Apr 16, 2020
Que pasa
Our first paddle border of the season enjoying his sunset tranquility.
Time seems to fly by everyday. So happy that we had sunshine and 17C/62.6F today. Pure bliss. I even took my fleece jacket off for the first time since we got back from Mexico. I am still wearing a light sweater in the house. As I sit typing this it is dusk and the swallows are doing their sky dance. They just reappeared a few days ago. Where do they suddenly come from? After their 20 minutes swooping they suddenly disappear. Where do they go? Do they eat earlier in the day? I need to learn more about these birds.
The park provides fresh soil every year to top up the gardens. Colin was out there doing his thing earlier today.
I joined him and evened out the soil between the beds. Yes I am wearing running shoes, finally. So far so good. Breaking them in slowly.
Char, the lady here in the park, that is doing baking just because she is not working and is bored, made three types of mini pies yesterday. Lemon meringue is my favourite plus I really don’t eat any other pie. She bakes and her husband delivers. Finally they are taking donations for ingredients. It was delivered warm. They have made the best bread we have ever tasted, best ever carrot cake, ever better butter tarts and now this mini pie. OMG better than anything else. I ate the whole thing myself – really I did, it was that good. I strongly hinted to Colin to buy one for my birthday next month. Hope this virus ends soon or I might be in trouble.
Colin got my car batteries hooked up and parked it in its proper spot. He ended up covering it again because we have extended the storage policy. We certainly don’t need two insured vehicles on the road, where the heck would we go?
Isn’t this a great idea? We sent it on to our builder clients as a suggestion. So far they love it.
The fundraiser for the Isla is coming along well. Not as many donations as I expected from the Isla RVers but you blog readers have been great. Once I get a final total I will share that with you, as well as what is being purchased and some photos. There is no deadline and every $10.00 or more is willingly accepted. I sent Dallas ( my Isla contact who is purchasing and distributing the food ) some money this morning and he is out purchasing food. I know that hunger is a problem all over the world as well as in the US and in Canada. Fortunately there are some stimulus cheques being sent out. The state of Sinaloa is giving every Mexican who is out of work a one time payment of 400 pesos, about $23.00CAD. Whereas the state of Yucatan is going above and beyond including delivery of wonderful food packets to each family who needs it. Delivery. In Mazatlan they have to line up shoulder to shoulder for hours ( no social distancing ) to get their 400 pesos. Then they have to line up for hours again to get into a bank to cash their cheque.
<< Older Posts Home Newer Posts >>
Nice update, thanks Contessa. It’s so wonderful that you have a yard with a view and the garden space to boot. Perfect in this type of world we live in.
Happy Friday!!
We are blessed to be living here in this difficult time. Thanks for checking in.
So glad your allotment is available to you – what a great idea for a park like yours. OMG lemon meringue are my absolute most favorite pie in the world, if I lived near that lady I would get my bloody appetite back (it’s temporarily on pause, stress, it happened one other time when I exited my last relationship 20 years ago but it came back after a couple of months). I am really hoping that no matter what happens in a few months, even if this continues, they reopen our beaches so we can go kayaking, otherwise we will have to find somewhere to launch from the side of the road into the ocean. The water is too cold for us for now, we like to do it when it is 20 degrees or warmer closer to end of May or June. I can see us doing that more this year than ever. Glad you were able to send some money on, I think these grass roots things go much further sometimes than big organizations. Even the worst off in Canada will never be in the same situation as the Mexican poor. I will remember that when we get there next, I am more than happy to spend our money there
We have smooch in common and now lemon meringue pie. I did not realized that you still have no appetite. You may be one of the few, the rest of us are not doing as well in the eating department. My fundraiser is doing very well and I am happy today that folks on the Isla will have food but I can’t say for how long. However others are also organize food donations.