I woke up on Monday, Apr. 16th
to the sound of stillness The Suite wasn’t rocking anymore. How nice that those
over-powering winds from the past two days had died down. Maybe there will soon
be relief from the precipitation too. It was still raining when Bill took
Clemson out for his morning piddle but at least the ice and snow had completely
melted and the parking lot was just wet and ‘puddly’.
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| A dry day to drive to Mt. Brydges |
We had a tea and coffee together and
Bill had a bowl of cereal while we read some posts. His appointment was for 8 o’clock
at Hi-Tech, which is across the city on Trafalgar St. He left around 7:25. I
finished reading and drinking my tea before getting out of my sweats and
dressed for the day. What to eat, what to eat. I don’t usually cook bacon and eggs
unless we are eating together.
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| Sold?? Oh-oh, I wondered if my daughter had been in earlier!!! |
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| Some after effects from the ice and wind storm |
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| Flooding was mostly retained to the creek and river areas Thank goodness! |
At 9, Bill called and was on his way
home already. The safety check (needed for our buy-out process) was done with
no issues but the tires that were supposed to come in this morning, did not
arrive. Bummer. So, Dan will call when they arrive and if I have to take the
truck over when Bill is working tomorrow, we’ll get them done then. When my
sweetie got back, we made another cuppa and I had a banana with yogourt and
wheat germ.
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| These guys traveled the winter with us, Too bad they were dead, they didn't enjoy the trip! |
We had an empty propane tank so Bill put
it in the truck and drove up to CanAm’s main tank for a refill. How nice that
the rain has stopped for a change! The rest of the morning went pretty quietly for
me and Clemmy. I got myself into another book, this one is called Void Moon by
Michael Connelly. It is a different theme than his usual ones but it has started
out interesting. I thought it was comical that Deb just finished Sue Grafton’s
R is for Ricochet when I did! Many rv’ers are avid readers too.
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| Supervising fro the best seat in the house |
Al, one of the techs inside, loaned
Bill a handy tool to remove the bezels from our overhead lights. During the
winter, when he removed all the rest to get the flies out, the 4 over our sink
would not budge. This tool worked like a charm! I should have taken a picture
of it. Bill climbed up on the island and had them off, eww, and replaced, as
clean and shiny as new. I supervised from my recliner. Bill made himself a
sandwich and I grabbed a cheese stick for the drive to Mt. Brydges.
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| The Tour bus |
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| the Scott Woods band Five members shown here |
We arrived shortly before 1 and the
cute service guy who took our keys said “That’s a nice truck!” Well, that is
twice we’ve been told that today, once earlier by our GM mechanic. We know, we
made the right decision! Stopping in to see Al Fierra, within mere minutes we
had signed paperwork to buy Black Beauty. This is such a good move and looking
back through our process, we are pleased that it came to this. By 1:30 we were
on our way home to the Suite.
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| This is their 5th member of the band Leo is only 13 years old and is a very talented little fellow Step Dance Champion and plays fiddle, piano and sings as well Such a wonderful performer with a terrific sense of humour |
Now the day really got lazy. We read,
watched some tv and got out for short walks with the pooch. For supper, we made
it simple and had mushroom soup and a sandwich for Bill. I had mine with a few Saltines.
We were cleaned up by 5 as we had a date! A fellow rv’er and friend, ScottWoods, is a Canadian Fiddle Champion. From the age of 4, Scott followed in his
talented family footsteps. (you can check him out also on Facebook and YouTube)
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| Meet the band from left to right Top - Scott Woods, Steve Piticco Centre - Bill Carruthers and Pete Sisk Bottom - Kendra Norris (Scott's sister) and Leo Stock |
Bill was chatting with him on
Messenger Sunday and we received a complimentary invite to his show last night
in London. Scott and his sister, Kendra, and the band have just nicely began a new
tour called Fiddling up a Storm. We’ve never seen them perform so were keen to
see them at the Victory Branch Legion. We arrived early to get good seats and
they were prime. Front row, yay! We’ve never been to a fiddle concert before
but my oh my, they were fantastic!
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| We were entertained from beginning to end Kendra has an alias - Cousin Kendra Pearl? Leo sang "I'm little but I'm loud" and warmed our hearts Scott, the story teller reads a touching poem Leo, doesn't stand still for long but we caught this finale pose Steve on guitar obviously loves his job Special guest - Marie Bottrell has a lovely powerful voice |
We purchased a couple of cd’s, they
had 23 to choose from, and got them signed. How nice to personally know the *star*.
Thank you, Scott, for the invitation! We will definitely come and see you again
when you are in our area.
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| Rolling out the Barrel |
It is important to note that many of these
performances are done for charity, to aide churches and other community service
groups. This was a real treat for us to see a group of 6 performers having such
a fun time on stage. They truly love what they do. Young Leo is home schooled and with tapes from Mom at home, he dutifully keeps up with his studies. A comical query from him to his band mates as they drive down the road "Is this a snow day?"
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| Not only does Scott sing and perform by playing the fiddle He plays the fiddle while 'performing'. Never missed a beat! |
We arrived home around 9:30 and
watched a bit of tv until bedtime at 11. This was a good day followed by a
wonderful evening. I hope yours was a good one too!
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| Having a nice chat with Scott before we left |
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