Humidity lower today....

 Around dinner time last night we had a thunderstorm, well, not so much as a thunderstorm, but as a wind storm.  The sky was really black then the wind started to blow and took branches of the tree across the street from us.  Then we had rain coming down so fast it was like a pea soup fog and a couple claps of thunder.  Everything was over in about 3/4 hour.   The temp went from 31*C down to 20*C in minutes, I was surprised we did not have some hail, but no!!

Earlier today we had several brief showers, however, the humidity has dropped and a nice cool breeze is blowing and once in awhile we have sunny breaks, a nice day.

Hubby picked up all of the downed limbs and the grass is now dry enough to cut, so that is what he is currently doing.

The burlap we put around the tree is collecting a lot of caterpillars so pleased that is working.  They are so big and cling to everything, so glad I have a decent pair of gardening gloves to handle them, don't want their toxins to get on my skin.  

I am in the midst of some housework and then must think about what we are having for dinner.   There are some meatballs and some sauce in the freezer that needs to be used up, so that is what I am thinking to have for dinner tonight.

My hairdresser, was wearing a skort on Monday, it looked so nice and cool and she told me where she bought it.   I needed something like that, that was not expensive for wearing around the house, the shorts currently in use are well past their best before date.  Off to the store for more retail therapy and I bought three pair.  They are made from a knitted fabric much like T-shirts, so easy to care for.  Wearing one today, and it is so comfortable.  They just cover that "old lady bump" just above the knee.  

Have a great day.

Back now, and lots to tell

 No internet for a couple of days, service being done.  The company we are with, sent an e-mail advising  service would be interrupted,  what were they thinking, I could not get online to read it!!. So ended up calling and waiting, the representative did not even know there was an interruption of service, so was going to send a repair person out today.   Late yesterday we had an e-mail advising service was now on.  So had to go through a lot of issues to get the appointment for repair cancelled.  It appears, the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing with this company. 

Sunday, I was feeling down again no reason, just was.   I think it is because the days are all the same, same thing day after day, no going out for dinner, or a movie, or anything really.   So hoping things will change soon.   Feeling better yesterday, I was able to go to my hairdressers home, where she is running her studio at the moment,  and had my hair cut.  It is amazing how  much better I feel when I think I look better.  She always does a good job in trying to make me look my best.  

South Western Ontario, is experiencing a infestation of Gypsy Moth  caterpillar's.   They climb up trees and eat the leaves, some trees have no leaves left on them.   Apparently, it is too late for the city to spray to get rid of them, so we have been advised  to wrap the trunks with burlap which trap the caterpillars.   I am writing this because  I saw there were little black "things" on the driveway for the last couple of days, but did not know what they were.  And, as I was at the kitchen window yesterday, I saw a lot of birds in the tree around a vacated squirrel nest.  Going out to look as to what they might be doing, I saw caterpillars going up the trunk.  Yes, you guessed it we have the Gypsy Moth ones.  And, the black "things"   caterpillar poop.  We got rid of as many as we could see, picking them up with a pair of fabric gardening gloves.  I did read they were toxic but thought that was only for birds, however, as I picked them up, I could feel little pin pricks on my fingers, through the fabric gloves, so immediately put on some leather gardening gloves.  I had no adverse effects, thank goodness.  We did the wrapping as instructed, however, it is too late to stop the ones in the tree, we just hope they do not destroy all the leaves, only time will tell.   Upon checking the burlap this morning we did trap a few, so it does work.  Never a dull moment around here.

Two wild turkeys visit our bird feeder on a regular basis, picking up fallen seeds.  Have keep feeding them Thanksgiving will be here before you know it.....No....just kidding.

Our robins babies are getting so big they are having trouble fitting into the nest, soon they will be off on their own.

Late last evening we had a brief mild thunderstorm, with a little more rain.   That rain, however, will be making today feel very humid, it is so thick you can cut it with a knife.   The temp today, is suppose to feel like 41*C with the temp and humidity factored in.  A heat warning has been issued for the area.  An inside day I think for me.   Hubby has finally decided it is too hot to do anything outside too.  

Groceries early again this morning,  it appears the store might be rearranging things as they have lots of product on skids.   Hope not, as it is so difficult to find things you want if they change everything around.

Because it is Tuesday, it is chicken dinner tonight, chicken flavoured wild and regular rice, and just a salad for dinner,  I made jelly with fruit in it yesterday and they is still some left so  dessert is taken care of.  I like dinners where no cooking is involved.

Stay cool if you are in an area where it is hot, if it is cold where you are stay warm.   Stay safe we will be out of this pandemic soon if everyone gets their vaccination. 

Dull & Dreary

 The forecast rain started around noon yesterday and we had some heavy showers for the balance of the day.  Looking at the rain gauge this morning, since noon yesterday and 8:00a.m. this morning we have had 2 1/2 inches of rain.  There is more on the way up until Wednesday next week.   At least it is not cold, very humid in fact, a good thing the sun isn't shining or it would be unbearably humid.  Which I am not a fan of.

Laundry currently being done, did most of the housework yesterday, so not much else that really needs doing today,  there is always something that can be done, but may just slip into the sewing studio and do some work in there for a couple of hours.   

Hubby has gone over to his daughters house, one of her neighbours is going to be removing some old cement which was the floor of a garage that had been removed many years ago.  Hope he accomplishes something today.

My youngest daughter and her husband came back yesterday, from a week at a cottage on Lake Huron, they had a good time, a nice break for both of them.  She is a PSW and works in a busy hospital and he is a supervisor at a lumber depot, which supplies a lot of  wood which is required by contractors.  With the local housing boom going on right now he is run off his feet every day.   Their youngest daughter and a girl friend joined them for a couple of days too,  

Dinner tonight, ham, scalloped potatoes, veg, a small salad and lemon cake for dessert.

Have a wonderful day.

Getting outside work done

 Hubby is busy getting the outside garden and lawn work done this morning, as the forecast for the next four days is rain and more rain.  Much needed, I might add, however, it appears from the forecast we may be getting more than we really need.  Oh well! nothing we can do about, nature has it own way of doing things.

Our babies are growing so fast, soon all of them will find it difficult to fit into the nest.  The little bits of fuzz on their bodies is now changing and beginning to look more like feathers.  Such a joy to watch them grown more every day, but soon they will be gone.

Because it was a perfect convertible day yesterday, so we decided to visit my sister.  It is an hour plus drive to her house, so we left mid morning and stopped, got a picnic lunch and parked the car under a nice shady tree which felt cool and inviting.  We took our time travelling some country roads and reached her house early afternoon.  We chatted for a couple of hours and she gave me a plant that my Mother use to have in her garden years ago, so that was nice to receive.   A cup of tea and something sweet while we laughed and just had a good visit.  It was the first time we have seen each other since before Christmas.  

We left around 5:00 p.m. as I had a quilting Zoom meeting as 7:00p.m.  Home in plenty of time for a quick meal and Hubby did the dishes.  He always helps with them.   I had a good meeting with all the members, this was our last meeting until September, and we are hoping by that time we will be able to start our in person meetings.  We are all keeping our fingers crossed.

Dinner tonight, salmon, it's Friday.  we still have some strawberries so they will be dessert.

Have a great day.

Appreciating the sun

 If we need to anything outside it better get done today, tomorrow and maybe the morning of Friday, as we are going to be receiving four or five days of rain.  No that it has started to rain it appears it is not going to stop due to the unsettled weather fronts that are headed our way.   It was down right cool  cold this morning when we got up, temp only 11*C. it is going to warm up to 23*C, with the bright sunshine, it may feel warmer than that.

Yesterday I went for some more retail therapy, needed to get some ink for our printer, and there just happened to be a Hudson's Bay department store in a Mall across the street..  Here, at the present time, if a store in a Mall has an entrance that leads to the outside, they can be open, albeit, with limited persons inside.  There is someone at the only door open counting the "incomings and outgoings".   The store was calling my name, so I HAD to answer, I needed a new house coat, the one I have was starting to show its age.  OLD.   I found a nice blue one, light fabric, just right for Summer, so I purchased it and don't even have to shorten it, as I have to do for most of the things I buy.  Even Petit is too long.  Great things come in small packages, so "they" say.  I know, so does dynamite.   Hubby was also in need of a new hoody, he prefers  ones with zippers down the front, however, they are difficult to find without all of the garish logo's etc on them.  I did finally find one with jut a small postage size logo on the front, so that came home with me too.  He was pleased I was able to find one, as the current hoody is way past it "best before date".

Our little robins and growing and are a delight to watch, we now have another nest being built on the front light between our two garage doors.

This is a photo I took today, of the three babies we are watching from our balcony.

Dinner tonight, peameal bacon on a bun, asparagus, mushrooms  and strawberry shortcake for dessert.

This is Summer

You would never know this is the second day of Summer,  it is cloudy, cold and windy.   When we got up it was 10*C and is only forecast to go up to 18*C this afternoon, if the sun shines.  

Early risers today as it is grocery day, I will glad when we can safely go into the grocery store later in the day.   The store must have had a through cleaning last night, all the dry vegetable bins, ie: potatoes and squash etc. were strewn all of the veg department.  The floors had been washed and polished, a good deep clean fore sure.  Because of this, a lot of the veg. and fruit had not been put out, however, we did get everything we needed.  Every Spring they erect a  temporary garden centre in the parking lot, this morning it was empty so it will be coming down soon.

Shed for Hubbys daughter......he loaded everything in his vehicle and took off yesterday afternoon, a couple of hours later he arrived back home with everything he took with him.   Daughter cannot decide where she wants the shed to go........ I could say more but........................................

My youngest daughter and her husband have rented a cottage for a few days for a vacation, eldest daughter has done the same thing and she goes next week.   I have never rented a cottage for a vacation and honestly have no desire to do so.  It's almost like being at home, household duties are still there, and some meals need to be cooked.  My vacations consist of being waited on hand and foot, spoiled am I not?  We briefly spoke about going on day trips later in the Fall, when, we hope things will be opened up a bit more.   Also, hoping our health stays good, so that next year, fingers crossed, the world will be in a more normal state.  

Dinner last night was steak on the BBQ, stuffed mushrooms and the last of the broccoli salad.  Being Tuesday, chicken night.

Should get myself moving, have a great day.

Robn Babies

We had a thunderstorm and rain overnight and the clouds are still scudding across the sky, and once in awhile letting the sun shine through.   It is windy but certainly not cold today,  the first day of Summer.

The baby robins have now hatched and we were able to lower some of the side awning so that we can see Mum and Dad come and feed those wide open mouths.   We noticed when the adults were feeding the young they would be moving their throat's  so.... Google to the rescue.  Did you know robins regurgitate food for their young for the first four or five days after they have hatched.  I have tried to get photos, so hope to share some in the coming days.  We watch them while we have our lunch, interesting to see things we did not know.  Always something to learn, no matter how simple it is.

We did not have out steak dinner last night, we became couch potatoes and watched golf, because  it was being played on a course in California, it did not end until after eight o'clock, too late for me to start dinner.  So we ended up having drive through from a fast food restaurant.    I don't cook with fats or oils, no fried foods for us, so both of us are suffering  today.  Not heartburn or indigestion but ...... I think you get the picture.  

So the steak, mushroom and broccoli salad is for dinner tonight.

If you only visit once in awhile, have a great week.