Brrrr....Brrrr

Yes, it is even cooler this morning that it was yesterday, went down to five degrees C. last night. 
Sun shining, but the wind is strong, so making it feel colder than it really is.

Taking things easy today, a few muscles are hurting, I wish I would learn not to do so much, but never do seem to and then end up with too many aches and pains.  Should appreciate the fact that I can actually do all that I do, because so many people my age cannot.  Just have to start limiting what I do, I suppose.

Jumped on the scales this morning, you would think with everything I have been doing I would be  a skinny as a rail but ....no.  As soon as I look at food pounds seem to be put on.   Do you have a magic trick for loosing weight? 

Working in my sewing room today, making a paper pieced mariners star for a challenge quilt our guild is doing at the present time.  Not fond of paper piecing, but love the precise  way the fabric goes together.  Should do more of it to become better at doing it.  Do you paper piece when you quilt.

Cooking a beef roast for dinner, cauliflower and salads, not sure what is for dessert.

Stay safe, stay well.

Brrrr..

Yesterday I mentioned the thunderstorms rolling through our area, after they were all finished we had some cold air, really cold.   Earlier last week it felt like the low 40"s today temp is trying hard to get over 14*C what a difference.   Walkers were actually wearing their Winter jackets as they went past the house.

Everything looks so fresh and green since the rain, there was almost 1/2 inch in the rain gauge when it was all done raining, maybe not quite enough to do a lot of good as the ground was so dry, but it was better than nothing.

Laundry and housework is on the "to do" list today, both have been neglected during the beautiful weather, as I opted to be outside most of the day, or just laze and soak up the warm air while having our morning coffee and our lunch on the balcony. 

We have a lot of seasonal crops growing here in S.W. Ontario. asparagus, strawberries, watermelon, squash and pumpkins and many more.  To plant, maintain and harvest these crops thousands of  off shore workers are brought in.  With them arriving, so is more cases of the virus, so the workers are put into quarantine for 14 days.  However, that is not as easy as it sounds, because these workers are all housed in bunk houses that hold up to 20 or more people, social distancing is just not possible.  And so it spreads to more and more of these workers, thus putting all these crops in jeopardy of being planted and harvested.   Students that are unable to do the normal jobs they usually do in the Summer, such as food servers in restaurants, being hired by the city to  maintain the flowers beds and councilors for Summer camps for children, etc,  are being hired by the farmers to fill in for the workers that are in isolation.  A win win solution for the student and farmer, however, these students are not experienced as the other workers, so it is taking a lot more time for all the work to be done and time is running out for some farmers crops.  Do you have seasonal off shore workers where you live or are local people hired for these jobs?

 
This month of May is all but over, where does the time go.  Cant believe we have been in isolation since March 15th.  being busy with our home projects has made the time go very quickly.  Slowly things are opening up here, just hope it does not cause more outbreaks of the virus. 

Well that's all for me today, off to do that housework.

Stay safe stay well.

Thunder storms

The heat and humidity that we have been having has spawned a series of thunder storms all around us, today is our turn to have one.   I am sitting outside under the canopy with heavy rain, wind and thunder and lightening all around.   Not complaining because we do need the rain as the ground is quite dry, but it could have held off until I had finished planting some flowers.  Hubby is glad he cut the lawn yesterday. 

Our quilting guild had another of our virtual Zoom meetings last evening,  it is nice to see everyone but still not the same as being there in person.   We dont expect to be able to get together, at the earliest September.  This is the 20th year we have been together as a guild, so we were planning on having a special celebration in October, still hoping that will happen, but at the present time, it's just a wait and see. 

Now the storm has gone through the temp. has dropped dramatically, just as the forecast indicated.  All of the humidity has gone too, that always makes it feel much hotter.  Back to near normal weather for the next few days.

This afternoon is now a sewing time for me, so will talk to you tomorrow.

Stay safe stay well

Showers

We had a day of light showers, not enough to do any good though, but they made everything too wet to go out and do anything outside.  Tomorrow may be another story as we are suppose to receive the remnants of a storm currently in the U. S.

Picked up my quilt today from the long arm quilter, love the design and thread colour I picked out.  It is not made for anyone in particular so it's going to be mine for the time being.

In the city I live in we have a recycling depot, where residents can take their garden waste, at no charge, other recyclables, such as building materials, electronic  , etc you pay a charge.  I do have two compost bins myself, however do not put in  branches and weeds, so we took a load of this material to the depot today .  On our way out we saw a man loading his vehicle with bins full of wood chips, we needed some so asked how much it was to buy some, it was free.  We loaded up our empty containers and put it on our  hillside garden to stop the erosion of the soil.  It now looks great as the flowering plants stand out against the whitish chips.

Tonight our quilting guild had a virtual meeting, it was great to see everyone, but still not the same as in person.  We don't expect to be able to get together until after September.

That's all for me for today.

Stay safe stay well.

Whew... it's hot

Yesterday was just too hot to do much of anything, but sit in the shade with a cool drink.
Temp reached 33*C on our thermometer, and when the humidity was factored in it felt as if it was in the low 40"s

It is still quite warm, however, we have a breeze and a bit of cloud cover, more seasonal temps will arrive later this week.

My hubby has a classic Mustang convertible, so last night we went for a three hour drive in the country, no where in particular just cruising.  Lots of farmers working late to prepare the land, and the smells good and bad which comes from farming country.   Not many cars on the road, so it was a pleasant drive.  Saw a flock of geese flying in formation and a  Turkey Vulture in a tree.  Note to myself, take along my camera next time we go for a ride.

Today I am going to plant some flowers in my urns in the front of  our house, and just putter in the garden, there is always something to do outside.

Not much sewing going on, I keep that for a rainy day.

Hope you are keeping busy, what are you doing today.

Stay safe, stay well.



Pat

July ......in May?

Two weeks ago we had snow, grant you it did not stay on the ground, but it was snow just the same.   Today, it is hot and humid, similar to weather we can expect in July.  How hot?   as I write this at 10:20 a.m. my thermometer is reading 27*C in the shade, feeling like 32-35*.   I am not complaining, we have waited for this for a long time.

Worked on my dgd quilt yesterday, did not get very far though.  It is a kit, not fond of kits, however, one of our quilt guild members was selling her fabric late last Fall,  she was ill and did pass away just before Christmas. RIP Roxie.   The kit was perfect for my dgd, and of course very reasonable, it's the first kit I have ever purchased and I might add the last.  It is just four easy blocks, some of which are 3D and it is all done in solid colours.  Really out of my comfort zone on all areas.   Hoping to get my scrappy quilt back from the long arm quilter soon, so the binding can be added and call that a finish. 

Plan on doing a bit more in the garden today, once the sun gets around and there is some shade on the front garden and lawn.

Dinner tonight is going to be cooked on the BBQ and will likely be cheese burgers and a nice big green salad.  Jelly with fruit was made yesterday, so enough for tonight and a couple more meals as well.

Stay safe, Stay healthy.

Hair

As  child my hair was as straight as a yard of pump water, (my Dad used to say that) so I had two braids like most kids did in the late 40's in Britain.  Had them until I was 12 or 13 years old, then changed to one pony tail.  That was the go to hairstyle during my teen age years of the 1950's.  I do not remember ever going to a hair salon, so assume my Mother trimmed my hair through all those years.  Then came the time to graduate from school and find a job, I thought pony tails are not a good hair style for a job interview so had my hair cut and permed.  That lead to a life time of perms, heavens knows what damaged it did over those years.  In 2010 I decided enough is enough and got a new short style with no perm and liked it.  That is how my hair as been since then, until all the hairdressers were closed and still closed.  About a month ago I trimmed my hair,just a bit and it looked OK, then it grew and grew some more and low and behold I have waves and looks like a curl happening.   It was getting heavy and weighted down on top so gave myself a trim again this morning.  Hey, I'm not too bad at this "do it yourself" hair cutting.  Anyway I like the look of it so that's all that matters at this point in time.

Have you given yourself a trim during this isolation?

Sunny today, with a lot a clouds coming and going, thunderstorms predicted later due to the high humidity and heat.

Stay safe stay healthy