We started out this week with Mother's Day. John's Mom and Georgie (her friend - actually these two girls are forever on the go and have a real Thelma and Louise thing going on!!) joined us at the farm for coffee and cake. I am to meet them in the city on Tuesday for the Mother's Day luncheon so that is usually fun.
Bernie and Gloria had travelled to Yorkton to see Gloria's Mom and celebrate her 80th birthday so that left John and I at the farm to look after the cats and Coors. We had an awesome fire one night and both dogs seemed to enjoy the much needed heat!!
Monday and Tuesday found us packing the trailer and getting ready to head out. My appointment with the eye surgeon will not be for several weeks (retinal issues) so we are heading home. The last leg of our journey is upon us and I can't wait to finally be home!!
John decided to take the little Pontiac Sunrunner back to Leoville with us so that he could switch the motor out and put it into the Samurai. I guess that is his "summer" project!! Of course, I was the one elected to drive it there so we had to buy a new battery and John had to check to see if all the necessary parts (like the brakes!!) were working!! As it turned out, they were and we bought a permit for it and headed out on Wednesday morning. The little thing ran like a top and if the poor thing didn't look so banged up and unloved, it would have been a great little car to get me back and forth to Spiritwood or PA or Saskatoon for that matter. Oh well, we always knew that it would have the "Casey" touch once we gave it to him and it most definitely did!!
The rest of the week, was spent unloading the trailer and the camper and getting the motorhome "livable" again.
We even left ourselves enough wood in the storage trailer for a couple of good fires!!
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| Coors |
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| Bonfire at the farm |
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| Georgie, Marie and John's mom, Jackie |
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| Snow Geese on the way to Leoville |
Once in Leoville, it was nice to be able to just sit and do nothing if that is what one chose to do. We did take a trip down the North Road to see if the leaves were out and were actually surprised to see that they were still only buds. No real leaves yet but with a bit of rain and lots of sunshine, it sure won't be long before they burst forth.
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| Beer cruise out the north road |
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| Vimy Lake |
We took a quick trip down to Vimy Lake and were very surprised to see that the road down to the lake was completely dry. It has been years since that has happened. Usually it is quad of four wheel drive only. This year was quite different!!
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| Beverage |
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| First fire up north |
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| Table Shirley picked up for John |
We connected once again with the neighbours and caught up on all their winter time news. Shirley had put away a small Saskatchewan Roughrider table last fall for John and brought it over so now he has an official place to set his beer!!
On Saturday, John and I were sitting in the mancave watching a John Denver Special of the Public Broadcasting Network (we live a very exciting life!!) when the lights went out and we ended up with no power ..... right in the middle of the song Rocky Mountain High!! Well, John gets up and starts flipping the breaker back on and there was an incredible flash of light in the mancave where I had stayed. Jesus, it was so bright that I thought it must be the Second coming of Christ and I was about to get down on my knees when I caught the faint smell of burning wood. Oh Jesus, Mary and Joseph!! It wasn't until John climbed up into the loft (nothing but wood chips up there) that he saw the smoke and determined that we had better call the local fire department as there was more than likely a fire in the wall of the man cave!! So, a 911 call was made and about 15 minutes later the volunteers arrived and with in an hour, the fire was out and the man cave was still intact. It looked like it was raining inside the man cave but the smoldering fire was out. Apparently the old wiring had blown apart and started the wood smoldering.
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| Thats where it started |
We had managed to get the quads out of the danger zone along with the Sami and the Truck and camper. If the place was going to go up in flames, it wasn't going to take those things with it!! I even managed to rescue my bedding plants, which were sitting on the bar a the time of "the incident".
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Leoville VFD
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Anyway, many thanks was sent out to the Volunteer Fire Dept here in Leoville for a job well done.
And that folks, ended our first week back home in Leoville. Excitement all around.
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