The Ridge
On Tuesday, May 27th Bill was up and gone just after 6:30. They were probably finishing the deck from yesterday and the weather was perfect for it! I rolled over after kissing him goodbye and slept with Gibbs until 7:30 before getting up.
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| Good morning! Last night's sunset. |
I had my tea sitting with him and as I sat here, I rewrote the grocery list for tomorrow. A trip to Walmart in Hanover was in the cards, we were running out of certain things – meat being one of those things. 😊 I didn’t have a lot on my plate today but I had a few things on the list.
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| There is a nice breeze under there and out of the sun. 💖 |
I got a bucket of warm water and my Norwex window mop from the hall closet and we went outside. It was a lovely morning, no fog, no breeze and a moderate 8C/46F. The sky was clear blue and it was looking to be a great day again. I found out soon enough that the black flies were out there so decided to try Tea Tree Oil on my exposed skin.
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| Got a a couple of buckets emptied. Just some signs to hang now. |
I’m not sure if it worked like a charm or if they just weren’t out this morning between 9 and 11. I may not have smelled nice but they didn’t bother me the whole time I cleaned the windows on the north side of the Suite. 😊 Since I was in the mood, I cleaned the windows on Mike’s trailer too.
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| The birdfeeders will be for another day. |
I had to reapply the oil a couple of times but it seemed to be working a bit and that made me a happy camper, literally. I have not only been waiting for nice weather to plant but also to pull the bins out of the shed with all my garden fare. I set up what I could in the general vicinity of the She-Shed and left it at that. It was lunchtime .
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| Gave the Norwex wand a working out today. |
Liver and onions, Brie cheese and olives did the trick. I touched base with Robin as she had asked Bill and I for some help tonight. Once I knew it was still a plan, I messaged Bill who was already on his way home early. Even better! Before we left, I managed to get the rest of the windows on both trailers washed. I’ll know in the morning if there are streaks, when the sun shines through.
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| Crop difference in a week. The rain is sure helping farmers! |
We drove as far as her house around 2 and we hopped Andrew’s 4 x 4 GMC pickup. She needed to deliver and replace a stove in a tenant’s apartment in Wingham. Holy cow! Now I know why we don’t have a 4 x 4! Well, it didn’t help that Andrew doesn’t have running boards and Bill had to give me a boost a couple of times up into the seat. LOL 😊
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| I know, yum to some - yeuch to others. 😂 |
It is a 1-hour drive and I sat in the middle while Robin drove the single cab. She kept us entertained with stories of their bnb’s, rental properties and interesting tenants. M isn’t the only one who has troubles in that department! When we arrived at the 2-storey house, it has 3 apartments and the one we needed was upstairs. Oh boy, how many stairs?
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| Hard to see him but the Grosbeak is so pretty when he visits. |
It wasn’t as bad as all that with Bill pulling the dolly-laden stove from the top and Robin and I on the bottom, lifting for each of the 10 steps. Then we had to bring the other one down, which was a bit more of a challenge but still manageable with 3 of us.
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| They named their building |
The funniest was when Robin discovered that none of her keys opened the apartment door and the tenant was nowhere close to home! She had to climb a ladder to the porch roof and crawl into the kitchen window which thankfully, on this hot day, was left open. She is entertaining to say the least. 😊
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| Sometimes, you just have to pull a Reacher. (aka McGyver) |
On the way home, she offered to buy us supper for helping so we all agreed on A & W in Hanover. The Uncle burger combo was everyone’s choice and we were stuffed when we travelled back to her house to get Ptooties. It was quite fun and we were happy to be able to help her out while Andrew is in Greenland on his job.
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| If I ever need a laugh, I'll come back to this picture. She's a hoot! |
She manages
a lot on her own but occasionally needs assistance until he is home. I have a
full day tomorrow so had to turn down her request for me to clean the air bnb
in Williamsford. No worries, there will be lots of opportunities in the very
near future.
We saw Dot and Gord outside next door so drove there to say hi but mostly for Bill to tease Dot about getting her riding mower stuck by the pond. He can honestly say ‘been there, done that – a few times!’ We chatted for a bit before returning home to our jealous little mutt. He could smell that we’d been near Caper and Remy.
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| Bill doing his best to cut around my Bocce ball court. |
Trigger, a young shepherd, doesn’t know us well enough yet so Gord was very watchful of his actions. Too bad because he is such a handsome dude! Back home, Bill hopped on the Cub Cadet and cut the berm and oh, I don’t know where else he went. 😊 This has been a good day and I feel exhausted. I’m not sure why, I feel so tired, I guess moving a stove and riding for 2 hours does it to me! We reached an awesome 23C/73F today but our cool days are done yet. LOL
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| He managed to get the berm and back field cut tonight. Just in time for rain tomorrow? Good night! |