Puppy in the Periwinkle, Fingers in the Garden, Spring in the Air

 

The Ridge

On Sunday, May 4^th (yes, may the forth be with you), it was laundry day as well as my day to clean. Funny how that works out, hehehe. We do plan it that way. I was heavy into a dream but peeked out of it when I felt Gibbs sidling up beside the back of my head and then again 30 minutes later when they went out.

Good morning!
Last night's sunset
was very close to Arizona's
without the mountains. 💗

Beautiful!

It was only 6:30, so I dropped right back into the hole. Next I knew, 7:15 rolled around and I zipped through my stretches real quick and got myself moving. Bill sorted the clothes while I washed and got ready to leave. It is Sunday and there is no reason to rush, customers arrive at any time after 7.

The day was starting out lovely

I loaded our clothes first and then went about business. With the sky a bright, clear blue, I decided to bring our items home for the clothesline. According to our weather station we weren’t to have any sun today so this was a bonus. I stopped briefly down town and dropped two bags of Lost & Found clothes at the door of Rethreads and then made my way home.

Even the clothes are happier

Bill and Gibbs were outside when I drove in and I went about hanging the clothes. Felt good to be back to doing that and knowing they’ll dry. 😊I had dahlias and gladiolas (couldn’t tell the difference between the bulbs) and more walking onions for planting but first I started pulling grass out of the big garden and my smaller one along the corral fence.

 

Puppy in the periwinkle,
this is the definition of relaxation.

Bill taking the big flag down
because of the winds

I was feeling pretty good when the weeding was done so went up and planted 53 single onions in the berm garden. I’m very curious to see how these fare through the summer and will they do what they are supposed to do? Fingers crossed, I love green onions. 

I planted a clump of dahlias at the gate garden,
and also some of my sedum. Last year the dahlias
went crazy and hid our Mexico decor so I'm waiting to
see where hostas etc. are planted before deciding about
adding more. 
I had a fire going most of the day, burning up
the twigs and branches from the lane.

When that was done, a delivery van (Dragonfly) came up the lane around 3:00 with our Starlink cable. Bill just ordered it yesterday from Amazon!

The turtles didn't see me so they stayed
perched right where they were.

I poured myself a Mtn Dew and Crown Royal and was that ever a nice drink! Tea wasn’t going to cut it today. 😊 Bill had been working on the roof of his cargo trailer, which leaked over the winter, and was making good progress on that. He also cleaned up the branches/brush he cut down by the Hangar the other day. We both kept busy with Gibbs supervising and sticking near by.

I made a tasty quesadilla for lunch but
these Walmart tortilla are not what I call
keto even though the pkg. says so.
22 grams of carbs in just one!

Gerry popped in for a brief visit, which was nice, as he was in the area with his real estate job. I was able to give him his birthday card since we didn’t see him last week. We reached a high of 17C/63F today but the air cooled down by 5, as we sat outside with Gerry. It is only expected to drop to about 10C/51F overnight, which is a nice change. We know it won’t lsta

Besides the top 6 or 8, 
I planted 53 new individual onions
of varying sizes. 

For supper, we just had hot dogs but they filled us and tasted just fine. The winds are gusty up here again today but nothing near what we were seeing. It is just too windy to hang our flags out without fear of damaging the poles. Bill was able to replace the satellite cable and that guarantees us internet connection and tv viewing tonight. Yay! 😊

Since no one wanted my 2 cowboy hats at the
exchange, I added them to the Birds wall for
nesting.

This has been a productive day for both of us. Bill got a lot of the grass cut up here and I filled the bird feeders, including the two hummingbird feeders. Bill said a Baltimore Oriole was at our window one this morning. I'm ready for him to come back now! And we have clean clothes for another week. I hope you enjoyed your weekend too.

Supper, quick and easy.
I'll need help to get back on that wagon, Nancy!
Good night!

Thank you for stopping by.

A Wet Cool Day, Spring Weather? Playing Along

Park Place RV Park

On Friday, the Ides of March, Bill was up with Gibbs at 6:30. They are both sleeping in a bit this week. I knew they weren’t outside long and that was the indication that it was raining. Gibbs does NOT like the rain. Just time for a piddle before he turns back inside. Daddy is off the hook for a walk this morning. 😊 I got up and my tea around 7. There was no walk with Mom, either Still raining.

Our view this morning
and most of the day

Bill had planned to take advantage of the cooler, wet day and drive to Yuma. We needed some wood from Home Depot for a project will tell you about when he gets it done. Something necessary before we leave the park. I opted to stay behind with Gibbs and gave him a small list of grocery items to get from Fry’s. For not being the cook of the house, he doesn’t mind grocery shopping, in fact, he is quite good at it, following the list exactly, where I tend to deviate. ♥

Before dusting, my top cupboard.
Sorry, should have taken a 'before' pix (it was a mess!)
Emptied stuff on the bed, sorted, purged and disposed of things.
Bottom right, much much neater.
btw - the picture on the back wall is one of few
with me and all of my siblings. 💕 (maybe '80's)

I sat with Gibbs and read my book. It is hard to put down but there are other things I like to do as well. This morning, I began the ‘purge/pack’ process and removed everything from my small bedroom cupboard. We each have one over the dresser, on both sides of the television. Mine was not as tidy as Bill’s so it needed to be dealt with.

A sloppy job but I had to which ones I wanted to keep.

I had a lot of nail polish and some colours I would not wear again so after testing a few of my favourites, just to be sure, I started a donation bag. I had some Jasper beads from a broken bracelet and some little peace signs for crafting and sunglasses that went in there as well. I took the bag to the Free table and finished the puzzle while there.

The sky changed numerous times
during the day

The rain left quite a few puddles too

Complete!

I was happy to see them disappear late in the afternoon. 😊 The cupboard looks a lot neater now and I even packed away some ornaments I had set out on my dresser. Bill would be away most of the day, and was even more delayed by a fatal accident causing him to find an alternate route home. I knew he’d get himself some lunch somewhere before heading home.

The mountains are black under the shadows

I had 95%decided to join the Pokeno games this afternoon at 1 so walked over at 12:45 after having a ham sandwich. There were 8 of us and after getting it straight in my head, I had much fun! The ladies around me helped me check the card and I surely would have missed out had they not!

What thunder?

I was getting better near the end and came home with a marginal profit. Good, I could pay Bill back the $1.60 (pennies) I borrowed from him. 😊 He’s collecting them for a different reason and now I have my own to add to. It was still raining, off and on, most of the afternoon so Gibbs and I didn’t get out for our walk until after my tea.

Blue sky, black mountains, white puffy clouds, shadows.
All make lovely pictures.

Chilly day, only 59F/15C and lots of black skies, some thundering and even hail. We have a lot of puddles to walk around but it all stopped by 5. For supper, I had Madame IP cook some pork ribs and I cooked rice with vegetable soup on the stove. That was enough and there is rice left for another night. It was good even though I didn’t put them on the Weber for a bit of browning.

Just after our supper, I remembered
to look for sky pictures. Probably missed the best part.

Bill went upstairs after we cleaned up and I wrote this blog. I will likely finish (or come close) my book tonight rather than watch tv. We’ll see. This has been a good day and I’m glad I pushed myself to play a new game with the ladies. I’ll keep saving pennies. 😊

My day's winnings. I guess I can play again. 😃
Too bad Canadian pennies weren't welcome since
they are no longer used. 
Well, sorry for the delay, my laptop was soooo slow last night.

Good night!

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