Apr 27, 2020

Yesterday…..

…I have to be quick with this post.  Colin has asked if we could have dinner by 8:30PM instead of 9PM or later. It is already 8:20 so I bet we won’t eat before nine.

I am really getting tired of the wind.  We do get wind from time to time but not day after day after day.

I am still wearing two layers of fleece each time we go for a walk.  Even Wylie the coyote is getting splashed.

It was laundry day yesterday and I could not help but be creative with Colin’s clean socks.

Leftovers.

Cold salmon, a mix of rice and quinoa, steamed asparagus ( such a different taste than the BBQ’ed version we had the other night, and a favourite salad.  Costco had no romaine the other day so we managed with spinach.  Another yummy dinner.

Did I mention that Colin started to wax the golf cart?  He is not bored but is enjoying doing things that he never had time to do.  I will leave you with a few fun things.  Colin delayed dinner and we eat in twenty minutes 😎

If I had learned fractions in school this way I might be better at math than I am.

So impressive, but will we be able to maintain what we have gained these past few months?

Looks like we will be eating at 8:50PM, only twenty minutes late 😯   Hope you enjoyed this post.

 

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Apr 26, 2020

I forgot to mention….

The company who repaired the golf cart and put in new batteries mentioned that it was apparent that a sledge hammer had been used to removed the batteries 😥 I also managed to find the same company from which we had first ordered our storage cover and with the exchange rate it come in at $410.00CAD 😯  It will be here tomorrow.  Good thing we decided to go with our insurance company.  Even with paying an extra ten percent for the next three years we are well ahead financially.  Meanwhile we are still struggling with the same insurance company to get the go ahead to get the RV windshield replaced.  We have spoken to so many different agents and they all start at the same place and all come back with a no despite the fact that we have it in writing that we are covered. Most frustrating.

The day after to cart was delivered Colin used it to take two areas carpets to a retired carpet cleaner here in the park. He cleaned them both ( largest was 2.5 x 5 feet ) and the guy only charged us $9.00.  Great deal.

It really needed a proper clean and now looks brand new. We mostly have laminate floors now so don’t get a carpet cleaner here very often.  When they did the entire house they would do these small carpets for free.

Then he spent the better part of the day cleaning the outside of the windows as well as the screens. It is really nice having Colin home 🙂

Friday evenings menu.

A new propane tank and a new propane hose. It all worked perfectly.

Dinner was perfect, our first salmon since early October.  The papa is hidden underneath the cebolla.

I took today off.  It was supposed to be sunny and warm.  Not.  I did not even walk over to the garden to water.  Despite the heavy rain we got yesterday, Colin said that it was dry and the soil was cracking. I am most happy to tell you that I am fairly caught up with my inbox.  I won’t let it get over 50 no matter what.  My reward it that I get to start a novel 😎

 

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Apr 25, 2020

Back to Italy for April

Oh how I wish we were back in 2018 and we were heading to Europe. Specifically in this photo, our 2020 April calendar: top left is a scenic view of the the Amalfi Coast; top centre the best pizza ever in Naples, worth a return trip just for that; top right the business class lounge in Istanbul enroute to Italy; right centre was taken in the ruins of Pompeii which we loved; bottom right is the Forum in Rome and bottom left is Positano on the Amalfi coast.

Colin found a recent article on Pompeii which shows still photos taken by drone as well as a drone video of the area.  Click here if you wish to check it out.

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Apr 24, 2020

From Frost to Waterskiing

I truly hope that this morning was our last day of frost.  We woke up at 6:10AM to the sound of the renter next door scraping his windshield.  So thankful that we held off with our garden planting.

Guess what came back home yesterday?

Yikes, the cart was so very close to getting wrecked.

Very good turnaround.  Nice to have it back so soon.  We will be needing it over the weekend to carry our plants and flowers over to the garden.

As I was walking past yesterday I noticed once again how lovely our bathroom window looked.

No written menu last night but it is fairly obvious what was for dessert.  I have vowed to only get lemon meringue pie rather than bread, donuts, butter tarts or cinnamon buns when they are being offered.  This is the best and my body really does not need all these wonderful home cooked treats – other than the best lemon meringue pie in the world.  Yes this one is more than double in size than the last time.  Good for two nights of after dinner sweets.

The first of the season and they were out about 10AM this morning. Winter must have seemed very long for them.

Brenster as he is now known as, has reinvented himself south of 2 borders in Mazatlan Mexico, writing and singing songs that reflect the lifestyle that he truly loves, about the sun, sand and the sea. The banner across the photo is the name of a new song he just released on April 17th, relative to the pandemic that is surrounding us.

Click here to listen to this newly released song. Then just click on the arrow and you will have full audio and video which adds to the music.

A special welcome to Judy, a new blog reader who has been following along since just before we left for Mexico back in October.  Because I have been adding in a few Covid – 19 graphics with each of my latest posts, she sent me this one and I decided to share it with you all.

Very good Judy and thanks for sharing.

 

 

 

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Apr 23, 2020

Pruning and menu fun

Colin is not sitting still unless he is playing a guitar.  This tree really needed attention.

One day I walked into the kitchen and there was our dinner menu. In this case the salmon was a frozen wild salmon patty.

It took a lot of concentration in order to make the correct cut on a particular branch.

The third day in, the menu became much fancier.

I was happy to see that he had borrowed a taller ladder and was being very safe.

This was the meal served as mentioned on the above menu.

Mission accomplished.  Nicely shaped and now manageable.

Homemade pizza.

Home baked pies from a neighbour a few streets away.  Such a treat in these troubling times.  I have mentioned before that his wife loves to bake and he offers them up to whoever wants them on our park FB page.  We have now as have others started to offer a donation to pay for their baking supplies. We always sanitize the pie plate all the way around as well as the bottom. Colin has started to leave our gate open during the day so we don’t have to sanitize that when the landscaper comes or our baker delivers.  No one else comes by.

Please excuse the one word below but it certainly helps make the point.

 

 

 

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