HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!
I was awake and up just before 7 on
Sunday, June 17th. The sky was brilliant blue with very light
skimming clouds here and there. With the gorgeous ball of yellow sun, it looked
like a picture out of a children’s colouring book as I walked out of the park
and across to the Conservation Area.
It was time to make use of my funky selfie stick since I hadn’t for a while.
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| It is a pretty area for pictures and selfies! |
When I returned half hour later, Bill
was rising so we made our tea and coffee. I emptied the dishwasher and carried
Rob and Pat’s dishes over to them. I knew Rob would be up. We planned to walk
up for breakfast together at 9. Breakfast is free for all Dads and the rest of
us pay either $5 or $7 depending on which size meal you want. I opted for the
small and picked our tickets up yesterday.
We finished our tea and coffee,
cleaned ourselves up and walked up with Rob and Pat to the clubhouse. Breakfast
was pretty good, sausage, hash browns, French toast, scrambled eggs and toast
if you wanted it. We had coffee or orange juice to drink. We didn’t have to
cook!
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| It was a nice breakfast for $5 |
On the walk back, the question came up about the Flea Market in Grand
Band and had we ever been. Not knowing when we’d be this way again, we decided
to give it a try. Rob drove.
It was hot and humid but it was nice
to see it once. A typical flea market where you can take as much or as little time
as you wish to walk around. Pat found a nice summery hat with an adjustable
band for her little head and I found a summery sweater that I have admired on a
couple of other people. I believe Laurie Baines has one. I’ve already decided
which two from my closet can go. One in, two out. 😊
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| A very old 5-seater ferris wheel |
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| An F-86 Sabre on display |
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| I hope no one tows this old tractor away before the owners return It is in a No Parking zone |
We were out the door by 10 and back
home by 12:30, with 30 minutes there and back, it was the perfect amount of
time at the market.
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| Pat loves Elvis |
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| Seeing old trains and train sets, put Bill's Dad close to my thoughts today |
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| You never know what you'll see at a flea market |
Pat reminded me that I still had time to go for an ‘adult’
swim so I changed and walked up to the indoor pool. No hot tub today, it was
too warm but I swam around for 20 minutes before letting myself out the door to
sit in the outside lounge chairs. Woops! That was a mistake! The door locked behind
me!
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| Need a purse? |
I could have sat out there with my
book until I dried off but I didn’t like the idea of ‘needing’ someone to let
me out. Bill was snoozing so I didn’t want to wake him to come and ‘release me’.
I messaged Gerry to ask one of the girls in the office to come and open the
door but when he didn’t respond (which I’m sure he is busy with customers and/or
family) I was glad I had my membership card. I called Erin and we chuckled over
it. I’d be more careful next time.
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| I had to squish it down to take a bite |
Back at the Suite, Bill and Clemson
were up and sitting inside in the a/c. We chatted about the rest of the day and
after changing out of my bathing suit, I put things away off our bedroom
dresser. We are pulling out of here by 9 in the morning so we can be home in
good time. Now that we are this close, I’m ready to get back to the Ridge.
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| We actually bought these by mistake but found them interesting |
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| Clemson settled on his Daddy's shirt while we looked at pictures |
Clemson got his supper a bit before 5
and we relaxed a bit before our own cooking began. Another generous offer from
our neighbours and we had a few burgers for our own supper tonight. They had so
many thawed from yesterday that couldn’t be refrozen. Thank you, buddies! We
started the Weber around 5:45 when the feeling of hunger hit. Because we had 4
patties, we decided to splurge tonight and have 2 triple buns. You know that
means double burgers! With all the fixins’ it made us laugh. I cut mine in half
to eat it easier. It was dee-lish-ous!
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| I zoomed in to capture this chatterer in the tree |
Dishes were cleaned up pronto and
Bill put the barbecue and the table away. Lastly our chairs went into the
basement, it is still registering 89F outside so we chose to retire indoors.
Bill invited Rob and Pat over to look at some pictures of our house on Metcalfe
soon after we bought it. Oh no! Home pictures. For an hour we showed them some
of the changes we’d made to our London home and more importantly the changes
made to the Ridge since Gerry and Donna purchased it in 2014.
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| A picture of the stream in the conservation area I like the trees roots in the rock |
Finishing the evening up, I snapped a
group picture and then took one of the two of them in front of their
Silverback. We said goodnight and brought the awnings in. This has been a
wonderful day and a wonderful week with our friends and it makes up for not
camping with them over the past winter. We just may have to do this again!
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| Our good friends and neighbours Pat and Rob |
I hope your day has been just as
pleasant and you were able to stay cool…..enough. Just before I posted this, a
tap tap on the door brought us a dish of Chapman’s Black Cherry ice cream. The
day couldn’t end any better. (thanks Rob, Pat, Sandra and Bill)
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| It was a great week together! |
Thank you for reading and I’d love to
hear from you!
