Back to Routine, Wind, Rain and Rainbows

Park Place RV Park

Bill and I were up and about on Thursday, Feb. 23^rd by 7:30. He was up ahead of me, as is usual for most days, and when I was up and dressed, Gibbs and I went for our walk. It was chilly at only 43F/6C and it was quite windy already, or still. It never really calmed down through the night.

Gibbs and I saw some pretty sky this morning

I had a tea this morning, but didn’t add cream or coconut oil today. For the past few days, my regular drink just hasn’t tasted right and has left a funny feeling in my stomach. Today, black tea was very good and I was comfortable going to the clubhouse for Ladies Poker Pool. 

It was nice to have 6 of us playing today
Notice how happy everyone is?

I missed this game! There were 6 of us playing for the first time this winter and we all had a lot of fun. I closed at third. 😊

I think Clemson influenced Gibbs here
He always sat in my recliner, looking at me,
waiting for me to come sit. 💓💓💓💓
Be still my heart.

For lunch, Bill had his sandwich of cheese and peanut butter with a few chips added for crunch. I warmed up 2 pieces of last night’s pizza in Rosy, the air fryer. It was not as good but close to last night’s great taste, with another cup of black tea. The afternoon was up to us what we wanted to do. It was an inside day for the most part since the wind had picked up. There was enough sun for us to disconnect from power from morning until 4ish.

this is the first puzzle I did here this winter
It would be nice to be compensated with a new, different one

Instead of going to start a new puzzle, I emailed the company where the puzzle came from that Rick and Patti bought for me. Remember the missing piece? Who knows what will come of it but I’ve asked for a replacement puzzle but a different picture. We’ll see. When done with that, I got out another of my hobbies and started ‘corking’. I haven’t touched it for a few months. Gibbs sat with me in between checking on Bill upstairs watching news. 😊

My corking is another one of those projects
that will take years to complete but that's okay!

I looked out after the rain, from which Bill had to dump the water out of the inverted gazebo roof. He popped the roof up when we saw the winds had abated – a bit. We’re in for a lot of wind over the next 10 days so he won’t be flying and I won’t be doing any painting. Another reason to get another craft out.  For supper, Bill cooked himself some fries in the Fry Daddy and I fried our fish filets and cooked some Brussel sprouts for me.

The dark sky to the southeast
and our inverted gazebo

Supper was delicious
And....Bill gave me just a taste of the fries
at my request

After clean up, we watched Columbo, America’s Got Talent and Swamp People before bed. I like being able to work away at my craft while watching tv. Gibbs, of course, likes being somewhere in the middle between the two of us. The rain didn't last long, just off and on. ♥ 

I didn't even notice until I looked at the picture
that we had a bit of a double rainbow
Good night!

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Windy, Warm(ish) with No Worries

The Ridge

On Wednesday, Sept. 8^th we had a repeat of the previous few days because Bill still didn’t need to go to work. They have been waiting to work on the project (in this case a large shed) down the road. The foundation has been poured and next was the wait for lumber to arrive. Since then, it has been too wet to get in there to start building the frame. So, another day off. 😊 Bill would have been happy to go back today but at the same time will chip away at his ‘list’  here at home.

Bill gets his boots with the usual help
Can you see him?

I didn’t have to clean so we slept in until 7:00 and dragged our butts out of bed around 7:30. I rather enjoy those days when we don’t have to ‘be’ anywhere. I’m lucky that at least I’m not on a specific time schedule. Bill and I had our morning brew together and I worked on my post from yesterday while he went out and started digging a hole for his flag pole. He has missed having it in the berm garden. This year it will be done right and proper to withstand our winds up here.

someone is happy to be riding with Daddy
Short trips, we allow him to sit on our laps

a pretty sky this morning
No hint of last night's storm
fyi - areas to the north of us, along the lake had
at least one tornado touch down, doing a lot of damage 😓

Around 9:30, we went to Durham, all of us. Bill picked up the quick cement (you know what I mean) he thought he’d need and then we visited the vet, just around the corner. Gibbs got weighed and we were pleased that his gain is slowing down. 😊 He is now 17.2 lbs, up from 16.4 a month ago, so not such a big jump. We received his September flea and tick pill and made an appointment to get ‘snipped’. ☹ Ssssh. He isn’t aware of that! He’ll be 6 months on the 12th. 

Today's pond picture is also quite pretty, I think

Back home, we had waffles for lunch and Bill went back to work. I dusted and vacuumed inside (neither being my favourite thing) and later in the day washed the floors with my new mop. I do love the ease of it. I also used it to wash the ceiling. It wasn’t terrible but a few areas had fly specks. I think I got them all plus an upper arm workout at the same time! Bill went as far as he could with the flag pole and is now just waiting for it to dry.

Waffles for brunch

He had one more job for the day and that was to empty the black tank with our ‘stupid piece of s***’ blue boy. We have the new macerator, which is great, but the blue boy (or honey wagon) is not. Needless to say, we will be purchasing a new one, with the proper connection for dumping. Things we didn’t pay attention to when we bought the first one. I did some more painting on my canvas and have almost convinced myself that it will have to do. It’s not getting any better.

I'm not keen on the sky but from a distance it looks better

I had my shower and after taking Gibbs for a walk around the property, we came inside. We had a bit of a row since he wasn’t behaving at all on the leash. I need to get serious about teaching him with what I allow him to do. He isn’t fully to blame but the pulling and tugging has to stop. ☹ I made my tea and started my blog for the day. The weather has been funny today. Warm enough but still some dark clouds making an appearance.  The temperature changed dramatically when they moved over the sun.

Fish, fries and green beans
oh and fresh garden tomatoes

We did reach 20C/68F today and the small bits of rain didn’t make an appearance until suppertime. We had fish and chips. I had a few fries and green beans with my fish. For dessert, I’d made a cherry sauce to eat with our cheesecake. I thought it was delicious and added some zip to the NY recipe. We did the dishes and Gibbs and I went for his after supper walk. That was pretty much all he did, walk, but he did behave a bit better on the leash.

When the west sky got dark, yet the north sky was normal
I knew there had to be a rainbow

A quick look out the east facing window, proved me right

Bill had his shower and the evening went as most Wednesday evenings do. There was an absolutely gorgeous full rainbow while we were eating but I didn’t run out to get the full show. The clouds put on a lovely show this evening but there were no threats out and about so we could relax. We could watch tv tonight with no interference. 😉 This was another good day. I wonder if Bill will be working tomorrow? That is the plan but only t ime will tell.

sunset through the trees
good night!

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All About Clemson, All About Me, Long Winded Again

Monday, May 29^th has arrived and Bill has left. I heard the alarm……. early………but that was it until I heard Bill downstairs around 6. From my perch in bed, I could see he was already dressed and had heard him making trips to the car with his bag and cooler. Clemson was down on the couch with him so I knew he’d been out for his piddle.

There is the little bed potato, getting up on his own sweet time

The sky is overcast and windows appear spotted so it must have rained overnight. Me, with my ear plugs, I don’t hear a thing but Bill said it was a good rain with some thunder. I got up for my own nature’s call and gave my man his goodbye kiss and hug and went back to bed at 6:15 when he pulled out the lane. I wasn’t missing much this morning, it was quite foggy down at the road too.

I enjoy watching this little bug go by daily

I'm thinking our teen neighbour owns it and drives
very slowly on the gravel road to keep it pristine
First car?

Clemson joined me, snuggled up on the window side of the bed next to my tummy. I got up at 7:15 but the little bum must have been sound asleep as he never budged. I loaded the garbage bag and 2 recycle bins onto the back of the truck and drove them to the road, came back and made my tea before reading blog posts. Many people read the news, I prefer to keep in touch with my blogger friends. It is all good, nothing depressing and nothing too sad usually.

From a full gray sky, this was 90% of my day

By 9:30 I hopped into the shower and made myself a coffee. Bill called around 8 from St. Mary’s and said the sun was making an appearance and within minutes, it was here too, in and out of the low clouds. The day won’t be a wash-out, good!

Clemson has an appointment at his new vet in Durham this morning at 11. He needs his heart worm and tic meds and a needle today too. Sssh. Distemper and possibly his rabies. He is due before we leave in the fall.

The Veterinary Clinic was hopping today, 3 cat visits and 6 dogs all in the 45 minutes I was there

I did okay, didn't I Mom?

The winds today are relatively calm again and that is lovely. Right now, I think Clemson and I need to go and retrieve our recycle bins since the truck has gone by already. Out my window I see the first blue jay of the season up here. They are so pretty, I remember how they fought over my feeder last year.

Our little red maple from The Yates' is doing really well!

I bought a Niger seed bell yesterday hoping to keep the finches around but need to pick up more regular bird seed for the chicadees and wrens. I’ve been thinking about how to create a shelf like Al from The Bayfield Bunch has but need to get creative against the usual winds up here. The seeds kept blowing off my first attempt and then it collected rain water. Hmmm, still thinking.

So, by 12:15 we were back home. Clemson has been poked and probed, oohed and aahed over (as were many other cutie pie pups) his private parts invaded and jabbed with 2 needles. None the worse for wear, he was a good boy and will now be healthy for the next year with his rabies shot and heartworm medication.

A nice neat garbage/recycle person
Stacked our bins instead of just throwing them like London did

The rest of the day is mine. I planted my little Lady’s Mantle closer to the Suite at the base of one of our little trees, beside my Sunflower decoration. I sure didn’t need it in the flower garden! Too funny, but at least I know I should recognize it in the future.

I'll get a picture of her new home tomorrow
These water drops are still from the overnight rain when everything else is dried up

I spoke briefly to Bill before leaving the clinic to find out that he did the orientation on a Mobile Suite this morning. These people had owned one previously so it didn’t take him long walking them through this one. This afternoon, he has been asked to deliver 

another rv to Goderich for CanAm. 

A zoomed in look up at our home

I had a quick bite to eat. The vet gave me a sample of a Dental Care Chew because of the tartar on Clemson's teeth. We’ve known that it is getting worse but he will not let us get a finger in there let alone a doggie toothbrush! Dr. Kent Charlton said these work for his sheltie where others didn’t. 

He seems to be enjoying it

We’ve also bought those Denta Stix but our fussy little scamp doesn’t have the patience to sit and chew on it long enough to get any goodness out of it. Once he did get into one, he ate the whole thing and proceeded to be sick later in that day. I gave this sample to Clemson and held it for him, long enough that he could nibble into it. Then I left it with him. Check out what he has left in this picture.

Saved enough for another day

I plan to do nothing for the rest of the afternoon with the exception of reading my book and maybe a walk or two. I changed into sun-tanning clothes and perched myself in my lounge chair on the patio mat. There were just enough clouds and just enough wind gusts to cool the air when I started feeling that I was over-heating. But let me tell you, it felt awesome!

Thanks to the winter we just had in the southwest, I have a nice colour base and don’t have to worry as much about sun burn. So far, when I think about it, From November until now, I’ve only been deprived of sunshine for a couple of months. Nice! I like this lifestyle!

Snuck up on these guys

So, after sitting for a while, I tried coaxing Clemson into coming out for a walk down to get the mail with me. For some reason, he was acting very timid about going down the steps of the Suite. Every once in a while, he does this. He gets stubborn as do I and I refuse to baby him by carrying him down as well as up. I put the leash on him and he prances down with ease.

At the midpoint of the lane way, Mr. Snapper slipped down into the water before I could snap his picture. On the other side in the west pond, the log was inhabited by about 6 painted turtles. I had my zoom lens in preparation and stopped well before they heard me. Through the brush you might be able to see three of them as they sit there unawares.

ding dong, Avon calliing

All things on sale from Avon

Avon had sent my small order in a pouch package this time so the postal service delivered it instead of UPS. I wasn’t expecting it until tomorrow so that is great. I don’t buy often, just enough to keep my status active as a representative. Today I ordered my Far Away body cream, a mascara and another collapsible dish for Clemson. This one will stay in the Corolla.

The sky starting to change

I stayed outside until about 4:30 when the skies started to look weird. I didn’t realize we were supposed to get a storm, guess I forgot to check this morning. Inside, I fed the little Master and pulled out stuff for my salad. Then I checked the weather network and discovered a warning for severe thunderstorms with hail and strong 90 km winds for the better part of the evening in Durham. Yeuch.

The darkening sky and the darkening pond

It was up to 22C outside and the Suite was registering 26C so I opened more windows and turned on the Fantastic Fan in the kitchen area. By the time I got changed and wrote a bit the temperature dropped and the sky turned dark quickly. I closed windows as the temperature dropped and the rain started. The Fantastic Fan took care of itself.

I’ve never seen such a strange sky, within minutes the blue was returning from the west at the same time as the rain was coming straight down. A really nice rain, to tell the truth. I knew this meant a rainbow in the dark sky to the east so ran outside up on the hill to capture it. Beautiful! It lasted longer than any I’ve seen in a long time. It was worth getting wet over!

Beautiful full rainbow in a dark sky
The white turbines and green foliage makes a striking contrast

As the rainbow finally disappears so does the warning for this area. Just like that, they’ve changed tonight’s forecast. Good, I can relax now. All is well and I realize I’m hungry. I’m falling back on the same chicken salad for supper that I had last week. It is a healthy choice, easy to prepare and very filling.

Nice steady rain is hard to see in the picture

I was waiting to hear back from Bill, knowing that he is usually done work around 6 at the latest. Trying not to be concerned, as I’m watching CTV news report on accidents around the area, he finally called. Just a quick call that he is still in Goderich trying to get the delivered trailer into the spot and set up. I can breathe easier about that worry too.

And during the downpour, the sun...........

Winds stopped completely for about 10 minutes

 I’ve written enough here today so will sign off before the sun sets. I can pretty much guess that you have all had a good day, if you had the weather I had. As one blogger friend said in a comment <I’m going to stop worry about the rain and the cool and instead enjoy the greenery>. I know that isn’t a direct quote but that is her way of dealing with crazy weather. I love that!

And by the time I finish this at 7:30, the clouds are white, fluffy and clearing out

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