FINALLY!!

The Ridge

When we all woke up on Thursday, July 17th, it was like we were stepping off a plane in the Carribean. It was that muggy, that warm - again. The good news is that the forecasts were calling for rain and yes, we did get some overnight but change the temperature it did not.

Good morning!
My first (& only?) Moonflower

Bill left at 6:30 and I left a few minutes before 7 to clean the Mat. I had our grocery list with me with the plan to carry on to Walmart in Hanover for a food stock up. The Mat was empty upon arrival but 2 ladies came in as I was working away. 

The sky let loose around 8:00 and hung
around for most of the day.
I didn't mind at all, it cooled things down
and watered my plants.

I'm going to call the one 'Miss I Won't Move my Feet' (for obvious reasons) and the other is a regular 'Miss Negatory' (you understand). I don't like braggers, negative or inconsiderate people so was happy when I left. I refuse to let them drag me down. "Have a great day, ladies!" I chirped.

Robin sold a pet carrier
online, from Nfld.
To be picked up at her house.

I made a stop at Robin's on the way in to town to set another sale item on her side porch for pick up. Funny, I thought it was an old fashioned doctor's bag when I saw it earlier but it is a pet carrier. 😉 A nice one. She and Andrew will fly home on Saturday. 

I arrived at the Walmart parking lot
to the fewest cars I've ever encountered.
It was only 8:15 am. 😀😀
Perfect timing!

On the way to Hanover at 8:00, it rained buckets. At one point, my wipers were on full speed for about 10 minutes and then dwindled off to nothing. I almost emptied our grocery account, from the list I had that was not surprising, but I got a lot of food, meat included.

Ptooties' hatch was full but even though
I dropped a bundle, I got a lot of food!

Back in Durham, I stopped at Impact Tire to pick up our town Catch the Ace tickets and Jackie and I had our usual chit-chat. Such a nice lady and we're both hoping for the big Barrie C t A ticket!! It's up to $540,000 jackpot, $29,000 weekly draw. One can dream. 

The worse part of getting groceries, I honestly don't mind shopping, checking out in self-serve, loading the car but I really am not fond of finding room for everything! Especially freezer items. I'm grateful for our Bunky fridge/freezer, small but 'mighty'. 😂

Bill's battery charger for his planes arrived before lunch and by then the rain had stopped - temporarily. The vegetables and flowers are happy again and that makes me happy. 

My Dahlias are getting to bloom from
their different locations.
Also, the Sedum is starting its bloom.

After lunch, I worked on my winter book. Still organizing pictures, you know how many I take. This book will be more photos than writing, since we don't move much once we reach our Arizona  destination. 

I think covering them for a couple of those
very hot days helped these guys.
Waiting to see some colour on those green
tomatoes soon. 
I had to respray the sprouts and eggplant again,
earwigs are the critters. 😒

Bill was having a late day, trying to finish drywall on a ceiling, yeuch, so didn't get home until 5:45. At least the heavy stuff is done now. We had his request of mac & cheese with wieners for supper....even that I can't cook properly!! It was like mac & cheese mush but still tasted good. I tend to cook the noodles too long. LOL

At 2, I thought it had stopped raining
so we walked 'to get the mail'. 
He sure knows those words!
It started raining on our way so he was confused
why we were out.
Let's go, Mom! I'm getting wet!

After clean up, I worked on my winter book and we chatted with Marilynne. 

Not sure who's chair it is, but we share.
💕

A funny supper plate.
I cooked the last 2 regular size weiners 
and 2 of the jumbo weiners. We laughed at that.
Mushy Kraft dinner. LOL

This has been a strange day. So hot and humid to start and by 4:30, I was closing windows on a cool, windy 22C/73F and by 7:30, 11C/52F. But, at least we could all breathe fresh air for a change and the plants were well watered. 😁

I'm afraid it is true.
Bill forgives me.
Good night!

Thank you for stopping in.