My Winter Book, Quiet Day at Home

The Ridge

On Friday, May 1st, the month came in cold. Surprised? Not me, after all the up and down over the last month, I'm not expecting warmth to come and stay any time soon. Call me Mrs. Negative but 'show me the heat!'

Good morning!
Gibbs spends a lot of home time doing
exactly this.
Security duty is hard, you know.

So, life isn't all about the weather, right? I kissed Bill goodbye at 6:45 and he was on his way to work. This job is close to being finished, perhaps 3 or 4 more days, depending on how that blessed weather co-operates. 

A bright spot. 
I better get the feeders out.

Gibbs and I came downstairs at 7, the little guy is understanding a bit better now and slowly makes his way down to where I am. With my errands done yesterday, the only thing I had to do today was finish my book. I tried last night but got watching my Thursday night programs. 9-1-1 & Elspeth.

Just a walk down the lane.

So, with my tea on the go and Gibbs in my chair, I managed to get it done. I made a 2-day batch of steel cut oatmeal for a change and it was quite tasty. Very filling though so I only had about 1/2 cup today. It was still early so I began making a cheesecake.

Somehow, through the cold, the
evening primrose are still
rising in the gate garden.

I prefer a nut crust rather than craham crackers so crushed pecans, a switch off from almonds. Mainly because now I had lots! The ones in the cupboard, were old so I used them up first and topped up with fresh ones to make 2 cups.

Rather than a plain NY style cheesecake, I opted to add some apple pie filling. We'll see how that turns out. It's been a while since I made one and a while since I've done one in Madame IP. With no choice, I hope she doesn't let me down today. 🤞

Pussy willows are all over
The Ridge

After a later lunch of egg salad sandwich, I waited until the cake was done before Gibbs and I bundled up and walked down the lane for the mail. We were too early, or she was late, because she came by about 30 minutes later. Gibbs told me so. 😂

Again, the race and now
I'm the King of the Castle.
Another spot for Security duty
he visits often all summer.

Well, the cheesecake is nothing to write home about. It didn't seem done in the time listed on the recipe so I popped it back in for another 10 minutes. That improved it a bit but I have to admit that not all things can be baked in an IP.

The rhubarb slowly looks
like it might amount to something.
More primrose, the only thing
blooming right now.

I got ready to go to Catch the Ace in the event that Bill wasn't home on time from work. We had to be there for 5 pm tonight. Bill drove up the lane at 4:40 and we were walking into the Curling Club at 5:02. Now that's a fast turnaround! 

No win for us tonight and we wasted no time afterwards chit chatting as usual. Bill was tired and hungry so I made toasted tomato sandwiches for our supper on my seeded Carbonaut bread. They were good! 

Stop, drop, roll and get
a belly rub from Mom.
💖

It was a cold day, but still a good day. With a high of 6.67C/44F today and a low of -1.1C/30F, we'll be happy for the extra blanket tonight!

The clouds are moving out tonight.
The reason for such a cold night.
Brrrr!
Good night!

Thank you for your visit.