Sunday, WOW, already Cinco de Mayo

Sunday May 5th, Cinco de Mayo = 5th of May in Spanish. A day where American's celebrate, why I'm really not sure. I look it up and find what happened then, in 1862, a Mexican army won a battle against a much larger & better equipped French army. This day is not a holiday in Mexico, and celebrating is not so big, yet it is in America for some reason. 

Today I know of one celebration that happened, a friend I know that's not on FB has a birthday today, I'll call and wish him a happy Birthday. 🎁

We are going to Tofino today, first time since they started the blasting on the hill on the highway there. Be nice to see the changes. Well visit a friend we met here at Arrowvale, and a friend we know that has lived in Tofino for many years. Be a nice trip I'm sure.

Yesterday I went to the Spirit Square Farmers Market to sell a few of my sign ideas, and planters I've been making. Was a really good experience. A friend Ted came after awhile and hung out with me, we had a really good visit, he helped man my goods while I took a few breaks, but mostly we talked while people came by looking at my display. 

I wasn't as prepared as I could have been, but I got many ideas for next weekend, along with a couple orders, one for a sign, and one for a trellis. Also many ideas on how to improve the booth I've setup. 

One woman came by and asked if she could make a sign like mine, her way? I really didn't understand at first, then once I did I said "Yes, by all means!" So she tried on a piece of wood I gave her, but was too rough, so I brought out my sander, and voila, she went to work. This attracted more attention from others, and things got interesting. Her friend was from Vancouver, he said when she started "Your in for a treat" as he knew the artist she is. 

My sign in blue was routed out, so I painted in the letters after I made it that morning, this woman painted freehand her sign. 

        signs have the same message 

yet a much different look, I learned here.

She really is an artist 🎨 

I like all that I'm making, who's to say how you spend your time when you are closer to the end of your life than the beginning?

I say to people, I worked in the woods I worked in the mill, I know wood, so now I get to transform the wood into something I like. Sometime it's for $ many times it's for a friend, but mostly it's for fun. 

After the market Ted helped me pack up, then we went for lunch, for a burger 🍔 a bacon 🥓 cheese 🧀 burger in memory of Chris my son, and Ted's best friend. I've gotten closer to Ted since Chris passed, and I believe this bond will get stronger as time goes forward. 

We had a good lunch, Chris came up a few times, but it's not all about Chris, we have much that we both do that keeps us taking, he's a carpenter, and I'm interested in this, he has children and a wife, and a busying life. I felt good that he took the time on a Saturday to come spend some time with this old fart. 

We parted after, possible lookout hike in the future, and I head home. Polly had been busy as I knew she would, baking muffins. Mmm 😋 

then after I finished the sign I got an order for, we went to get her the flowers for her planter we made this week. We won't stay long here, till July, but we'll enjoy this while we are here. 

Then a nap, and off we went to creekers pub, meeting Lyn & Andrew for a beer and a yak, oh, and Keno 😀

When we get home I go out to build a trellis I said I'd do for a woman that wants one for her plants on her balcony. Polly she makes butter tarts, "got to have something to give Sonny when we go visit tomorrow" she says. 

What a couple hey, 

sure do love this life ❤️

Sure do love my wife 🤗

Summer is just around the corner now.

Furnace still on this morning as I write, yet after last night's warm end, as we roasted smokies around the campfire and enjoyed the sunset with our friends Darcy & Pat it felt like summer was just a little closer. 

I looked at the thermometer 🌡️ outside this morning, close to 40°f so not freezing, and felt much warmer in the early morning 5am. Was a nice way to start the day, early morning red sky, I don't get a really good look at it from our trailer, have to walk to the opening and look towards Arrowsmith for that view. Close, that's how it's feeling now, close to summer. 

Days grow longer, morning starts earlier, soon days will be warm enough to keep windows open at night, and listen to the birds early as I wake. I heard them as I woke this morning, robin's with there distinctive yodle, along with all the other chirpers. 

Was a stressful couple days Wednesday, swallowing the stuff that cleans you out getting ready for a colonoscopy, not something I ever will do again. That's it, that's the last time I'm going in for this. I told them when I got there that the last time I was in I woke up and it was painful, so the nurse said she told them, and they would give me a little more of the juice that puts ya out. 

Well bullshit, they didn't, and I woke up while it was all going on, it felt like they didn't even give me anything, as I'm looking at this big screen showing my insides, and then talking about what they are looking at. I'm saying it's hurting, they saying it's almost done! Almost took too much time for me as they went about there job examining, and telling me what they were doing.

Nope, not again, they are not trustworthy, they say I'll be out, then I'm not. Well that's it, no more for me.

Polly's up now so we talk a bit about her plants, strawberry's,and my planters, 

and going to the farmers market, and of course the hummingbirds, they are our first and best entertainment. We have them on the clothes line and sitting on the stick I got up holding the feeder. 

We talk a bit more, and Polly tells me about her dreams, this one she ends by saying as a person passes out beside our parked truck, and Polly calling out "Call 911, call 911" over and over. Never know where your mind goes when you're asleep. 

And the day begins, rooster 🐓 crowing, furnace warming, Polly on her tablet, me on this phone. My last drink of coffee ☕ is just done, my thoughts go to "What's next!" A walk I think, time for my exercise. Sun's way up now, 7:37, time to get moving, a walk, breakfast, then some organizing ready for a table full of stuff at the market tomorrow. 

Rains are coming, but that's ok, I know summer is just around the corner, days longer and warmer as we go. 

Life is good, our lives are great 👍 

Love our life ❤️

Tired feeling thinking I just did too much this and last week.

I Walk most every morning, about 3-4km, about 30-40 minutes, depending on the route I take. Then onto building something, last week was a shadow box for a friend, another small planter for Polly, along with 2 bigger vegetable box planters for a friend.

Not a bad week, considering I'm feeling not as peppy as usual. 

I took yesterday off, was just really tired, my legs hurt, and no jump. A movie day I'll call it, we did watch a few. Today is rain full out, the spring rains we need here on the wet coast to bring the scores of trees and other plants to life here. This rain is different, steady, but not hard or cold, the temperature at night warms when the rains come now. 

What will we do today? I have some cleanup in my woodworking tent, but will see what Polly suggests, always a thought there. I'm thinking beers at the pub with Lyn, Polly's sister might be in line, will see. The humming birds haven't started yet, 6:38 now as Polly asks, then back to bed she goes. I hear a yawn, I doubt she'll go back to sleep. 

Coffee ☕☕#2 now, very quiet here, just the ticking of the rain on the slide roof. We had Americo & Claudette over on the weekend, she said when it rained a bit that she didn't know at first what the sound was. We are used to it, hearing all that goes on outside, the roof is not to thick, not too much insulation, so we hear most everything that happens close to us. I kinda enjoy the sound right now. 

One day in shorts, shirt off, next in front of the fireplace, spring on the west coast. Soon the leaves will be full bloom, all the views will change, temp's will rise, and days will get longer, much longer, sun will be hot, and then we will hear the complaints about heat! Funny us people, how we operate, wanting the sun, then looking for shade as soon as it comes. 

I can't get a video on here, otherwise I'd put one now of the sound and the views of the cherry tree leaves 🍃 flicking as the rain builds, then falls. Nice to see so close to us, from inside our warm cozy trailer. 

Oh, yea, I got the bathroom sink installed, works great, bigger, cleaner, and I don't bump my head on the mirror/cabinet anymore.

I have to add more caulking around it yet, that's what I'll do today. Well, maybe not, it smells when it's drying, I'll wait till the weather is better and we are outside more. 

I'm wrong, Polly did go back to sleep. 

The fireplace 🔥 is nice and warm, but after awhile it drys out my eyes, so I only have it on for an hour or so at a time. It does feel nice on the feet though. I notice all the animals are quite, I guess they understand the change too, weather effects us all. 

7:06, I'll finish my coffee and go back to bed too! 😄 No plans for today yet.

Love this retirement life 🤗❤️