using up blackened bananas at the same time. No, I don't want banana bread. By 2:30, it looked like the drizzle had stopped but the sky was still quite heavy with clouds. We'll see if it clears up as expected. 

So, I got my quilling out, made a cup of tea and enjoyed what was left of the afternoon. Bill worked on his plane in the Suite too and there was NO room for anything else! 😂

I started another one of these.
I love the owls!

For supper, we had Bill's burgers, you know the kind, and they were very good and filling. Today, I mixed up a spray for my chard, sprouts and eggplant. The leaves are getting eaten by something that I'm not able to see. I gave them a good dose and hope that does the trick. Dish soap, olive oil and water.

The evening was quiet and that is a wonderful change from last evening. We only reached 18C/65F today, which sounds silly. 18C is usually a pretty nice temperature but it felt cool because we were under cloud cover and the winds were gusty every so often. 

A few flags standing in the posts.

This was a good day. I placed 6 of our small Canada flags in preparation for Tuesday, our country's 158th birthday. I made some money and even got 'commissioned' for some work! I'll tell you about it tomorrow. 😌

It was 30 years ago today that I lost
Daddy. This is my absolute favourite picture of him and I.
I have it in a small palm size frame sitting right
beside me. 
He was only 71, the age I will be this year.
Too young and we all miss him.
Good night!

Thank you for popping over.