Sunday ;
Cloudy,
chilly, intermittent light rain.
Another
lazy day due to weather. I did an indoor “home improvement”
project today, removing, repairing, and reinstalling a section of
ceiling moulding in the kitchen. I
posted my weekly blog entry, and did my weekly investments value
update and analysis. HMPH
! Crappy week in the stock market !
Monday
;
Cloudy,
mild, intermittent light rain.
Joanne continued staining
balusters. I finished installing balusters on the west side of the
deck, then removed the old lattice from the wide / north side of the
deck. Didn’t go smoothly ! Today we tried something new with our
exercise program. Instead of a brisk thirty minute walk, we did two
brisk twenty minute walks.
HA ! Justin got a haircut
before I did. I WIN ! < doing happy dance >
About 8½ years ago we rescued
a stray little Shih Tzu dog at Kofa Ko-op SKP RV Park, our winter
home in Yuma, Arizona. Molly was injured and extremely neglected.
After we patched her up, cleaned her up, and “rehabilitated” her
she was adopted by Jim and Linda, a full time RV’ing couple from
Washington state. Yesterday, sadly, Molly died of cancer.
We
extend our deepest sympathy to Jim and Linda. And our appreciation
for giving Molly such a wonderful “second chance” at life.
Tuesday
;
Mostly
cloudy, mild, intermittent rain, sunny briefly late in the afternoon,
very
heavy rain in the evening.
Joanne finished staining the
rest of the balusters today. During the brief period of sunshine I
installed about half the balusters on the north face of the deck. I
will probably finish the baluster project tomorrow.
Today is the first day of the
week long Palm Springs International ShortFest film festival. And
this year it is “virtual”. So … every evening for the next
week we will have an opportunity to view some of the competing short
films. Tonight we viewed five films.
Wednesday
;
Mostly
sunny and mild, a few minutes of light rain in mid-afternoon.
FINISHED
!
This
evening we viewed another five short films from
Palm Springs International ShortFest. And
tonight our long awaited ( two months ! ) … and long overdue
(
almost four weeks ! ! ! ) … filtered face masks arrived. And
despite me having ordered XL, the Chinese made mask has a wrap around
strap that is too small to fit around my fat head. I had to
fabricate a two inch Velcro “extension”.
Thursday
; 16th anniversary of retirement
Sunny and very warm. As “June
18” should be … and usually is.
This
afternoon we went into Keremeos to run some errands and buy a
take-out / take home anniversary celebration dinner at Benja Thai,
one of only two restaurants in town that are worth patronizing.
Restaurants
in BC are still restricted to take out service only. Used
/ wore our new filtered face masks for the first time. They’re
good !
In the evening we watched
tonight’s batch of five short films from Palm Springs International
ShortFest.
Friday
;
Sunny
and very warm.
We
did an assortment of gardening and yard work today. And some outdoor
“spring cleaning”, in the shed, behind the shed, and in the
storage area underneath our front entry
landing. After supper we watched more Palm Springs International
ShortFest short films.
Saturday
;
Mix
of sun and clouds, very warm.
< sigh > This morning
our new next door neighbour spent 2 ½ hours “blow drying” the
gravel in her yard and on the gravel roadway behind our homes. And
then vacuuming it ! I kid you not ! She would have been at it
longer than 2 ½ hours … except that Joanne put a stop to it ! And
… < snicker > … not with her usual “gentleness” I might
add. HA HA HA ! You go, girl !
Our
new next door neighbour obviously suffers from rather extreme OCD.
I’m sympathetic to that. But … get a grip on yourself, lady !
She is unable to tolerate “tree by-product” in or near her yard.
Every few days she uses a leaf blower to “blow dry” all the fir
tree cones and seed pods and fir needles out of her yard. And then
she vacuums them up. And in the process, she raises an inordinate
amount of dust which settles
on both of our vehicles, and on the windows of our home.
We have communicated our displeasure / disapproval to her before.
But … she persists.
Today, after 2 ½ hours of her
blow drying nonsense, Joanne stomped outside and unplugged her leaf
blower. A screaming match very quickly ensued. It got very ugly,
very fast. Joanne stomped back into our house, and … < sputter
> … the neighbour plugged her leaf blower in again, and …
resumed !
Oh … my !
Much more screaming of
obscenities by two old women ! I didn’t think there was much I
could add, so … I stayed out of it ! Joanne doesn’t need my help
when she’s that angry ! After all the screaming of obscenities was
done, I walked across our community to the home of the President of
our Board, interrupted her family’s lunch, and solicited her
assistance to put a stop to the ridiculous “blow drying” and
vacuuming of gravel. By the time I walked back home, the neighbour
was finished blow drying the neighbourhood gravel, was inside her
home, and we didn’t see her for the rest of the day.
I don’t think this battle is
over yet !
DSK
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