Relaxing Day ?

The Ridge

On Friday, Aug. 29th, as we slide down (& I mean down in temps) to the end of the month, I am truly jealous of my own blog header picture. Shorts, tanks and sandals. Not to mention the total relaxation I see in our faces. 💗

Good morning!

Today was a good opportunity to experience some of that relaxation BUT we didn't. Bill heard last night that they would not be working today. He likes that and I like the feeling of us both being 'free' souls today, together. It sure wasn't warm though, a chilly 7C/46F when I got up at 8. 

Bill cut the back field and
ventured into an area that is often
too wet to cut.
Sometimes into areas that are even
questionable. I can't control him!

Yes, I slept in. I was so tired last night when I went to bed at 10:30 that I dropped right off. However, I woke up from a really deep sleep when Bill came to bed at 11:45. There I was, tossing and turning, not able to drop bHack off for an hour or so. LOL

However, when I see these areas
cut, I think what a nice spot for 
overnight tenters.......if only our
grandchildren did that kind of thing.

We had our morning brew and Bill went out to start cutting grass. He had the back field and the berm done before lunch and he ran out of gas for the mower. In the meantime, Gibbs and I went out to clean up more irises around the Bunky and outhouse.

I was thrilled because I was able
to sneak up on the turtles on the log!
That rarely happens before they
hear me and slip off.

It was an okay temperature to work outdoors and I started with a hoody and wind breaker. The latter soon came off but it was sure needed early on. The bird feeders were empty so I filled those before crawling around tidying up some of the gardens.

After lunch, Bill went to the front field

We had lunch together and went back at it. This time he went to the front field and I went to rake up all the apples that are littering the berm. These apples are not big enough to even get any use out of them so there may be a tree coming down yet. All they do is make a mess and make it a challenge cutting the grass.

I raked and tossed the apples
over the fence.

I did what I could up at the berm garden but I know there are lots of apples hidden in the hostas and primroses. They just get gathered up and tossed over the fence into the ditch between our fence and the farmer's corn field. 

I don't know if you can see in this
picture......there are tons still on the trees.

Gibbs and I went to check mail, finding none, and walked around the field while Bill finished up.

And many apples hidden under
the hostas. I'll get them when the
blooming period is over.

I put the hammock bed away and Bill tucked the metal frame up in the garden shed rafters. I know we will have some nice weather but September is busy enough. Gibbs and I came inside and Bill went to the Hangar until around 4. Time for a snooze!

the Sedum colour is coming.
It seems to be blushing at this stage.

Tonight was Catch the Ace night so we planned supper for our return around 7. No luck with the draw tonight but it was a good time anyway. The supper plan went haywire when we stopped at Foodland for bread and then at Robin's for a chat. It was 7:45 when we got home.

You'll never guess what this is.
Once Gibbs' yak cheese bones (from Quartzsite)
get to be about 1" square, they say to
soak them in water for 5 minutes and
microwave them for 1 minute.
They puff up like this. He can't choke on
them this way and they are a puffy
crunchy treat once they cool.
He loves them.

I didn't want to cook tacos so late so we had soup instead with some ice cream. It has been a good day, not relaxing but a few things cleaned up. The fields look great again and there is improvement in the gardens too. 

We stopped at Robins for a quick chat
but she was on her way back from town.
This is her back yard, the sun dropping
in the trees.

We only reached a high of 15C/60F with a few periods of sunshine through the heavy clouds. 

Our prayers go out to the families of those harmed or lost in the Minnesota shooting. 🙏🙏There's a song by Billy Currington called People are Crazy......'nuff said.

A pretty sky.
Good night!

Thank you for popping by and happy long weekend!