WASHED 2 VEHICLES TODAY & WHAT DOES A BREVILLE HAVE TO DO WITH A CHOCOLATE SHALLOW SHEET CAKE

As a teen-age boy many of my Saturday mornings were spent cleaning cars.  In my early teens it was my Step-Fathers monstrous black 1961 Ford Galaxy.  What a dinosaur that thing was to clean but I took great pride seeing my Mother & Step-Dad roll out the driveway on a Saturday night or Sunday afternoon drive with the shiniest car in town.  In my later teens it was my own car I feverishly cleaned up on Saturday mornings.  Oh I still kept the big Dinosaur clean as well but most of my pride had shifted to my little blue 1961 VW Beetle.  That Saturday morning car cleaning routine is still with me & I felt it this morning when I walked outside.  Out came Kelly's white Pontiac Sunfire & I was right at it with a bucket of sudsy water & a garden hose.  Although after sitting in storage all winter it wasn't too dirty but I figured it needed a good vacuuming, a wash, & all the windows cleaned anyway.

GETTING ANOTHER LOAD OF YARD WASTE READY FOR THE RECYCLING AREA
After finishing up the Sunfire & with humidity building I only managed to get Libby vacuumed & that was it.  By noon I was a 200 pound walking ball of sticky paste & I had no choice but to call it a day & head inside & cozy myself up to my cooling 3 bladed fan.  However just before heading inside I did manage to hook up our utility trailer & haul one load of pine needles & branches off to our recycle area.  Of course when I say I I am of course also meaning Pheebs as well

NICE TO SEE OUR RED BREASTED GROSBEAKS BACK AGAIN
 

LOTS OF SOFT COMFY ROOM ON LIBBY’S BACK SEAT FOR PHEEBS & THIS PAIR OF SWALLOWS SURE GAVE US A PIECE OF THEIR MIND RECENTLY

A few days ago a big white Fed Ex truck rolled up & stopped at our driveway.  Fellow got out & came bouncing up our driveway with a big box which he readily handed me making me almost tip over forward from the weight.  Now what the heck have we got I thought.  I placed it on our front porch & when Kelly arrived home half an hour later she was all smiles at seeing the big plain brown cardboard box.  She said it was a new 'mixer'.  Thought to myself, 'ya what for.....mixing cement!!  A second box was soon lifted from the first box & sure enough it said mixer all right.  Kelly went right to work unpacking it & when she pulled this metallic gray thing out I was reminded of Russia's Sputnik many years ago which by the way I still remember watching go over our Tavistock house one fine starry Sunday night.  Well Russia may have had Sputnik back then but Kelly now had an equally fine gizmo called a Breville & today we found out just how well Kelly's new 550 watt super turbo charged fuel injected heavy duty mixer Breville gizmo worked.

HAS SOME SORT OF ALIEN SPACE CRAFT LANDED ON OUR FRONT DECK??

 

Cookies, cookies, everywhere today plus something called a Chocolate Sheet Cake  all the result of this shiny gray space age looking Mossmagator of a Breville blender now sitting in a space recently vacated by our micro-wave.  With Mother's Day coming up Sunday Kelly is heading over to Cambridge Ontario to spend the day with 4 of her 5 children.  Cookies & the 3 sheets to the wind cake will be going with her.  It seems Grandchildren really love that kind of stuff.  Well guess what, aging cranky old husbands really love that  kind of stuff too so I'm hoping to maybe find a few errant crumbs left after Kelly leaves in the morning.

THE YUMMIEST OF EVER CHOCOLATE COOKIES & I’M GONNA SNEAK 50 OF THEM FOR MYSELF & HIDE EM UNDER MY PILLOW

  

KELLY SAYS THE SECTION OF CAKE WITH SMARTIES ON IT IS FOR THE KIDS

<<< AND HERE’S OUR PRETTY LITTLE COOKIE & CAKE BAKER RIGHT NOW
Noticed about 2 this afternoon our dreaded humidity had finally backed off a bit so I was right back outside with a bucket of sudsy water & a garden hose again tackling the dusty Liberty.  Didn't take me long to have it all sparkled up again & I took it for a short drive to blow dry it & that was that.   Somewhere along the line our humidity seemed to climb back up again & I soon had to do some climbing myself right into our shower to get all that sweaty paste off.  Next major clean-up job will be the Motorhome.  Although I did pressure wash all the salt off about 3 weeks ago it is still in major need of a good wash down.  If I can just manage a good energy day match up with a warm no humidity day I should be able to get that big job finally off my list as well.

HAPPY TO SEE OUR GOLDFINCHES ARE BACK ONCE AGAIN

 

In regards to my Friday night post.......Thanks for your help everybody:)))))))

A DEER PARK SUNSET

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A young woman decided to redecorate her bedroom. She wasn't sure how many rolls of wallpaper she would need, but she knew that her friend next door had recently done the same job and the two rooms were identical in size.  "Buffy," she said, "how many rolls of wallpaper did you buy for your bedroom?"  "Ten," said Buffy.
So the young woman bought the ten rolls of paper and did the job, but she had 2 rolls left over.  "Buffy," she said. "I bought ten rolls of wallpaper for the bedroom, but I've got 2 rolls left over!"  "Yeah!" said Buffy. "So did I."

I CAN NEVER THANK YOU PEOPLE ENOUGH

HOLY SMOKES DOGGIES IN THE WATER GETTING HER PAWS WET (I’VE GOT A JEEP LIBERTY INTERIOR TO CLEAN TOMORROW)
 
AND I THINK SHE IS KIND OF LIKING IT TO0

Knowing we were in for an unseasonal hot & humid day Pheebs & I were into the Libbygator & off out into the countryside early.  A short walk in the Hullett Marsh & we were back in the Jeep wandering north along dusty roads enjoying the morning scenery.  Lots of farmers on the land prepping their fields for planting.  So nice to see the countryside greening up.  Autumn is known for it's reds & golds while Spring is a time of lush greens as new leaves & buds burst forth in various shades of soft lime like colors.

THIS FIELD MAY VERY WELL HAVE BEEN PLANTED ALREADY
 
A TANKER TRUCK LOADED WITH LIQUID FERTILIZER RE-FILLS A WAITING FERTILIZER SPREADING MACHINE

JUST GOTTA LOVE ALL THE SPRING GREENS
We wandered our way up around the Wingham Ontario area & managed to find ourselves a couple interesting roads we had never been on before.  Whenever I see a road sign saying 'No Exit' or 'No Winter Maintenance Beyond This Point' I know we have an interesting road ahead of us & we always head on down to see where it takes us.  Sometimes we end up in bush lanes or fields & this morning we ended up at a river bank.  I like when that happens.

LOVE IT WHEN WE STUMBLE ACROSS OLD NARROW ROADS LIKE THIS LEADING WHO KNOWS WHERE

SO DID WE CROSS THE RIVER??  NO, BUT WE COULD HAVE:))
 
SPOTTED THIS OLD RAILROAD ABUTMENT ACROSS THE RIVER…NEVER KNEW THERE WAS A RAILROAD UP IN THESE PARTS AT ONE TIME

THIS IS THE ‘LITTLE MAITLAND RIVER’ & IT’S ONLY A FOOT OR TWO DEEP IN MOST PLACES
Little Miss Smarty Pants ever vigilante in the front seat knew we were getting near Wingham so reminded me it was getting close to lunch time & there was a Subway shop along Wingham's main street at the north end.  So not wanting to listen to all the whining we headed ourselves into town for a 6" toasted Tuna Sub with American cheese, lettuce & tomato's, green peppers & onions plus salt & pepper & a smattering of sub sauce.  I'm careful not to give Pheebs any onions but in doing so I have to kinda pull the sub apart & we sometimes end up with quite a mess in the front seat.  It seems most of the mess always ends up on the front of my shirt for some reason.

 
SOME FARM FELLAS WERE SURE KICKING UP THE DUST TODAY WHILE OTHERS SURE WERE MAKING A BIG STINK

AND HERE’S AN OLDER NO SHIRT FARM FELLA OUT WALKING HIS FIELDS…YOU CAN SEE HOW HOT IT WAS TODAY
Hadn't seen Pheebs Ilama, Alpaca, or Elk pals since last summer so we stopped by the country property where all these fellas live.  They didn't rush up to the fence to see Pheebs like they usually do but Pheebs didn't seem to mind & just ran along the fence line smelling whatever she could.



ALL EYES WERE DEFINITELY ON THE PHEEBS AS SHE HAD THEIR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION
We had driven with windows down in the morning but by noon the humidity with today's record breaking temperature (90'F) prompted me to close up the windows & crack on the A/C.  After all that is one of the reasons why we finally decided to switch to an air conditioned vehicle this year.  And ohhhhhhhhhh how nice that cool air felt.  As I'm typing this tonight we have our central air on in the house & ohhhhhhhhh how nice that again feels.  Say what you will about A/C but I love it.  We're both looking forward to cooler temperatures already on the way.  Now I said cooler not colder!!



Kelly has had a little kitchen project in mind for awhile now & I have been hesitant to tackle it.  My carpentry skills are not the best & I've lived with myself long enough to know & accept the fact if we want a job to look professionally done I am not the guy to do it.  Kelly wanted the micro-wave moved off the kitchen counter & placed in a cupboard space above the stove.  Looking at the project this afternoon I thought 'what the heck' at least I can take the cupboard doors off & maybe cut the middle shelf out to make way for the micro-wave.  And that's what I did.  Drilled a couple holes, spliced up an electrical cord, set the micro-wave, plugged it in & ‘WALLA’ it worked.  Haven't figured it out how to finish off the job making it look better but for right now at least the micro-wave has been moved & a section of our kitchen counter has been freed up for other things.

 

Received an inspiring email from a fellow Blogger today which went a long way in picking up my recent sagging spirits.  I go through these periods of self doubt from time to time questioning myself about many things including my blog writings.  I am not one of those people blessed with a wondrous positive attitude & continuous wonderful back to back days.  I go through my bouts of depression & I ask myself at times ‘why do I keep writing this blog’.  And then as so often happens an email will show up from someone saying how something I have said or done has helped them in some way.  Well it is you folks who have sent those emails & comments over the years who are truly the people who in turn have helped me in ways more than you know.  The inspiration for me comes in knowing I have done something right, something useful & above all something helpful.  I can’t come over to your house & help you put shingles on your roof or fix your plumbing or electrical problems.  Can’t help you change the spark plugs in your car or build you a garden fence but there is maybe something else I can do.  Perhaps I can write something, express some thoughts & feelings, bring a little humor each night to someone else’s gray day, answer some RV or travel questions occasionally. (if I remember) Maybe it’s a photograph I take along the way somewhere.  I try hard to keep those positive thoughts in my mind each day & for the most part each night I am able to sit down & through my blog express in some way my gratitude to all you folks out there who read my posts.  I can never thank you people enough………………………… 

ALWAYS SO NICE TO SEE SPRING’S MARSH MARIGOLDS


 
SKUNK CABBAGES
 
AND JUST SOME GOOD OLD EVERYDAY SWAMP MOSS
GROANER’S CORNER:((   Charley, a new retiree greeter at Walmart, just couldn't seem to get to work on time. Every day he was 5, 10, sometimes 15 minutes late. But he was a good worker, really tidy, clean shaven, sharp minded and a real credit to the company and obviously demonstrating their "Older Person Friendly" policies.  One day the boss was in a real quandary about how to deal with it. Finally, he called him into the office for a talk. "Charley, I have to tell you, I like your work ethic, you do a bang on job, but your being late so often is quite bothersome."  "Yes, I know boss, and I am working on it."
"Well good, you are a team player. That's what I like to hear. It's odd though, your coming in late. I know you're retired from the Armed Forces. What did they say if you came in late there?"  "They said, 'Good morning, General. Tea or coffee this morning, sir?'"