Juggling Medications, Helping Our Neighbours, Fixing Our Garden and Visiting While Shopping.

Our Location today is at Wildwood Golf and RV Park, McGregor, Ontario.

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Managed to sleep until 7:30 this morning and the reason I woke up was that I was cold. The overnight low was 45 F (7 C) but it felt like 39 F (4 C). The Sun was being blocked by a few Clouds that seemed determined that they would rule the day.

Kathy came downstairs shortly after 8:00 and even though she wasn’t feeling like she had the Flu like yesterday she was still feeling out of sorts. The Arthritic Doctor she had recently seen wanted her to stop taking One of her Medications because he said that she had Rheumatoid Arthritis and not Diabetic Neuropathy. Since she was on Two Capsules a day we have stopped the One in the evening which could be part of her problem. It will take longer than he thought for her to stop taking them without Side-Effects.

We accomplished our indoor chores along with having an early lunch. We had Tomato Soup with Basil for lunch and some of the Cantaloupe that was sent Home with us from my Aunt Anna’s 80 Birthday Party for our dessert.

Kathy cleaned up the kitchen while I went outside to unload the Truck. We forgot to bring in the Rhubarb our daughter Karen gave us last evening plus I had to unload our other Purchases. Even at noon there was enough of a breeze that I needed to wear my Sweater so as to not be cold.

I just finished unloading the Truck when our neighbours Maynard and Marva showed up. The last time they were here Maynard had been quite weak. I helped Marva get their bags in their Trailer before realigning their steps for them. Maynard had just come from One Specialist this morning and had another scheduled for 4:00 this afternoon. Rather then returning to their house they stopped here to relax for the afternoon.

Once they were settled inside I started removing all the Decorating Stone from around the base of the Trees we have as a Privacy Screen at the rear of our Site. We have a number of Emerald Cedars but we lost Two of them this past winter. When those Trees were first planted it took time to dig the holes because under the Grass there is nothing but Clay. I made the Holes bigger and deeper then necessary so that Peat Moss and Potting Soil could be added for nutrition. However with all the Rain that we have been getting the Clay seemed to be holding the Water around the roots like a bucket possibly causing them to rot.

After replacing the dead trees with the new I continued lifting the stone so that the Landscape Cloth could be replaced.

Kathy came out to see how I was doing but we soon heard a commotion from our neighbour’s Trailer. Maynard was under the edge of their Trailer trying to block off openings because the birds were making nests under his Trailer. Marva said he was being stubborn when he wasn’t feeling well. I had a word with Maynard while Kathy spoke with Marva to calm her down. He needs to get well rather then worrying about the trivial things.

After they left for Maynard’s appointment I realized that we didn’t have any Pea Stone to put in our planters so we had to run more errands. While I closed things up outside Kathy made us a nice Chicken Salad for supper and a Mixed Berry covered Yogurt for dessert,

Since we needed some groceries we headed for Amherstburg. Our first stop was our son Kevin’s house to drop off some Vegetable Plants from his sister. Karen buys Flats of Plants to fill her garden and whatever is left over sends then to Kevin’s. Nobody was home so I left them on the Patio Table and would call later to let them know.

Look real close to see Bird's nests in most of the letters.

Next we went to Dollarama to pick up a pair of Pruning Shears for Kathy so she can trim some of the shrubs in her gardens. They didn’t have any gravel so we headed over to Walmart.

Kathy had already started shopping from her Shopping List by the time I parked the Car. When we had all the food on the list we checked out the Seasonal Section of the store to find they had no Gravel either.

As we were heading for the Checkout we saw Al and Annette doing some shopping. Al started telling Annette about our going “Off the Grid” in the desert. At first she thought he was pulling her leg but when she heard us saying so she believed us. She is not retired yet but they are taking their Travel Trailer to the East Coast this summer travelling with their friends. We told her about our Blog so she’ll be checking it out soon. It was nice talking to them but we all had to go.

After checking out we went to Canadian Tire. They did have the Pea Gravel in their Seasonal Section so we were soon on our way Home.

Once the groceries were unpacked Kathy asked me to chop up the Rhubarb that we’d gotten from our daughter Karen last night. There was enough that she packed half in a Freezer Bag for a later time and cooked up the rest for us to eat this week.

I wasn’t worried about fixing the Decorative Stone this evening instead I was concerned about our Miniature Pine Trees that the Wind kept knocking over. Using the new larger Flowerpots we had gotten I added Twenty Pounds of Pea Gravel in each one. Then after moving the Pine Trees to the larger Pots filled the extra space with Potting Soil. Now the Wind will have to blow extra hard to blow over these trees.

Tree on far right was replaced and the Decorative Stone is still
on the Patio. My back said it was time to stop for the night.

My back was telling me to call it a night just after 8:00. It will be warmer tomorrow so we hope to finish our gardening. Thank you for following along and feel free to leave a comment.

Be Safe and Enjoy!

It’s about time.

Krackers

The World's Great Proverbs

One hour's sleep before midnight is worth two after.