Probus Friends

   Hot again today, high of 29C, and the house did not cool down at all overnight. But it is only 22C indoors so quite comfortable. I had a walk early (for me - 9:00 a.m.) this morning and it was sunny but now it is very black and there could be a thunder storm. No, the sun's come back out!

   Probus meeting this morning - a very poor speaker. His subject was interesting but his delivery lacked any coherence or enthusiasm. Very disappointing! After the meeting I stayed behind to hear about arrangements for the Canada sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) celebrations. We are having a potluck lunch after the June meeting and I have promised to bring 60 sausage rolls! After the meeting Donna, Marilyn and I went for lunch - at least that was enjoyable. I had minestrone soup and crab cakes.

  Home for a nap and since then I have been checking the AGM report that I need to get printed this weekend. The AGM is next Thursday, followed by lunch.

   Fish for dinner again, with Brussel sprouts this time but it may be late as I am still not too hungry.

  

What happened to Spring?

   Very hot today - we seem to have gone straight to summer. I wonder if it will last. But the house has stayed cool and I will open all the windows tonight to try to lower the temperature some more.

   My usual day at the Seniors' Centre but with one glitch. I had planned to go to the Garden Centre in between fitness classes, but the morning kitchen person had to leave for a dentist appointment so I was co-opted to fill in. So I was behind the counter from around 10:30 until 2:30. I closed early as I had had enough and there were few customers, and went to the Garden Centre on my way home. It was very busy as it was such a good gardening day (high of 31C, one reason I didn't mind being in the air-conditioned centre) and also seniors' discount day.

   I bought some tomato and kale plants and when I got home I dug up the vegetable patch and got them in the ground. I gave them a good watering with vegetable food. Hopefully they will survive while I am away. I won't plant anything else until I get back.

   I had a nice fish dinner tonight - a basa fillet in a cheese sauce with peas. There will be enough for tomorrow. Considering I just had yogurt and a banana for breakfast, soup and half an apple for lunch and a couple of cookies with my coffee, I have eaten quite sparingly today. And not many carbs!

Frustration

   A busy weekend and now a couple of frustrating days which I am glad are almost over. Yesterday was fine until the evening when I got in the car to go to dance group and it wouldn't start - and I had all the goodies for the last night party! Luckily I got hold of someone to let them know I would be there eventually. The tow truck came very quickly - I think it was just 10 minutes - and got it going so I wasn't very late, but a red warning light stayed on all the time I was out. It seems to have gone today but am keeping my fingers crossed!

   Today was lunch with RWTO and an interesting speaker. However, this evening I had problems with my printer and spent a good hour trying to print something before realising that the connection was "broken". Luckily, the brainy computer was able to fix it and it seems to be fine now. We'll see if it works next time I go to use it. I'm rather pleased with myself that I managed to resolve the problem without having to seek outside help.

   I spent half-an-hour on the phone with Angela tonight as she complained about one of the monitors at Kaffeeklatsch. Seemingly he is stirring things up and giving out incorrect information. I have been designated (as KK convenor) to straighten him out but I hate confrontation so have opted to do it by a general e-mail to all the monitors and hope that will resolve the problem. Another frustration - can't wait to get away on vacation!

   Just soup and a sandwich for dinner tonight as I was still full from lunch. We got lots of vegetables with the meal but the chicken (again) was rather dry and they served potatoes and rice - too many carbs. Seemingly it's a Greek thing.

Everything Starting to Bloom

   A cloudy but pleasant day with a few sunny periods. I stayed at tennis for three hours and was pretty exhausted by 11:30. The trip there was much easier than Tuesday. Seemingly, that day, a rear-end collision had backed everything up. Luckily, I found an alternate route. But today the traffic was moving well.

   I got my "summer cut" at the hairdresser today and hope it will last until I get home from my trip on June 13th. Now my neck feels rather chilly but it does look much tidier.

   My chore tonight was to get the name tags ready for the RWTO lunch on Tuesday but I didn't get past the "D's". The bags will probably sit there until Monday now!

   A delicious dinner tonight - fish in a cheese and onion sauce (homemade) with a chickpea and roasted red pepper salad I got marked down at the store. It is probably a bit higher in salt than I am used to but it sure was tasty!

The forsythia in my back yard a couple of weeks ago.

   Everything is beginning to grow in the garden - tulips, violets, self-seeding forget-me-nots in all sorts of places, rhubarb, chives, asparagus.

   I have been able to take several cuttings from  the bleeding heart bush, the bee balm and a hosta plant and they seem to have taken well. Soon I will have all perennials in the garden - no need to be buying annuals every Spring. I will still want to put in some vegetables - tomatoes, kale and, this year I think I will try some radishes. Seemingly they're quite easy to grow.

  Next sunny day I will take more photos - so pleased to be able to post photos again!