A Nice Beginning to the Weekend

The Ridge

On Friday, Sept. 2^nd, I lazed in bed with Gibbs while Bill got his act together and got ready for work. ☹ I always feel a bit sad when I have the day off and he doesn’t. After he left at 6:30, Gibbs and I went for our walk. 

It seems funny not to have the Silver Bullet beside us

Down the lane and the road to the west. It was going to be a lovely day, already a balmy 16C/62F. Back home, I had my tea and some cereal before going out to cut grass.

A beautiful morning for a walk

Gibbs was tied to his rope at the steps so had shade, water and a good view of what was going on. I didn’t put his bark collar on yet, and not a peep was heard. 😊 The grass looks 100% better with a trim, just like we all do! It is a sure-fire way to warm up, if I were cold. I wasn’t cold at all and was happy to get my hat off when I was finished. Boy, does that do a number on sweaty hair!

I let him take the lead up the laneway

It looks so much better all trimmed up

and that is some messy hair, my friends!!

And he sits on me as 'we' cool down in the shade
Gosh, I love this little guy

Gibbs wanted to stay out when I came inside, so I removed the mats and got the vacuum out. The floors were overdue for a good cleaning. When the little guy is indoors while I do this, he wants to wrestle with the vacuum head. Strange why they do that. This way, it was quicker and much easier for me to get ‘er done. The rest of the morning was sorting through my memory cupboard.

My lunch was tortilla chips with leftover sloppy joe
and shredded cheese - delicious

I was looking for my small binder of poems that I’ve written over the years. I didn’t find the binder but did find a handful of my writings so it wasn’t a wasted search. Then, we went outside together, Gibbs and I. He ran for a bit and then I put him on his leash while I worked on the puzzle. He is sure getting used to our life style. He watched the big tractor in the back field, disking and getting ready for the next planting, but without a sound. ♥

The farmer returned to the fields
and remained until he finished disking/ploughing

It's always interesting to watch the big machinery 
turn corners
He finished in no time at all!

When Bill came in at 4:30, he did bark a couple of times but soon got ‘notification’ and stopped. We say ‘no bark’ when that happens, as one of my commenters suggested, and pray that it is working for him. We all hopped in the truck and drove over to the Acreage to get a bladder of water and have a short half hour visit with Donna and Gerry. They had just arrived for a couple of days. Since it was close to supper time, we didn’t stay long.

Within 15 minutes, Gibbs and I noticed a flock of
seagulls overhead and then land in the field
Lots of good food out there!

This little fella is so good
and he loves his bed from Keith

Toasted tomato and cheese sandwiches with a cob of corn between us was our supper. We opted for an ice cream cone for dessert instead of cheesecake and it was a nice switch. 😊 The evening was quiet, Bill had a bit of a snooze right after supper and then took Black Beauty down to the Hangar to get things ready for his morning of flying.

Simple supper but it was very good

This has been a nice day and it felt great to just putter around home. Tomorrow, I’ll be running some errands. Did you happen to see the moon last night? It was 26% Waxing Crescent and reading about it, I learned that it was just 5 hours old. A real ‘New Moon’. It was a lovely orange colour in our neighbourhood so I’m wondering how it will look tonight?

Tonight's sunset showed sme just how much the
earth has shifted 
the sun used to be over the Hangar

The second night of the Waxing Crescent - 36% tonight
This time, in the southwest sky
Good night!

Thank you for stopping around.

Gearing Down (or up?) for the Last Summer Long Weekend.

The Ridge

On Thursday, September started up with quite a chill in the air. It was only 7C/45C at 7 o’clock. We all slept through Bill’s phone alarm at 5:30 so it was lucky that I happened to wake up at 5:40. It is never fun having to hustle around to meet a time schedule. But Bill needed to move a bit quicker this morning. ☹ I got up with Gibbs at 6:30 and said goodbye.

We'll miss seeing the Airstream every day

I didn’t hang around any longer than it took to wash and make a tea to-go. No sign of movement at the Airstream so as quietly as possible, I hopped into Black Beauty and left for work. Bill took Ptooties today as he had a distance to drive to meet Billy. The laundromat was messy, not dirty, so I first picked up the dryer sheets, tested a washer and a dryer while I worked. Confident that they worked, I removed the ‘Do Not Use’ tags.

They pulled out at their planned time

Bye, guys!
We may see them one more time this year.

I was home a few minutes after 8 and Duncan was out packing things up. They were ready to pull out at 9:10 and 10 minutes later, I left Gibbs in charge and drove around the corner for my shift. Today, it was straight forward, working outside again on the ’99 Jetta. M was gone to run errands for most of first 2 hours and it was nice to have a job that I could work steady at while he was away. By 10:30, the sun was around the building and warmed me up nicely. 😊

Mike's truck got the box painted last night

It looks great!

The rest should be done over the 4 days I'm gone

It was a bit windy but it did warm up to around 21C/70F before the afternoon was over. Gibbs and I went outside, him with his leash on this time, and I got out a new puzzle. It was the last small one (550 pc.) that I have and I thought it might last me a while. Gibbs was quite content, very quiet in his collar, laying in his camp bed in the semi-shade. ♥ He’s such a good little guy, making this process easier on me by being so accepting.

Can you see the little guy behind the tree?

Around 5, I took him off his leash and sat with him for 20 minutes until Bill came home. He didn’t bark while he drove up the lane but did a couple of times once I let him get down to go meet Daddy. We came inside and I started supper around 5:45. We had sloppy joes on toasted buns and shared a very large cob of North Bay corn. ♥ Delicious, the whole meal. 😊

My next puzzle

Bill loaded the dishes and made his lunch before going to the Hangar. I worked on my blog, took Gibbs’ collar off and we spent the evening together. It has been a good day and I am feeling some wonderful contentment that I don’t have to report to work tomorrow. 

This one won't take long

Monday, is Labour Day so a statutory holiday for Canada. The last one for the summer and before the children go back to school on Tuesday. Saying that, I remember how busy things got at work when we worked for the School Board. Another reason to be grateful. Retirement!

The sloppy joes and corn were yummy!
We topped it all off with sheesecake.
Good night!

Thank you for your visit!