Oh, boy, where do I start! It was a beautiful morning to start, warm and sunny. As I write this the temps have dropped, we have a fire in the fireplace and rain/snow forecast for tonight, tomorrow and tomorrow night, UGH!
Michael is still outside struggling with mechanical issues on the small skidsteer and I am making soup—seemed like the day for it!
For several years I have been going to a dentist and hygienist in Billings. While I never had the dentist perform any work, the hygienist made me dread going to the dentist—she was rough, rude and she hurt me—why I stayed with her for this long, who knows. Two years ago the dentist had a massive stroke at a very young age and has not been able to come back to work—his practice is now for sale. I decided it was time to seek another hygienist. A friend recommended this new group in Billings. A totally different experience!!! Pleasant surroundings, very nice, gentle hygienist who praised my teeth caring skills and I like the dentist. So, problem solved! And, they let me watch TV while she cleaned my teeth!
After that experience it was off to various places for errands and grocery buying. We had lunch at Famous Dave’s and it was delicious.
We were back in Big Timber at Nat’s to get Emmi by 4pm and now we are home relaxing—car is unloaded and most everything is put away.
Tomorrow I really need to start house cleaning and get in some quilting—my Mom and her new husband left Arkansas this morning in their motor home headed this way and should be here sometime Friday or Saturday.
Emmi had her first appointment with a real groomer today and it was a disaster! In the 10 months we have had Emmi, I have groomed her twice—she was a little fidgety and didn’t particularly like me messing with her ears but we got it done. OK—I decide to take her to a real groomer thinking the groomer will take the hair out of her ears, clip her toenails and give her a good haircut that I can follow. Yea, right! The appointment was to have taken two hours, maybe more if Emmi became stressed—I called at the 2 1/2 hour mark and the groomer told me to come get her—she couldn’t finish. When I got there Emmi was beside herself and so was the groomer, she would not let the poor groomer come anywhere near her head with the clippers but when I turned the clippers on and started to clip a little around her ears, she was fine!!! I paid and we left—so now I have a groomer dropout—we will just have to practice every day until we get it, won’t we Emmi???
Had a great lunch at the Rib and Chop House and paid a visit to the Livingston bookstore, Sax and Fryer that is an institution—one of the best bookstores you will ever enter. Lots of Montana books.
Then it was home stopping in Big Timber to pick up a customer quilt and ice cream—Mike and I needed ice cream but instead have decided on wine after our stressful day!
And a last note: Politicians are like diapers, they both should be changed regularly!
Over in the wee hours of the morning, I woke sneezing and sneezing—we had left the door open and I think some kind of pollen snuck in and attacked me. Made for a pretty miserable day! Even benadryl didn’t touch it, so I hear my bed calling me at an early hour tonight!
In spite of feeling poorly, I did manage to accomplish a lot today—laundry, mowing, quilting, and paperwork.
Emmi has been in trouble most of the day. On our walk this morning coming up a steep hill, I stopped to take a photo of a bird. When I got to the top of the hill, Emmi was no where to be found. I called and called, still no Emmi. I hiked back to the house and had just started the Kawasaki mule to go look for her when here she came from down the driveway. I scolded and scolded her so she has kind of avoided me today. When Mike got home she sang for him and told him how woeful her day had been.
Michael went over to Lonn’s to help repair some broken water lines and was gone all day long.
We think the grouse are looking for somewhere to nest—the two grouse are putting on quite the show every morning.
Today was a day for the birds—returning birds that is. Every year on or about May 13, the beautiful little lazuli buntings reappear. Some years we have dozens all summer, some years only a few stick around all summer. And, Michael saw a hummingbird in the garage and had a time getting him to leave the garage.
After our walk, I fixed fried chicken and deviled eggs, we loaded the car with picnic, us and Emmi and took off—it was such a beautiful, beautiful, warm day. It is amazing how grateful we are for these nice warm days after days and days of gloom and snow.
Our destination was Neihart where our friends Nancy and Royal own the Neihart Inconvenience Store. Named “inconvenience” store because Royal says it is damn inconvenient for him to run it! Nancy was manning the store today, Royal was back home on the ranch ditching hay fields. We had a nice visit an purchased a couple things before heading back over the hill. Neihart is located near the ski resort of Showdown and last week when we got 10 inches of snow, Neihart got almost 6 FEET!!!! The snow was still very much in evidence—probably 3-4 feet in places. There were some ladies having coffee in the store who said they were snowed in unable to get out of their houses for 3 days!
We stopped in Big Timber on the way back picking up milkshakes and went out to visit with Nat for a while, now we are home with our feet propped up listening to the birds chatter outside—it is so nice to be able to have the doors open at 7:30 at night.
Another beautiful day in Montana. After our walk we loaded up and headed into town—Michael needed to pick up some things at Steve’s for the project and Steve was donating some kind of tractor/mower blade to Michael’s treasure pile. We also borrowed Jeane and Steve’s garden tiller. I got to visit with Jeane while the “stuff” was loaded.
Michael needed parts at CarQuest and I needed a few groceries so he dropped me at the local IGA. When I finished he wasn’t back yet so I walked across the street, sat on the curb in the sunshine and had a little snack (I was starving, it was after 1pm and we hadn’t had lunch)—just as I sat down, our friend Kelly with her daughter Bonnie drove up and came over to visit with me—it is great to live in a small town!
The plan was to till the small garden and get some lettuce and radishes planted but unfortunately mechanic Mike could not get the tiller running—Steve and Jeane said it hadn’t been run in 2-3 years.
So, with time on my hands (yea, right) I decided to clean out all the flower beds and the yard. That took me all afternoon and then some! Emmi was a big help bringing me many sticks. After I got all the trash hauled to the burn pile, I washed the little sports car—we think we may go for a ride tomorrow.
And now I am enjoying a glass of wine, I am pooped!
A glorious day, almost 70 degrees and sunshine. We were able to take a long walk this morning without getting too muddy. Emmi was delighted to be out and about without her coat! She frightened this guy out of his hiding place and he showed us his displeasure--
Michael took off after our walk to go and help Lonn and LoraLee brand calves. I got ambitious and sprayed a tank full of weed spray—the sunshine we had yesterday really made the weeds pop out.
At our quilt retreat I received some encouragement from other quilters about starting to sell some quilting fabrics out of my studio particularly in the form of kits. Today I ordered 6 bolts of fabric from Maywood Studios in pretty sunflower/summer colors. I had all ready ordered some patterns so it will be fun to put it all together.
Emmi and I spent some time sitting outside in the sun and enjoyed watching the birds at the feeders.
I loaded a huge quilt onto the frame today belonging to my Aunt’s friend in Arkansas, Marti. Marti—that is one big quilt! The backing she chose is a beautiful navy blue and the quilt is a Thimbleberry pattern that kind of tells a Christmas story—it is a gorgeous quilt. And yes, Judy, I do quilt as a business for other people.
A wonderful Montana day!
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