The Ridge
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Monday, Mar. 30th we slept until 8 o’clock!! It just felt right,
such lazy bones we are getting to be! I was making my tea and when I disposed
of my teabag in our kitchen composter, I thought of the garbage. Today, is pick
up day! We don’t have enough recycling to worry about but I handed Bill our
last tag and he drove the bag down to the roadside before 8:30. We’ve forgotten
what time they come but we didn’t want to miss our first pick up. It only happens once every 2 weeks so don't want to miss it.
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| We've been waiting for today by keeping our full bag in the Bunky |
We had
our drinks while reading blogs and comments and I chatted back and forth with
Donna while working on the Word search from the paper. I gave up on working on
the Crossword this morning with 80% of it finished. I’d have to cheat to fill
in the rest so moved on. Hunting for scrambled words is good for the mind too
and for hand dexterity! 😊 I looked up at 11:40 and the garbage
truck was just pulling up. Now we know what time they come. Last summer it was much earlier.
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| I walked down to put the letter in the mailbox before noon |
This
morning, we put together and I typed a letter to Manulife for our refund from returning over a
month earlier than what we paid for. We’ve never done this before when we’ve
returned a couple of weeks early, as we didn’t think it was an option when it was our
choice. However, this wasn’t our choice and it should be a nice little sum. We
are entitled. I walked it down to the mailbox in between the showers. It was
cool at 4C/39F and a bit misty. Still a nice walk. I took my normal pictures of
the lane.
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| Along the fence line down here, I like watching my geraniums in the spring |
When I
returned, Bill made his second coffee in his thermos and went out to work in
the Hangar for half hour. It will be cold out there, with no heater right now,
but he wanted to straighten a few things up and then see what he could get into. We will just be having oatmeal for brunch today. I got Madame IP out and started a batch of steel cut
oatmeal for myself. I haven’t had it for quite a while and I love it. It will
take 10 minutes to cook and 12 minutes to release. Yum.
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| this mossy railroad tie along our fence caught my camera's eye today |
Above, I
mentioned my kitchen compost bin and that is something I’m happy to get back
to. There is a lot of wet garbage that can be disposed of this way and when you
pay for your garbage pickups, it makes sense to minimize where you can. There are some questionable
things, like eggshells that I don’t put in every time. We have a lot, as you
know from our breakfasts, and unless I crush them really fine, they don’t
compost very quickly. I use my judgement on how often they go in the bin.
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| A little bit of composting helps |
So, I
have one sleeve done on my sweater and it turned out great. Last night, I was
not having an equally good result with the second one. After a couple of
attempts and rip outs, I left it until today before I go at it again. Curious
now, while waiting for the oatmeal, I tried the wooly mammoth on. Hmm, it fits
great but in widening it (which was necessary) I was left to self-judge the
neck area. I’ve made it too wide and the seams slip right off my shoulder. Crap! I’m
not tearing it out so insteadI will try and do another self-adjustment. Fingers crossed!
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The pond water up near the hill is quite high
and it usually doesn't last into summer |
Bill went
back down to the Hangar after having something to eat and we were both content
doing our own thing. I worked on my sweater and put the dvd in of Dances with
Wolves. Kevin Costner is a pleasure to watch no matter what part he plays. I
haven’t seen this movie for over 20 years and even though very long, I enjoyed
it very much. I made myself a cup of Earl Gray and touched base by text to make sure my
pilot is doing okay.
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| The snow on the berm is less and less every day |
Then at
4:45 I thought I’d better put the sweater down (sleeves almost done!) and start
prepping supper. Meatloaf and veggies tonight. After the meat was prepared and in
Madame IP for cooking, I went out for a walk down the laneway. I wasn’t sure if
the mail lady stopped today. It’s a cool day with a chilly wind and I had my
hoody up the whole way. As it turns out, our flag was up but all it was was
another card regarding the Covid virus. Stuff we’ve already seen and already
know.
On the
way back up the hill, I stopped in to see Bill. It was after 5 and he was
working on a plane while watching NCIS. He returned to the Suite after he heard
that I wasn’t watching anything up here and could turn it on. The temperature
for the rest of the day didn’t get above 3C/37F and as you can tell, that has even dropped since
first thing this morning. We know it is supposed to warm up a bit but only by a
few degrees over the next few days. We’re waiting for double digits!
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| Our china bell from Hatch hangs on our cherry tree in full view |
With the
IP on its NR, I cooked some broccoli on the stove for me and corn for Bill in the microwave.
We were eating shortly after 6 and got dishes out of the way soon after. I’m
really stumped on how to decrease the neckline on my sweater so will be pulling
up little YouTube clips to help me out. I’ve come so far but it needs to be
fixed for sure. I worked on my post to get that out of the way and then went
back at it. We have programs on tv to watch so that will keep me calm. 😊
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The meatloaf has not let us down yet
Good night from the Ridge |
This was
definitely an inside day with a couple of short laneway walks. I know Bill has
made some progress in the Hangar but I’ve pretty much stuck to the indoors. I
hope you’ve found things to do in your home, in your location during this
isolation period. Staying healthy is the bottom line for all of us.
Thank you
for stopping by. Your comments are always welcome!
