A Summer week in April

Hello everyone! I hope you're all enjoying a nice Sunday. Ours is quiet, just the way we like it. We went for a nice walk before lunch and we are now relaxing, each in our own way...including our pooches. They are in the den with Russell having a nap. I'm on the deck enjoying this beautiful weather.

We had a good week and our weather was simply spectacular...very warm, sunny and it truly felt like Summer. Russell spent a day or so sanding and oiling our teak bench. It looks brand new, great job Russell!. He also spray painted a few wrought iron ornaments and planters. I got a lot of yard work done. Our flower beds have been raked and I can now see all the plants that are starting to grow back. I also added fresh organic soil to the VegTrug. Sometime next month, I will plant our herbs. I may do tomatoes again this year. The trees are budding, I bought pansies, it's all good.

Our former house in Huntsville is for sale. We've looked at the listing photos a few times...we've been a little curious to see what the people that bought it from us did in terms of changes. Now we know. It looks just as nice although they put curtains in most of the windows.  It will be interesting to see how long it takes to sell.

We continue to follow Barbados and how it's doing with the pandemic. As if they didn't have enough to deal with, ash clouds have been hovering over the island for the past few days due to an erupting volcano in St-Vincent. Russell found this photo taken this morning of "our" beach, covered with ash. No one is allowed outside and the airport has been closed for two days now. 

That's my blog for today. Not much else is going on with us.....like everyone else, we are in a holding pattern. We live for the present. Tomorrow, I will go for a walk with my brother and sister, social distancing. I haven't seen them since mid-December. It will be nice to catch up.

Have a great week everyone. Be well and stay safe!

A splash of bright yellow with the pansies in
the freshly painted planter on the deck.

Spicy curled up in her chair on the 
back deck.

Cooper in a moment of thought  

25 year old teak bench, nicely weathered.

Thick volcanic ash blankets the Dover beach and
all of the Island of Barbados.

25 year old teak bench refreshed, a little
sanding and a few coats of hand rubbed teak oil.

Cooper and Spicy on the front porch, love to 
supervise yard-work while doing their
neighbourhood watch duties.