A Much Slower Day = Sunday

 The Ridge

It was another great sleep that I woke up from on Sunday, July 12th. I'm surprised that I slept through until 6:30 after going to bed at 9:30 last night. I'm sure I've caught up now from Friday night. 🤭

Good morning!
I almost missed them today.
There are 4 and still get counted
in my tally.

Bill was ready to leave for the field and was saying goodbye around 7ish. It was a lovely day coming up with little wind in the forecast and high temperatures again. He had hopes to fly his 15' (wing span) Telemaster and the day was looking perfect for it.

I had half-heartedly decided last night that I would take my craft to town today and see what came of it. I quickly stencilled in the centre of the frame before I had to leave. 

Not entirely confident in
the result, I printed on paper
and glued it to the wood backing.
It turned out quite good.

I was in there by 10 and should have known from the get-go that the day was a bust. I forgot my book, which is a big entertainer for me when sitting there for 4 hours, and my hat AND my phone charger. LOL

The hat and charger was not important but my book?? Come on! I had 3 stop-bys, no purchases but a very interesting almost hour long chit-chat with Elmer. I didn't know him before he stopped but in our conversation, which was enjoyable (not one-sided at all), we discovered a common interest.

All set up but eventually
I moved my sign to the back
of Ptooties. It was too far away.

M, who you can now know as Mitch, (aka Ivan aka Elvis around town) was a friend to both of us. We had a bit of fun at Mitch's expense (he called him Elvis) at which I'm sure he'd enjoy if he were here to know that. 🤣 

It was hot but it was more the boredom of the other 2 hours that caused me to pack up at 1 pm instead of 2 today. The vibe wasn't there, hardly any passersby and I was ready to go home. As I got into Ptooties, in my rearview I saw Bill's cargo trailer at the light.

Before supper, I went over and
watered Dot's vegetable gardens.
No rain expected until Thursday.

He didn't even notice us sitting there, forgot about me being there. 🤭😟 So, with one vehicle between us, I followed him home. Mike had vacated his trailer by then and while I offloaded Ptooties into the Bunky, Bill had a snooze.

He drove over to D & G's (Dot & Gord's, not Donna & Gerry's) to finish some sanding in one of the basement rooms he is going to paint. I drove over a few minutes later to water her gardens. My, they are doing so well! 

I think she'll be happy with the progress
when she returns home.

Once I was done outside, I was able to help Bill inside. He still has difficulty reaching overhead since he damaged his rotator cuff so used a 4-step ladder and a rigged up tool to manually sand spots in the ceiling. 

The LED lights are too bright to see the spots from the ladder so I held his phone flashlight while he sanded. I'm glad I went over, he was having quite a hard time. When I left him at 4:30, he figured another hour and he'd be home for supper.

There were 4 very ripe cherry
tomatoes so they came home with me.
She said I could!!
😁

I read my Reacher story, In Too Deep, for a few chapters and at 5:30 started reheated supper. We brought home some of the leftovers from last night so I cooked mixed veggies to go alongside. Roast beef, gravy on buns and some pickles that were bound for the garbage. 

It was delicious (again) and filling. We each had a bit of stewed rhubarb to finish it off and I looked after the dishes while Bill went back over to start painting. He was anxious to get at that tonight. It has turned into a bigger job than he first thought, not knowing patches needed to be filled first. 

A Sunday night meal on ...
guess what?
A Sunday night!!
😂

Gibbs and I stayed in the coolness of the Suite as I wrote my blog and I know Bill is at least in the coolness of their home too. He is back to work tomorrow so he'll be a busy man until our 'vacationers' are home. Robin on Wednesday and our neighbours on Thursday. 

I added some plain yogourt
to mine because we have no ice cream.

It was a good day with no profit for me but not unexpected. I hope you enjoyed your Sunday. We reached a high of 27.22C/81F again today. Look out, tomorrow will be even hotter! PS - Bill was able to fly his big plane today so is a happy man!

I thought our hummingbirds had
left us, so I was pleased she came back
refilled the feeder yesterday.
Good night!

Thanks for the drop by!

Happy Sunday!

Park Place RV Park

Sunday, Dec. 21st we were up before the birds, well, 6:30 (ish) and had laundry sorted and started by 7. Bill was headed to the field very soon after that. Today, no flying for him; they were finishing laying the carpet in the pilot area. 

Good morning!

It always feels good not to have anything too pressing on my plate, unless I want it to be. Today was one of those days. When the laundry was done, I put clothes away and at 9, Gibbs and I went for a nice walk around the park perimeter.

I was enjoying the playfulness
of the sky this morning.

It allowed me to play a bit too.

What a beautiful day! I was hobbling a bit until then but my walk was a good one. I've a couple of new exercises to my routine, passed on from a blog reader (blurker) but so far, I haven't noticed a change. I even did some blocking this morning.

While we watched tv,
Gibbs grew tired of waiting for
bedtime and went to sleep on me.

I'm not too bent out of shape about it all, I do what I can to feel better and before I know it, all is well. 😉 Nancy gifted Bill and I with some Flat Iron steak and when chatting, we decided to start a new puzzle. 

Cinnamon rolls for lunch

We went to work on it, Bill returned from the field earlier than expected. He also went to work on his wing bags, as Rusty said, he is a man of many talents. At noon, I baked an 8 pack of Pillsbury cinnamon rolls.......of course, Nancy accepted our invitation. I don't want 2 of us eating all 8!!

Nancy and I started the next puzzle
and woops, really did a lot!

Another walk for Gibbs and then I went back to the puzzle. Bill was still sewing, grumbling at the thread breaking (far too often), and Nancy joined me at the puzzle. This one is going really fast! I'm enjoying her company very much. Not ever do I have someone to help 'set up' the puzzle!

More sky decor

We called it quits shortly after 4 and Bill had already completed his second pair of bags. Good job is all I can say. 😍He did the planning and sewing by himself with just guidance to feed them through. I'm impressed. 

Sue's son arrived

We planned steak for supper, thanks to Nancy, so I washed and pre-cooked the potatoes for baking on the Weber. A distraction took Bill away before he started cooking though. Our hosts' son arrived for the holiday and had an issue on his big rig. 😕 Needless to say, supper was late because had to help out.

Sun dogs meaning a change in weather?

And pink mountains to the easy.

I wrote my blog and just had to wait for my food picture before I could publish it. At 10:03 this morning, we welcomed winter and tonight I saw a beautiful sky with sun dogs circling the sun before it set. Such a pretty picture.

These are Bill's wing bags

Supper was awesome! The baked potatoes were perfect and although we've never eaten such a red (bloody) steak before, it was one of the best I've ever had! I stepped out of my norm and really enjoyed it. Thank you Nancy!

A delicious Sunday steak dinner.

A lovely day, 79F/28C, and I'm sure some a/c's were running throughout the park. Not ours, closed blinds and open windows were enough. 

What was that on my plate, you say?
Grilled asparagus spears.
I loved them!
Good night!

Thank you for stopping by.