Tuesday, July 14, 2020

I hoped to get a lot more blocks done today than actually happened. I was out in the yard shortly after eight; the boulevard badly needed mowing and I thought I’d do the grass inside our fence as well. With only a small bit in the centre of the lawn (and I use the term loosely) the batteries on the mower ran out. I thought that while they charged up I’d do a bit of work on the stone wall on the side street.

The grapes had grown into the blackberries and the bindweed had roped them all together. After each bag I filled I checked the batteries but they don’t charge very fast. In fact I finished the wall and they still weren’t done. When I say finish it is a rough finish; I should have taken the rake and tried to pick through the stones and get all the bits and pieces but I just didn’t have the energy. And when I found a snake in among the weeds I didn’t last much longer. I would have liked to have done a round of weeding in the beds but that just didn’t happen. I was barely able to get the remaining patch of lawn cut.

I went out this afternoon and hit a couple of stores I’ve not been to since at least March. I had a book to pick up at the library and when Pat did the grocery shopping this morning he couldn’t find any bread he liked. Since Quality Foods had the bread we like and because it is close to the library I said I’d pick it up. While I was there I got some hamburger buns and some tonic (the gin and tonic go down really well even if the weather isn’t as warm as we’d like). From there I went to the Hall and picked up the mail; I was expecting a couple of things and they had come in. It means a trip to the bank tomorrow but making a deposit is always worth it. My last stop was the liquor store to stock up on some wine and a bit more beer; I bought lots because it was Senior’s Day and I told Pat I didn’t want to go back for a long time.

It wasn’t until I was home that I was able to start sewing on my daily blocks.