Laundry Day, Photos, Quilling

The Ridge

On Saturday, May 30th, (already!) I didn't hear a thing until 6:15. Gibbs was already back in bed asleep and it was quiet downstairs. Bill did a lot of sleeping last night after we got home and didn't end up charging plane batteries. 

Good morning!
Last nights photo of the sun
saying goodbye.

I assumed that he was up early and doing that before going to the field. I remembered that he was a noisy sleeper last night too and I'd popped my ear plugs in at 10:30 when I went to bed. I haven't been doing that for 3 weeks or so. That's why I never heard him get up.

Traffic jam in the laneway,
so had to wait for this family
to cross. I'm always sad when
they are old enough to leave us.

I left the Suite first, at 7ish after Bill sorted the clothes into 2 loads for me and carried the basket out. Only Dollar Store Dave was in the Mat and we always have a good chat. He's never there on Saturdays so I was surprised to see him. 

Our pond looks so serene in the
morning sun's reflection.

He has a 'date' tomorrow so switched days and wanted to get the laundry done before opening his store at 9. He was gone by 8 and I finished up by loading our damp clothes and washing the floor. Today was a perfect day to hang clothes on the line.

You know what this is.
I wonder if they'll need to trim it
this year?

Gibbs supervised while I did that and it was cool enough that I wasn't bothered by any bugs. It was 7C/44.6F when I left and 12C/53.6F when I hung them. There was a light breeze so they would dry quickly and smell great. 

It's up to the sun and temperature
now.

I worked away on another greeting card and had a poached egg on toast for lunch. I never expect Bill home on time to eat with me on the weekends. Unless, of course the winds pick up or it rains. 😉 

Gibbs and I went out about 3 minutes before the little guy heard a familiar vehicle on the gravel road. His hearing!! Sure enough, Bill was coming down Northline. He'd stopped in town to fill our propane tank or would have been 15 minutes sooner.

I pulled out my photo album
of Ladyfest pictures.

He's had difficulty with getting the tailgate open (& sometimes closed) and sure enough, with a 40 lb. filled propane tank in the back, it happened today. He had to lift it up over the gate and all I could do was steady it for him. I guess Black Beauty will be going to a repair shop to see what can be done.

These are fun to look through!
Recognize anyone here from 33 years ago?

At 2 pm, I brought the clothes in, completely dry. This time, the blackflies found me and I'm sure bit me a few times. They get around my face, my glasses and neck. Grrr! They need to vacate! Bill worked on the tailgate and I came inside with Gibbs.

I wanted to refresh my memory about when I started going to Ladyfest with my sisters. They started back in the 80's, Cathy will remember the date she and Donna hopped on the train to Montreal, which started the whole thing. ☺️ For me, it was 1993 and I've missed 3 years.

I try hard to come up with new
ideas for my cards but then I
realized, they don't all have to be so
different. They aren't going to the same powers are fun to do.lace.
LOL
these flowers are fun to do.

Looking at the pictures is a lot of fun. The places we've stayed, the hairstyles, the clothing choices and the times my youngest sister joined and those precious moments when Mom joined us. She kept saying "this will be my last year, I am slowing you down". ❤️🤭

I have hard copies of pictures from 1993 up to 2008 and the rest are on my laptop. I almost want to put those on a stick and take them in to get printed. Not the scenery ones, just the ones with us in them. 🤔 Still debating that. They are certainly fun to see again. 

Supper was good.

For supper, we had fish and chips. I blanked out the fact that I had fries last night (🤫) and had a handful tonight. Bill deep fried them and I air fried the fish in Rosy. It was a good meal and we had the last of the strawberries and whipping cream for dessert. 

I'd never heard of a sour dough
chocolate chip cookie before.
🤔

Oh, and part of a sour dough chocolate chip cookie that Bill brought home from the field. Friend of a friend (kind of) made them. Good, but quite heavy and filling! We cleaned up the 'wash me' dishes and ran the dishwasher with the rest.

Bill went out to cut the front field's grass before going to the Hangar and I worked on my blog before watching tv while quilling. The creative juices have been flowing but I'm stumped on this particular card. Hmm, need to finish it tonight or I may abandon it altogether.

This is the work in progress.
Not sure yet what I'm doing with it,
but I'll figure it out and share tomorrow.
Maybe. 
😂

This was a good day. I'm disappointed that now that we have such lovely weather, the black flies are still hanging on. I have a handful of bites giving me grief already so I'm a bit timid of being out unless I'm fuilly garbed. What fun is that?

We only reached 20.55C/69F at its peak today and that wind was definitely on the cool side. Tonight, cool again, below 10C and low 40'F but we put the Blue Flame heater away. We haven't been turning it on at night anyway for about a week.

So, Once in a Blue Moon (every 2 or 3 years).........you'll see this. Apparently. It won't be a blue moon, like its name, but it will be full and apparently the smallest full moon on record. 😉🤔 Okay, the sky is clear so I'll watch for it in my dreams since I won't be awake at 4:45 am.

Now it would be much more
fun if it were really blue!!
Good night!

I hope you've enjoyed your Saturday. Thank you for popping in.

Into Each Life, Rain Must Fall and Watching the Grass Grow, Revisiting Winter Photos

It was 5 when I first woke and I think that was when Bill first got up. He is quiet and I know I dropped off listening to the sound of the rain on the roof. Then it was around 6:45 when I got up and everything was quiet. Clem had been out and came back to bed. Not even one minute outside and he came back in soaked. Glad his hair is so short, it wouldn’t take long for him to dry off. It was a warm morning, 58F/15C but the steady light rain meant an inside morning at least.

Our Canadian flag rehung is looking calm in the rain this morning

The Suite needed a good cleaning. The woodwork needs to be dusted and the floors done. Bill plugged the Suite into power so I’ll get the vacuum out after Clemson gets up. He’s a sleepy head and on a day like this, I don’t blame him. There is no sunshine corner for him to curl up in. I had my cuppa and caught up on what our friends are up to on blogger. Bill and I chatted about his day and what he had on his agenda.

A set of 3 Furniture Markers works but they still aren't the 'perfect' match

At least now, your eye isn't drawn to the bare wood or steel nail heads

After I finished my creamy tea, I began dusting in the living room, moving to my left, window ledges, cupboard doors, coffee table, dining chairs, table and hutch. While doing that I noticed spots on cupboards and areas that get bumped and scratches or teeny nailheads are visible. 

We’d purchased some Furniture Markers at some point while living in our sticks and bricks home and although the colours are not a perfect match, unless you are looking for it, you don’t notice the marks.

I moved to the bedroom and bathroom and finished the dusting job up there, then got the Windex out and did the mirrors including the mirrored closet and over-the-bed cupboard doors. Aah, much better. That was the easy part, next was the vacuuming. This is usually Bill’s job but I offered to take care of it today since we were plugged into power anyway. I know we can vacuum in full sun, unplugged, but who wants to do that inside on a sunny day?

This is a corner at the floor that was quite noticeable

So, once that was done, I felt that my chores were done for the day. I filed my fingernails next and then took the necessary time (how much time should it take to fully dry your nail polish?) to paint my nails. It seems they get dirty so fast from doing really nothing and that is the main reason I like to put some colour on them. If I can’t see the dirt, it doesn’t bother me as much. Plus, it tends to keep them protected from my nibbling.

Trimmed and painted lilac

When they were dry, (yah right), I still managed to touch one sitting here at the table, I put the polishes away and caught up on my daily post. 

My collection of colours
The bright ones are for my toenails only

If I don’t write as the day goes, I easily lose track of what I did. It’ll be a pretty boring post anyway, unless we can at least get out this afternoon. After lunch, someone is coming to look at our gravity chairs and hopefully they will drive away with them. They know the lowest bargaining price so that part is taken care of.

By 1:30 pm there was some promise in the sky

At noon, I opted to have a hard-boiled egg, some cheddar and a small bowl of my corned beef & barley soup. Yum, I’m so pleased with it and have enough for at least 6 or 8 lunches. 

A wonderful mid day meal

The rain has been playing tag with itself all day, is that called Solitaire? It stopped around 8:30, started again at 11:30 and now at noon it has stopped again. I’m watching the clouds and looking forward to the clearing they were talking about.

Promises, promises

The Sirius xm radio is playing wonderful music. I’m listening to the Bridge channel 032 today. Good tunes from 70’s and 80’s mostly, which certainly turns my crank! Who doesn’t like a station that plays all the tunes you know? After all, when was the last time YOU heard Lucky Man by Emerson, Lake and Palmer? 

Cute little hummingbird nest

When my phone rang around 1:30, I answered, figuring it was the person coming for our chairs but as soon as I answered the line went dead. That’s weird. It looked like a local number so I assumed I’d see someone soon. I went out and opened the shed door since there was some blue sky once in a moment.

Clearing coming across the pond

By 2, “Bill, the buyer” drove in and admitted to the phone call, lost service and also got lost trying to find us. He went to the wrong end of Baptist Church Road. Main thing is he arrived and quickly handed me the cash as soon as I showed him the chairs.

For Sale = SOLD!

He was very happy to take them meaning he didn’t have to work on re-webbing his old ones. He got them at a good price and we are happy for our ‘profit’ too.

I love the droplets of rain on the leaves of my Lady's Mantle

The sun was teasing ever since he left but I still didn’t trust the gray clouds that would make an appearance periodically so closed the storage shed doors again. When the clouds moved off, I went for a walk down the lane to gather the mail. It was just flyers but the walk is always good. After 4, when our 4-legged furry guy hinted at wanting supper, I took him down the lane for a walk as well. Trying my best to distract him, he has been pretty good lately. He stayed by my side today, once he caught up, instead of trotting ahead of me.

Here he comes trotting down to catch up to me

The task I found myself doing ever since lunch is going through the pictures that I took over the past winter. I had some labelling/tagging and compiling to do so it was a good day to do that. I really got caught up in it and hardly spent any time outside, even after the sun came out. But the good news is that I finished the job and can now move ahead with what I plan to do with them. 

For supper, I fried up the leftover sausage along with the dressing. I cut up some little tomatoes and dished out some olives instead of a salad tonight. It tasted pretty good!

I'd forgotten how long daffodils bloom for
Look at all the new blooms yet to appear

After dishes, I watched the News, the game shows and flipped to NCIS at 8 pm. Both Bill and I thought it was going to be a rerun, that last week’s episode was the season finale. We were wrong and tonight was ‘new’. Yay! we were both able to watch it.

Clemson waits while I write my post
You can see it in his eyes
"Please hurry, Mom, and come sit with me"

Some of the hostas that I planted last year from Rob, my buddy
are coming up nicely

 My post is going to wait until the morning so I’m not advertising too much up here on the hill, if you get my drift. I have enjoyed the day even though Clemson and I were inside for the most part. I hope you enjoyed it from your neck of the woods.

A view from the corner of the corral
This is also the grass hill Clemson HAS to run up as if he is racing me

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