The Ridge
Friday,
July 17th we woke and rose within 15 minutes of each other. Bill was
in washing up when I did my morning stretches and we made the bed together as
we do most mornings. I went for my walk while he packed his lunch cooler and
had his breakfast. I knew he’d leave before I got back but that was okay. We’d
given each other the jump start already with our ‘have a good day’ hug and
kiss. That sounds odd but no, that was the only jump start we got. Ha ha
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| I though these morning pictures were kind of cool |
Down the
road, I offered prayers up to our maker. There are things and blessings to be
grateful for and there are also special people who need support and a pack of
their own blessings right now. I think of you all every day, you know who you are, and wish there just weren’t
so many challenges put in your way. It, for me, is the best time other than when I'm tucked in bed, to pray.
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| It was nice and cool in between the tree lined road |
By the time I returned and puttered around
with the bird feeders, I’d walked 2 ½ miles.
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| The lighter patches are not dry and the dark wet, they are where the gravel is ground down to 'near pavement' |
It is
going to get hot again today, so there may not be much activity today.
At least, the plants don’t need watering! I enjoyed the hour and a half of relaxing until I
had to leave for Graceland 2. I was just out of the laneway when Mitch called. “Did
I tell you we need to deliver a car early this morning?” I smiled. “Yes, Mitch,
I’m on my way, see you in 30 seconds”. “Thank ya, thank ya very much”. LOL
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| Coming from the south, this is Graceland 2 Ha ha, the patchwork house The front is rented out to a father and son The arrow shows the truck I'm working on when it is outside It isn't pretty but he is on disability and wants for nothing |
When I arrived,
I hopped in his Acadia and followed him to the destination between here and
Durham. Funny how I’m finding out about all these little out of the way
businesses that I would never know are there otherwise. This one was called AE
Mechanics (or something like that, there was no sign). Like Mitch, he obviously
doesn’t need to advertise, the lot was full of Chev/GMC vehicles. A thriving
business for sure. The Edge, that Mitch finished touching rust spots on, will be up for sale.
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| Bill took a picture of the working girl |
Back at
Mitch’s, I carried on with the pick up truck, working on the door and the hood
around the hood scoops. The owner didn’t show up while I was there but Mitch
was pleased with what we’d done and when I left at 11, I initialed the calendar
up to where my ‘boss’ paid me. With cash in my pocket, I came home for the
weekend, yay! and made myself a bullet proof coffee. It is a lovely 25C/77F day
and it would be nice if that was as hot as it got. But……..
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| Goose greeters |
She
needed to be wiped down and vacuumed out so I took care of that but it was done in
between rest stops. There was a lovely breeze coming across from the west but
with your head in a car, you can’t get the advantage of it. I’ll do the windows
on another day as well as the outside. Might have to drive it over to the
Acreage and use their water and pump. When I told Bill I hadn’t decided on
supper, he suggested that we go in to the Food Truck later. Sounds like a plan!
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| Thank you all kindly, who said the nice things about my creations However, they don't all work out With the rain and heat melting the glue, I came home to this Gotta figure something else out |
He went to his cargo trailer and I went into the Bunky to
work on the puzzle. The 'labour' was done. I puzzled away for an hour and at 4:30 felt that I needed to
have a rest. I took a walk down the lane to collect the mail and then came
inside to sit in front of the tv. I was hoping to drop off but that was
useless.
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| Sadly, we have a second small branch that broke off another tree Chippy doesn't weight enough so not sure how or why this happened |
When Bill came in at 6, we got cleaned up and drove to Durham. Big
Bites is the name of their small business and we ordered cheese burgers each and a large fries to split.
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| Driving into Durham for supper, I noticed how clean Ptooties is! :) |
It was
hot, good and inexpensive. Of course, we couldn’t eat all the frys but got our
fill and tossed the rest, at least half. My burger was a little charred but I ate it. On the way back home, we turned off onto #2 and
popped in to see Donna and Gerry at the Acreage. They were just eating inside
but didn’t mind us catching up with them while they finished. We hadn’t seen them
for a couple of weeks. Bill helped Gerry outside with his filter and Donna and
I had a nice chat indoors away from the ‘skitters’.
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| They were yummy but my oh my, way too many We'll try small next time to share |
Bill got
bit while they were working and that just made me glad us girls weren’t out
there! Back home just before 9, I worked on my blog and downloaded pictures
from my phone. I really wanted to get it published tonight because I work at
the Mat in the morning. Time will tell, I feel pretty tired already. This was a
good day. More work on Mitch’s truck job and best of all – PayDay! It didn’t
get as hot as I expected, but still a high of 29C/84F was pretty hot. Obviously, this post didn't get done last night. 🙈
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| Because of the paper, this burger looks blue It wasn't but it was charred on the edges Next time we're trying peameal on a bun Good night! |
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