Still on the Hot Side

     Still hot (30+C) but not humid so quite bearable. The house has stayed relatively cool since I open the windows overnight and close all the drapes during the day. I also use the retractable awning to shade the west side of the house. The south and east sides have wide eaves so not much sun comes in as it is high in the sky during most of the day.

   I picked some more plants at the garden centre this morning  - dragon wing begonias for my hanging baskets. I also picked up a fuschia plant and a small eggplant.

   The pool cover is off and the pool is filling up - unfortunately with cold water which will take a few days to warm up. The pool guys will be back in a day or two to start up the pump and then we will know if all the plumbing has survived the winter. The water is very green but they will sort that out too in a day or two.

   Book club this afternoon. We were discussing "The Light Between Oceans" by M.L. Steadman. Nearly everyone really liked it and it got many positive comments and recommendations. The coordinator, Lee, won't be leading the group next year and has asked for someone else to step up - no immediate volunteers as yet. We have one more book before we stop for the summer, "The Girl On the Train", which should make for an interesting discussion as it is slightly controversial.

    A salmon steak for dinner tonight which I will broil and have with broccoli. Then a piece of rhubarb tart as my treat!

Hot!!

   30C this afternoon. Wish the pool was ready for swimming NOW!!

Victoria Day

   The pool guys are coming on Wednesday to open the pool so I cut all the grass this afternoon so it won't need done again for a few days. Tomorrow I will tidy up the back yard and move the patio furniture and plants so they are not in their way when they take the cover off the pool. Once that is done it just remains to fill the pool and wait for the water to warm up. I could have done with a swim today as it got up to 27C this afternoon!

   I am hoping the pool does not require any repairs as it wasn't running too well when they closed it up last fall. But I have set aside some money just in case. This is a major expense for the next four months as I have them come in each week for a chemical check, not to mention the electricity and gas used to run the pump and the heater! But I think it is still cheaper than condo fees so I will stay here for the time being and enjoy my own private pool. Plus the grandkids like to come over for a swim occasionally.

   Tennis at Don Mills this morning and a nice lunch (sausages in buns, salad and lovely desserts). They always do a great spread on the holiday Mondays. I played three sets but it was getting too hot by noon so I came home after lunch for a nap. Still not hungry although I had some salmon and cream cheese spread with a glass of wine an hour ago. I will postpone dinner for a while and just have some leftover chicken pot pie with some pickled beetroot again.

This is my Bleeding Heart in full bloom - I have finally figured out how to load pictures!

Another Hectic Day

     The AGM report is off to the printers - not without last minute teething problems. I thought I had fixed everything on Friday and went up to Judy's to print it but, luckily, held off on going to Staples. Then this afternoon I got a message from Lee regarding some badly spaced book titles - she runs the Book Club. I think the errors occurred when I changed the font size. Now what to do?

    I could have left it but it looked really sloppy, so I phoned Marilyn, who lives nearby, to see if I could print out the corrected page. Luckily she was home and happy to let me use her computer and printer. Not having a working printer of my own (courtesy of an upgrade to Windows 10) has been a real pain. Regardless, it is now out of my hands except for picking up the 130 copies on Tuesday and delivering them to the AGM on Thursday. Fingers crossed nothing else needs fixing!

    I had a busy day today - tennis in the morning for just an hour (Stan and I won 6-3), made a soup for lunch, watched a match from the French Open and made a chicken pot pie and a rhubarb tarte tatin. I squeezed in a bit of gardening later in the afternoon and am getting the upper hand with the weeds.

    I had the chicken pot pie with my homemade beetroot, a nice combination.