We were up on Tuesday, Aug. 7th
at 7 am and it was a foggy start to the day out here. Off in the distance,
nothing too close. We enjoyed our first coffee and tea together while I
finished my 2-day blog post. Sorry about that, folks, it was a long one.
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| Bill replaced Dad's Canadian Navy flag down for a change with our Maple Leaf and the wind blew it proudly |
Hopefully there were enough pictures so you didn’t get bored! It was a great
couple of days and the busy-ness was more important than making sure a post got
sent daily.
Bill checked propane tanks, thinking
he needed to fill one, but they were fine and did not need a refill at all. But we did need gas in the Rav.
He
drove to Durham to top up the fuel at Esso, which was up this morning and made a bank withdrawal as well as
located some Warfarin mouse catcher stuff. Yes, we’ve discovered that one or
two (?) have found a way to get into the Suite, up through the hole in the
under-sink cupboard, into the garbage can and straight up into the linen
drawer. Little beggars!
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| What a mess they made!! |
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| This is the drawer that holds our garbage can |
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| After I removed the towels and dish clothes |
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| Sumac is in flower |
Bill had a task fixing something on
the tonneau cover on Black Beauty. Don’t ask me, I wasn’t involved and if he
told me what was wrong, I don’t remember. Anyway, before he went out to do that
I made us bacon and eggs to fill our tummies. It was noon hour when he came
back in saying “another job well done!”
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| And the milkweed has podded |
The towels and swimsuits we wore yesterday
were still in the Rav so he brought those in and I hung them on the
clothesline. His jeans and a pair of jean shorts that weren’t quite dry when we
left yesterday got a 2nd wash in the overnight rain so they are also
still hanging out. Remember when we wanted to wash our jeans over and over to
get them to fade? That doesn’t happen anymore since you can buy them already
faded (for a fortune!).
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| Our swim clothes didn't take long to dry Nor did Bill's jeans |
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| And the Queen has her hair in a bun today |
Bill and I had some yogourt and I sorted
through some pictures and backed up my July photos onto my external hard drive.
He went back outside to continue to work on his Stinson Reliant plane engine.
Still no luck, says he needs a new receiver so ordered one from AVF. Frustrating
for him, for sure.
While he was outside, I wanted to get
a picture of me in the dress I wore yesterday, since no one else takes
pictures. Haha If you remember the picture I took earlier I’m hoping you agree that it looks better on someone than it did
on the hanger. 😊
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| It doesn't do much for a person's shape, but it sure is comfy and cool |
Donna also wanted us to send updated
pictures for Mom’s poster board. For some reason, a while ago, Mom took it down
and removed all the pictures. I hope it wasn’t a day she was mad at us for
something. That would be sad. Anyway, Donna slipped the board home and will put
pictures back together with our names. A different picture of me is in the works since in the last one my hair was up in a clip. Mom said I didn’t look like
that.
It was a lazy afternoon, for me, at
least, and it felt great. No obligations to go anywhere or do anything. Other
than bringing in the few clothes off the line, a walk down the lane, harvesting
veggies and prepping supper, I haven’t done much at all. I’m so close to finishing
my book that I may have to do that before America’s Got Talent starts at 8.
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| Today's fare without the 3 green onions I pulled |
At 5:30 I got the last two cobs of
corn out and 2 chicken thighs and 2 pork chops seasoned. Bill lit the Weber and
grilled everything up. I boiled the corn inside and set the table. There was
about 3 servings of Cabbage Salad left from yesterday so we each had some of
that as well. 1 chop and 1 cob of corn is for Bill’s supper tomorrow night. 1
thigh and salad will be mine.
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| When I see red, it is time to pick |
Bill is heading to work in the
morning after almost 2 full weeks off. That will be a real change, just after
getting used to being home. It has been
nice but he’ll miss the paycheck at the end of the week! Supper was very good,
I really enjoyed the chicken. After dishes he made up his sandwiches for
tomorrow and Thursday’s lunch. At least it is supposed to cool down a bit, I
think, so he won’t be working in 30C temps.
He got his new Visa card today after
cancelling the old one but no, no money returned yet from the scammers. I’m not
holding my breath, life is too important to me. I do still hope that it isn’t a
lesson learned the hard way. Oh! Some good news to report. I actually purchased
a couple of lottery tickets last Thursday at Foodland and when I checked
yesterday, I won $10 on one and a free ticket on the other. Yay! I think that
was from rubbing Rose and George’s lucky shoulders. 😊
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| Bill got a couple of Dad's things from Marilynne yesterday We'll find a place for them |
The temperature today has been 26C
and above so plenty warm. No complaints, there is always shade to find. The
humidity is down somewhat which has been nice. I’ve been messaging back and forth with
our friend, Deb D. in Escanaba, Mi tonight. Nice to stay in touch with our
friends. Sounds like we’ll see her and Tom in Quartzsite again this winter.
That is great! And Shirley and Ken in Nevada have it in their sights too. It will be a
real ‘family’ affair again.
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| Inspector Clemson checks out the job at the shed |
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| And then we go for a walk down the lane |
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| And a good supper tonight This is one way I like chicken, it was delicious! |
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