The Day Changed for Me, Dreary and Wet. Critters!!

The Ridge

On Sunday, June 2^nd I woke up slowly around 6:30, knowing there was nothing on my plate. I assumed Bill would be downstairs getting ready to go flying, until I opened my blind and saw rain drops on my window. ☹ Ah, that’s too bad but it makes me happy he had a good flying day yesterday. It did mean that he could putter on his planes in the Hangar for the day, he had no commitments either.

A tired little guy this morning.
Good morning!

So, I relaxed in my pj’s and planned my day. First things first meant that I would take my tea upstairs and empty the bag off clothes I brought home yesterday. That also meant that I had to start choosing from what was in my closet and what was in the bag. I did better than I thought and managed to stuff a bag for the next exchange to make room for the new to me clothes. I love everything I got and it’s like having a new wardrobe for 0 dollars. 😊

I decided to make some rice pudding for my Sweetie. One of his favourite desserts but unfortunately, I don’t have raisins. Last time that was the case, I added dried cranberries and he was just as happy with that. So, I put Madame IP to work today and after it was made, I put it into 6 single serving dishes for him. Because I didn’t want to eat the rice, I planned to make keto custard for myself in 5 single serve dishes. Yay!

Robin added flowers to the basket outside
the bnb entry door.
Lovely!

During the cooking, I sat and tallied up our winter expenses. I have a book that keep all the money we spend from the time we leave home to the time we get back to The Ridge. It’s interesting to look back through the pages to see how costs have risen, not surprising at all. It’s good to know where the money goes. Our time in Arizona, after our long traveling is done, is relatively inexpensive (so to speak), it is the trip down and back that is way up there because of fuel.

The drive back on Baptist Church Road
at this time of year is gorgeous!
Talk about green!

It was around 11:20 that Robin texted about cleaning the bnb today. She knew it was short notice but was tied up helping Andrew and just asked if it was possible. Well! Since it is a wet day and I’m not into anything that I can’t walk away from, of course I said yes. I have no qualms working on the Lord’s Day as it is helping someone else and yes, I make a bit of cash in the meantime. Bill was okay with it, since he planned on spending the day working on his planes. 😊

Our laneway was pretty tore up from
the lady turtles, making nests.
Unfortunately, they must have been frightened
off as these holes would have been perfect! 

I had my lunch a bit early and left at 12:15. Bill had come up to the Suite, made a sandwich and was on his way back out again. The drive was about 25 minutes in the gentle rain and traffic was fairly light on a Sunday. I was done cleaning and on my way home by 2:15, which is pretty consistent with each time I go. They’ve added a single bed in the extra room upstairs, which now allows 5 guests instead of just 4. That will add even more possible guest visits.

Bill's rice pudding (not sure why it looks so brown)
and my custard.
Both were very good!

Back home, I had Madame IP make my custard and then while Bill and Gibbs had their snooze, I prepared a casserole dish of scalloped potatoes for supper. It was a good day for it. 

It's hard to see them here, but we watched
up to 7 Chippys at a time out there.

Then this house finch visited for the first time.
She was 'pretty in red'.

Then, as I worked on my blog, I laughed at the antics of the 4, 5, 6 no 7 chipmunks running around outside. It’s driving Gibbs a bit nuts watching them and every time he goes out, he takes off at a run chasing one or two. One came up on the stoop landing outside my window and Gibbs wanted to go through the window at him! 😊 Not really, but he was jumping around behind me. ♥

I was wearing one of the shirts I picked up
yesterday and when I rolled the sleeve up a bit
got this message. Cute! I am often lost so .........fitting.
😂😂

Supper was ready at 6:30 and boy was it a nice rainy-day meal! I did cheat and had some potatoes and corn but it was worth it. For dessert, we had our pudding cups and they tasted great too. We cleaned up dishes and relaxed for the evening together. The rain stopped around 4 pm today and the temperature climbed to a pleasant 17C/63F today before starting the drop to a mild 14C/57F overnight. 😊 There is a lot of rain in our forecast again, but at least the cold seems to be leaving.

Yummy Sunday supper

This was a really nice day, even with a bit of work in the midst. We had a nice chat with our dear friends, Rob and Pat, tonight so that perked us up too. 💗

Oh, and there was this critter.
Good thing Gibbs didn't see him up here!!
Good night folks!

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What a Great Day!

The Ridge

On Saturday, June 1^st Bill was in the shower when I woke up at 6:45. I trust that means that he slept in. No alarm. 😊 I got up, made the bed and started sorting the dirty laundry into two loads. Bill was getting ready to go flying, it was a beautiful morning. I left before him at 7:15 and noticed that Ptooties was reading 12C/56F. Under sunny skies, I didn’t even need a jacket.

Last night's sky after sunset surprised me.
Good morning!

The Mat was empty until I was done cleaning and was loading our damp clothes into the basket. Ron, Sandy’s employee, came in to pick up the recycle and garbage. We chatted for a while as I finished up and pretty much locked up and walked out at the same time. I had retrieved my pay from the office when I arrived so stopped at the bank to deposit it into my account and then headed home. I knew Bill would be long gone and hoped it would be a nice flying morning for him.

Let's jump right in to the fun part of the day
The Spring Clothing Exchange begins!
The living room

The clothes shouldn’t take long to dry on the line, even though there were some light clouds hovering over the area. The slight breeze and warmth would take care of that. 😊 Gibbs and I just hung around together. I ate the last pancake for lunch with lots of butter and then had my shower. At 1, I put a few more things in the back of the SUV and drove to Donna’s clothing exchange, in Hanover. I figured I would meet Bill on his way home and just as I approached Durham, I did. ♥

the Sitting Room off the kitchen
(In our old houses, Mom would call this the Front Room)

Donna had 12 attendees, including herself, and clothes, nicely folded and sorted, in each of her 4 rooms on the main level. I was pleasantly surprised and added my extra bags of items to the piles. There is no rhyme, limit or order to this exchange; you put your items out and begin going through things. Over and over. As a new person arrives, you go back and look again after they’ve added their things. 😊 It is a social event, with lots of encouragement of ‘yays’ or ‘nays’ on items we try on.

The Spare Bedroom

Most of us left with less (or more?) than what we donated. All the remaining items, will be bagged and dropped off at a thrift store or preferably at a shelter for women. Not one dime is spent and if you find out at home that you don’t like one of the pieces after all, no money was lost. It was around 4 when I said my goodbyes and drove to Walmart before leaving Hanover. I donated some money there, easily, but I did find everything on our list.

The Dining room table has fall weather clothing.
In the forefront on the counter, Donna has
a nice display of snacks for our pleasure.
They were all very good.

Then I went to Walmart where one
of the most important items was for Gibbs.

When I pulled in through the gate,
this Mrs. Yertle was hurrying across but stopped as I neared.
I parked and picked her up to put her on the destination side. 

Bill had just recently arrived home from getting water and helping Gerry at the Acreage. What a pleasant surprise to see him removing and folding the clothes off the line for me. ♥ We had burgers for supper, and after stepping on the scales earlier, I was encouraged enough to carry on with my ‘lettuce bun’. No complaints here, it was still messy and delicious! Bill loaded the dishwasher and went to the Hangar. I worked on my blog and will find something on tv later.

Bill bbq'ing and Gibbs watching for Chippy.

Same tasty burger!

This was a great Saturday and tomorrow is a free day, totally free, to do what I (we) want. We reached a high temperature of 25C/76F but surprise, surprise, cooler again tomorrow. The only disappointment today was that my Buddy, Pat, wasn’t able to attend our clothing exchange. She hasn’t missed one since we started, so Michele and I found a couple of things she just might like. ♥ I hope yours was a nice day too.

Gibbs is either protecting my bag of clothes OR
thinking 'what is in the bag, Mom?'
Good night!

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