I woke at a few minutes before 5 on
Wednesday, July 4th but not fully awake by any means. I sensed Bill
getting up around there for his shower and prepping for work. We shared a nice
evening last night with a rum and coke while reading, dozing and watching tv. I
waited until he was almost ready to go before coming downstairs to sit for a
few minutes and say goodbye. “Look after Mom and keep her company” he says to
Clemson.
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| Rise and shine you sleepy heads! The day is young, get out of bed! |
I snapped a picture of him pulling
out in Ptooties after taking one of the sunrise. Another hot day coming our way
and hardly any breeze again. The awnings are out but Bill said the winds are
supposed to pick up later so I’ll keep an eye on them. I sat in my chair
instead of going back to bed and finished the last 4 chapters of my book. It
was good, as I’ve said. I’d located 4th of July by James Patterson
for Bill to take with him (how fitting!) so he has something to read in the
evenings.
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| See ya, Sweetie! Drive safe! |
When I closed the book, I slipped out
and took a leisurely walk down the lane, down North Line to Baptist Church Road.
I know how far I have to go for ½ mile and when I turned back, I realized I
should have left my book for later and walked at 7. It was already too warm to
be out in the hot sun. I veered up the lane to the United Church near the
corner and took a couple of pictures of the beautiful, tall hollyhocks.
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| I love the colours of these |
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| They grow so tall |
I put ‘Funky tripod’ to work this
morning, after a rest period in the cupboard and took some selfies. Some on my
walk and some relaxing. Bill contacted me just after 8:30 that he had arrived
safe and sound so my body can fully relax now with that off my mind. There isn’t
a lot to get into today with the exception of dusting the Suite. Inside jobs. I
sewed a button on a cardigan Bill has that we are sending to the donation
store. He has a couple of other nicer ones of his Dad’s now that we’ll hang
onto.
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| Selfies! |
In my mind, I am semi-planning what
to pack for our Sisterfest on Monday through Thursday. I believe the warmth
will still be with us so not as much needs to be considered. Easier to pack for
hot weather than cold or even a bit of both. Shorts, capris, top choices,
sandals, jacket and swimsuit. Voila! It is never that easy for me since I have
many options and wouldn’t change that for anything.
I wrote a bit on this post and hunted
out a new book to read. I’ve decided on Dead in the Water by Stuart Woods. Another
mystery with lawyer/ex-cop, Stone Barrington. I’m staying inside for the time
being, only going out with Clemson when he has the need. With only 5 ½ hours of
sleep last night, late night, early morning, I foresee a nap later on this
afternoon.
For now, at noon hour, I’m ready for
a bite to eat so I scrambled a couple of eggs with butter and had a yogourt and
a second tea along with them. I don’t like preparing meals for one but this
way, my nutritionist (me) will be happy. I’m eating and I’m eating well. So
far. As I was sitting at my laptop earlier, I posted our paddle boat on Kijiji
and Letgo for sale. You never know what kind of response you’ll get but I put
some nice pics on and was up front about the cracks in the plastic top of the
boat.
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| Something as easy as deadheading my petunias was almost too much on this heated day |
No one was more surprised than I was
when at 12 noon my phone rang. Unknown number to me but a person’s name popped
up. She wanted to know if I’d take a certain amount for the boat and if so,
they’d come right now and get it. We’d advertised it at a price or best offer
but had a ‘no less than’ price in mind. She offered $50 less than our price and
I could hardly contain my excitement that I sold our boat!! Yay!
Coming from Collingwood, Judy and
Steve arrived before 1 pm and were very happy with their purchase. The 3 of us
loaded it into the back of the F150 bed and had a nice chat about their
retirement, our lifestyle and their plans to take it to Manitoulin Island. This
island has come up so much in conversations lately, yet most of the names of
the towns I can’t pronounce let alone remember. I feel a weight off our
shoulder and some cash in our holey pocket. That will go towards the repair of
our generator.
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| SOLD! |
Only outside for 20 minutes likely
and the heat drove me inside to the a/c. This one in my sister’s words is a ‘scorcher’.
Clemson slipped upstairs to the bedroom for his afternoon siesta and I remained
in my chair with my book. With my lesser hours of sleep last night, I tried to
doze off but that didn’t pan out. I guess it will be an early night for this
gal tonight! When Clem next needed outside, I also used the outdoor facilities
and we walked down to the end of the lane. No mail today but it was good to
stretch our legs.
At 6 I pushed myself to find
something to eat. I had some cooked grilled chicken strips from Foodland so put
together a lettuce, egg, onion, tomato, spinach salad. It filled my plate and I
knew I wasn’t that hungry so I can put half into a container for tomorrow
night. I’ll just add the dressing or mayo then. I cleaned up the dishes and settled
back in our chair.
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| We need rain badly again Our ponds are really drying up |
This book is just as sit says on the
back cover by Detroit News: ‘One of his best…..Woods is a pro and this goes by
like a summer breeze, with just enough heat to make you sweat’. I could use
more breeze today and less sweat but you the meaning. It is a page turner and I’ll
finish it quickly. Bill called at 7 to say he finished his long hot day. Lucky
that he had his stuff moved into his ‘overnight’ trailer and had the a/c
running. He said it was nice and cool when he returned to it.
I went out with Clemson and just as I
was putting him back inside, out of the corner of my eye I spotted a heron. I
think I’m a bit of a hawkeye, not much gets past this evil eye with a camera. By
the time I got my zoom lens, he had moved but I found him back further. I stood
out in the heat for about 15 min. hoping he would take flight but nothing was
spooking him. He can obviously stand still longer than I can so I had to give
it up and move back into the cool of the Suite.
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| Mr. Heron tests the photographer's patience |
Time for ice cream! I dished up a
scoop of Vanilla fudge and a scoop of Black Cherry ice cream and drizzled some
stewed rhubarb over top. That makes up for just having a salad at supper. Unless
it is a caesar salad, salads just aren’t my go-to food. I enjoyed the dessert
and Clemson got an offer to lick the bowl. Sometimes he takes us up on that,
other times turns his head almost in disgust. Go figure!
I downloaded the day’s pictures and
sorted through what to post. I hope you like my choices today. This has been a
lazy but productive day, the dusting on the downstairs level is done and
Clemson and I sold a boat! I hope your day has been awesome too. I believe some
relief in the weather will come tomorrow and hopefully some rain showers so I
don’t have to water the gardens. To all our American friends, I hope you have had
a fantastic Independence Day!
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| Good night Perhaps this means a cooler day tomorrow But I hope it means rain! |
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