Another Beautiful Day, Special Party

The Ridge

On Sunday, May 19^th Bill was up first and in the shower. This morning, he wanted to go to his flying field and re-acquaint himself with his fellow Saugeen Flyers. 😊 He wasn’t prepared to fly and didn’t have time even if he did. We had a prior engagement later. He took Ptooties and, along with other errands including a car wash, he had a nice social time.

Gibbs and I are ready for Daddy to return

At home, Gibbs and I were outside most of the morning. After my shower, I took my coffee out with me and filled the 3 garden bags. Well, good thing I put them in my wagon, as it was very challenging to move them to the appropriate area. I did plant in two of them and will pick up more vegetables later for the third bag. Bill will have to help me lift them out into the spot where they will remain for the summer. The instructions on Amazon sounded as if you could move them easily. Ha!

It's a start 
Mason's plants look healthy!

Then Gibbs and I sat in the tent shelter and enjoyed the fresh air while waiting for Bill to return. No bugs/flies or such bothered us in there. 😊 At 11, Bill returned with no time to spare, loaded our 2 chairs, gift, and each other into Ptooties. I’m glad he had time to get her washed this morning, from running the back roads to and from his work, she was embarrassingly filthy! Gibbs had to stay behind today so I opened windows, pulled blinds, and turned the overhead fan on for him.

A few pictures before the party started

We arrived at Krystal and Matt’s a few minutes after 12. Alexander’s 1^st birthday party was scheduled for 12:30. We set up our chairs outside and went in to see the little gapher. He’s grown so much and we’ve been following along with Krystal’s pictures each month. He was timid, but not just with us, there were a lot of things going on so we didn’t push ourselves on him. One on one time is better for that and we’ll see him more over the months ahead.

Lots of food.
10" wieners and 10" sausages
macaroni, potato, cauliflower/broccoli and caesar salads
veggies and dip
Softball cupcakes and ice cream for dessert.

My plate was full and other than the
3 potato chips, I behaved. 😀
I even skipped a cupcake and
had a small scoop of frozen yogourt instead.

It was a very hot day, hottest yet this spring, reaching 27C/80F before the day was done. There was a lovely breeze in their back yard and no biters until later in the day. One mosquito found me before I sprayed myself. ☹ Matt and Krystal had put out quite the spread of food for our lunch and we enjoyed it very much. 

He wasn't too sure at first when we all sang
but warmed up to the idea of  his own C_A_K_E!

Then we all watched Alexander eat his little cake (or half of it) and open his gifts. He loved the greeting cards best of all! Funny little guy. ♥

Krystal outdid herself with all
of the baseball themed decorations.

It was fun watching his little helpers
They were as excited (or more) than he was. 

Everyone signed his baseball
and got a party favour.

We left the party around 4 and were home just around 5. Part way home, I took over driving so Bill could relax his eyes without danger to our health! 😊 Not sure what we’ll do yet for supper, but will come up with something simple for both of us. The day tomorrow will be a busy one, helping Robin out with lawn cutting and trimming at two properties. Hmm, maybe we can’t keep up with that next time as well as our own. We’ll see.

A nice drive home with very little traffic

Tonight was quiet, catching up on a couple of our shows. We’ve had a great day and the weather couldn’t have been more in our favour. We got to see 3 of Bill’s 4 daughters and 5 grandchildren so a pretty good day. ♥

Party favours.
Little baseball bat pens. Cute!
Good night!

Thank you for the visit!

A Whirly-Jig of a Day!

The Ridge

On Saturday, May 18^th there didn’t seem to be any ‘rest for the wicked’ – some self-inflicted. 😊 We did sleep in a bit though, it was 7:15 when we got up out of bed. Bill and Gibbs had their early run at 6 so it was nice they could come back for a bit more sleep. We sorted the dirty laundry into two piles and Bill carried the basket out to Ptooties for me. My day began.

Good morning but first........
last night's sky and sunset

Gorgeous!

I arrived at the Mat at 7:45 and only one customer was doing their laundry at the same time. When I finished, I drove over to Foodland to pick up some tomatoes for lunches and some wrapped candies for Robin. She puts them out in a couple of dishes around her bnb, as well as snack bars and bottles of water. She is a good hostess. I’d informed her yesterday that the dish was almost empty and could help by picking some up today.

it was a foggy start to the day

Bill had stopped in at the Mat just to see how I was coming along when he came in to town to fill a gas can. He was mowing when I returned to the Ridge and Gibbs came part way down to greet me. He is much better with our vehicles now, as long as we enter slowly. Then he had to run to tell Daddy that Mom had come home. ♥ While he cut, I hung the clothes on the line and at 10:30 came in to make myself a salad plate with ham, cheese and tomato. It was filling and quite good.

Sometimes, we get little reminders
to just slow down and appreciate.
Water drops on the island. 💗

I packed some almonds in a baggie and a banana to take along and after telling Bill about the tomatoes, left for Williamsford. 

My drive down the country road.
Do you see a pattern here?
Is that a 💗 cloud?

Guests are to leave by 11 so I aimed for 11:30 to go in and clean. A snafu was afoot though when the guests were still there with their stuff, food included. No vehicle but when they returned, I was waiting. They misunderstood and thought they were booked for a second night. Robin had to communicate by phone and explained the error, his not hers.

Passing by The Ferns golf course

I arrived at the Air bnb to an empty driveway
only to find many personal items. Woops!

So, I backed out and drove around the corner
until they returned.

They packed up while I drove around town to give them time and they were ready to leave when I came back 30 minutes later. It was a Dad and his 2 daughters, very nice and apologetic for their misunderstanding. I did not need him to apologize to me and Robin paid for my extra wait time. They love the place and will return often. While biding my time, I found a nice young entrepreneur around the corner selling vegetable plants so gave him his very first sale – ever! 😊 He was nervous, he said, but did very well.

Okay, meet Mason.  Those are HIS plants,
home grown either over the winter or in HIS greenhouse
from seed. 💓
He was adorable so I spent $15 - today. 
I'll see him again, I'm sure. 
Those are crab apple trees in the big pots.

I had the house clean by 1:15 and drove back to Durham with one more stop at Foodland for more snack bars. When I got home, I reported my hours and the food cost to Robin as she requested. She has overnight guests again tonight (hence the reason the young family could not stay) and my ‘fill-in’ will be cleaning after they leave tomorrow. Bill and I have plans for the day.

My spring planting will soon begin.

He was just finished the lawn cutting and weed trimming when I got home so we discussed a bike ride today. Yes! Jazz was excited and so was I. The weather was perfect, with a nice balance of sun and clouds and a lovely high of 24C/75F this afternoon. I put up our tent shelter since the winds were going to be mild and the grass was cut for a few days. It is easy to erect and perhaps will be a nice outdoor place to sit – free of flies. They seem to be lessening each day but I also still find new bites each day. ☹

A little bit of shelter from the flies
and sun, if you need it.

Our bike ride was 2 ½ hours with a 20-minute break at the job site where Bill works every day. It was nice to see Gerry there, his two brothers (one of which bought the property) and Mike (the boss). I got a tour of the inside of the 1977 pre-fab home in its skeletal state. It was gutted and Mike’s crew are redoing the whole house. It will be nice when finished but I didn’t get any pictures.

Yum, even with no bun, the burger
was delicious!! Yum (again)

We were on our way home before 4:30. We decided not to eat out so Bill fired up the Weber and we had the best burgers around. Mine without a bun and I still couldn’t stop moaning about the taste. Saved ourselves some $ too! After clean up, I worked on my blog and Bill wrapped someone’s birthday present. ♥ I can’t say enough about this day. It was a go-go-go day from start to finish and I enjoyed the push. It makes a calmer day that much sweeter.

One of Robin's personal touches.
Keep the dishes filled. 😍
Good night!

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