The Ridge
So, on Thursday, Apr. 22nd we got our nose rubbed in my ‘we’ve got no snow’ statement from the last couple of days. Yup, woke up to a dusting of white on the ground, the vehicles and the rooftops. It had to happen, I suppose, since it was bloody cold enough! Bill was up and off to work by 7. I followed soon after, getting up and making my tea.
Good morning, Winter
I first
thought I’d leave for the Mat at 8 but when the snow blew in a few times, I
decided to wait until closer to 8:30. Ptooties was a bit grumbly and so was her
driver but since I had put my snow brush
in the Bunky over a week ago, I let the wind blow the snow off my ride. I did
turn my seat heater on though and that warmed me up right quick and proper.
There was only one customer and she was a familiar face. 😊
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| I did have to sit to admire Jack Frost's picture for a while |
She was
done within half hour and I finished up by dry and wet mopping the floor by
9:30. With the snow gone from the parking lot, the remnants of the winter left
the lot looking pretty bad. Sand, gravel, leaves but worse than that, leftover
garbage. A leaf rake would have worked well but there wasn’t one so I used the
concrete broom from the lock up room. I didn’t do a perfect job as it started
to snow again but I at least got some crap picked up and the rest swept to the
edge of the pavement.
Driving into Durham, the sky opened up a bit
I had no
other stops to make so drove home. The sky changed 5 times since I left home. I’d
left the white Ridge and entered a green Durham. What a difference a few miles make.
Today would not be a day for me to get out in the garden, that’s for sure, it
was only -1C/30F. The sun didn’t stay out long at any time that it made an
appearance but our expectations aren’t too high so I wasn’t surprised. I
settled inside.
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| In town, it looked like Spring |
I changed
into lounging clothes and vacuumed upstairs with my small Dirt Devil. I had
started working on another book. Not reading, writing. I have a book from each
winter since we began travelling to the southwest so why should this year be
any different? I worked away for a couple of hours, stopping at 1 or so for
some lunch. A ham, cheese, lettuce and corned beef wrap. Heated just right, it
was messy but very tasty.
Back home, I return to Winter
When I
finished my book, it was close to 3 and I debated walking down the lane to
check mail. I didn’t notice her go by so wasn’t sure if she stopped. The day
wasn’t getting any better so easily talked myself out of that! Instead, I made
a tea and sat and watched another episode of This is Us. I’m enjoying them and
I’m very happy that our PVR was set up to record them when they started up in
March.
My lunch at 1:30 was g-o-o-o-d
Bill came
in around 4:30 and we watched some of the vet show that I had turned to. At 6,
I started reheating the leftover spaghetti and the cauliflower rice I had in
the fridge. I gave Bill most of the spaghetti, taking a bit for myself, and we
each had a roll on the side. It was enough and since all we had for dessert was
ice cream, neither of us opted to have it. 😊
Leftovers for supper
After
dishes, I started and finished my blog and then sat with my book.
Tonight, for sure it will be finished. Even though it was a mixed bag of weather
today and very cold, we had a good day. Bill was tired from a long day of work
but that is to be expected. Tomorrow, our expectancies ARE high, with
forecasts for sun and a high temperature of 15C/62F!
And naturally, through a dirty window, the sky cleared at 6:30
Looking forward to tomorrow's Summer 👀😎
Good night!
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