It's going to be a hot one

Humidity building today, no breeze to cool us down.  Went for my walk earlier today to take advantage of the long shadows provided by the trees, even doing that I was  wringing wet when I arrived home.  A/C will be on today for sure.

As I have mentioned previously we live in the city, however, because there is a large field and wooded area across the road from us, plus the fact all of the back gardens of the houses around us do not have fences or hedges it almost looks as if we live in a park.  Because of that we have a lot of wild life roaming around,  Deer, rabbits, ground hogs, skunks, squirrels and chipmunks.  All do some damage to properties from eating everything in sight to digging holes. We also have a lot of birds, wrens, cardinals, blue jays, american robins etc.  I always have my camera with me so take a number of pics, which I thought I would share some today.  Obviously not much going on around here today lol.
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Mother ground hog and one of her babies.

Wren

Squirrel

Robin on her nest

Stay safe stay well

Slow Sunday

Woke this morning to beautiful blue skies and a cool brisk breeze, windows all open on the North side of the house to take advantage of it to cool the house. If the humidity gets too bad later in the afternoon we may turn on the A/C, of which I am not a fan of, however, sometimes it is necessary to function during a spells of heat waves.

During the night on Friday we had about 1/2 inch of rain, it helped, however, really not enough to do any good to the parched lawns and gardens.  The coming weeks forecast does not indicate any rain until next weekend.

 Update

This afternoon as been a glorious day,, now there are a few clouds in the sky, which are keeping it nice and comfortable, every Summer day could be like this as far as I am concerned.

Going in my sewing room to work on a challenge project and then do a couple more blocks on my yungest grand daughters quilts.

I told you it was a slow day.

Dinner tonight steak on the BBQ, stuffed mushrooms, salad and chocolate cake and ice cream for dessert.

Stay safe stay well.

New Woman

That is how I am feeling right now.....why..my hair is cut just the way I wanted it to be done.  I went to a new salon and had the hairdresser my friend suggested I go to.   I will be going back.  Looking on the internet I found several styles that I wanted and then showed the hairdresser what I wanted and she nailed it.  She also took photos of me and my new style  with her phone, so she knows what to do next time.  There will certainly be a next time.  

Today, sunny with cloudy periods just nice to start the day, however, more clouds and more humidity in the afternoon.  Rain is forecast for tomorrow, might be a day to stay inside and  quilt..

Housework today and not much else done.

Quick and easy dinner  tonight, pulled pork on a bun and a big salad, dessert strawberry shortcake and whipped cream.

Stay safe, stay well

Comfortable day.

Weather today is just perfect, some sun, some clouds, light breeze and decent temp, just like the porridge  "not too hot, not too cold, just right".

Hubby had a good sleep in this morning after doing all the garden work these past few days, I think age is finally catching up with him.  He has had a relaxing day, so far,  his is very organized, so he caught up on his mail that has been accumulating in piles on  his desk.   He was able to get an appointment to see his Dr. in his office, today.   Five years ago he had prostate cancer, so has to have a test on a yearly basis just to make sure the numbers are down to an acceptable level. 

I went for my walk, just loving my hiking poles, don't know why I didn't get them before now.

During the past month we have been watching a robin's nest, from the beginning when it was being made until today, when we saw two of the young ones leave the nest.  There is still one in the nest, thinking he might be the runt of the litter, so to speak.  He/she should be gone by tomorrow.

Cannot wait until tomorrow comes,.....hair dresser day.   Never thought I would be so happy to have my hair cut. 

Off into the sewing room for a couple of hours this afternoon,  a quilting guild Zoom meeting again tonight,  maybe next month, if the virus numbers keep going down, we maybe be able to have an in person meeting.  We do not usually meet in the Summer, but the last meeting w had was in Feb. so we could make the exception just to get caught up on our projects.

Dinner tonight BBQ spare ribs, asparagus, salad and strawberries shortcake. 

Cooler Today

The showers we had yesterday, brought a cold front in, this morning it was down right chilly at 16*C a big difference from 34*c for the last couple of days.  Sun and clouds with brisk winds kept the temps down. 

Went for my walk and did some gardening, all the shrubs and hedges are now all trimmed and the cuttings are now on the way to the recycle depot.  Also did some weeding, and that is now all finished for the time being.

Not much else going on today.

Dinner tonight was a vegetarian pizza and a salad, cleaning up the peach crumble.

Stay safe, Stay well

Food

Up early this morning to take advantage of the early hour for seniors to get groceries.  Both hubby and I are fortunately to be financially secure, so we are not really on a budget for our weekly purchases.  If an item is on special we buy more than one, if cherries, which we both love,  are in the store we buy some irregardless of  the price. We both have worked very hard to be able to do this, myself, I worked for 27 years, as well as raising a family of three children, they have grown up to be responsible adults, so they did not suffer from the absence of a "stay at home" Mum.  Hubby worked as a school teacher and was able to retire early, and then started another job driving a bus for individuals with physical and mental disabilities.  He has been doing this for 17 years, however, currently off as his doctor suggested a leave of absence due to his age and the number of people he would encounter during his day.   To this day he is still off because of Covid-19. .  We do not over indulge in our eating habits, both of us are healthy and active so not overweight, neither of us smoke and drink, (the occasional glass of wine, maybe) so we do not feel guilty.

And yes, we both contribute to many organizations, which help to provide research and assistance to those less  fortunate than us.

             

Do you have a budget for your groceries?

Grey skies and a shower this morning, and we can expect a substantial amount of rain throughout the day, maybe tomorrow I can get in the garden and pull some weeds.  It has been a useless exercise these past few days as the ground is so dry, but they always seem to grow no matter what the ground is like.  All the cedar trees and hedge were trimmed  and the lawn cut yesterday by hubby, so property looking good again.

Today I think is going to be a sewing day for me, hope to get something done on DGD #5 quilt and also on our guilds challenge.  

Yesterday, I mentioned the hair appointment, I must be really excited,  even had a dream last night about the style I was going to have, It looked good in the dream, but a bit over the top in real life. 

Dinner tonight, chicken, rice, asparagus and strawberry shortcake, taking advantage of the short season for local strawberries.

Stay safe, stay well.

Excited

It does not take much for me to get excited these days,..I have an appointment to get my hair cut.   Horay!. I feel as if I am drowning is my locks..  It is with a new hairdresser who my friend recommended,  she has been going to this one for years, so she must be OK.

The weather we were forecast yesterday did not hit us, we had very dark clouds, lots of thunder and some rain, we were lucky, but we do need rain, as what we received was not enough/

Went for my 1/2 hour walk again today, it is quite humid so it wasn't very comfortable.  The hiking poles are good, liking them.

Hubby is cutting the grass and trimming the hedges today, a lady stopped and commented on how our property looks so professionally taken care of.  We do a lot of work to keep it looking the way it does.  Some properties around here are not well kept at all, makes me wonder....if their outside is messy and untidy, what does the inside look like.

 

Hubby's youngest  grand daughter was brushed with a car while she was riding her bike on Saturday evening.  It was turning a corner and so was she, but the car came just a bit too close and pushed her off her bike.  She was taken to hospital, no internal injuries, no broken bones, cuts and bruises mostly.  She is doing well.

Dinner tonight...ham, mac and cheese, salad and peach crumble with cream for dessert/

Stay safe stay well.