Huybers Retirement Adventure: Oh What a Beautiful Day!

It's been a long day!

Today was a beautiful sunny day in PEI. We started the day sitting on our front deck in just a t-shirt. It was so nice that I decided to have my breakfast while looking at our fantastic view of the water. We couldn’t get over how the weather had taken a turn … for the good this time. As we sat on the deck we couldn’t help notice how quiet it was. You could hear a pin drop. It reminded us as to why we moved here. It was so relaxing … until Ron spotted a Red Fox watching us! We decided to walk down toward where Ron spotted it. As we got closer the fox popped up from his hiding place and started walking toward us. I don’t know if he wanted to play or perhaps he thought we had some food for him. Ron wasn’t going to take any chances and raised his arms over his head and yelled at him to get out of here! The fox turned and ran away. I actually felt a little sorry for the fox but on the other hand, we don’t really want him to get into a fight with Bailey. Since Bailey has had no experience in fighting, I think the fox would win.

Then Ron wanted to take me on a tour of the property. We started at the road and he explained to me where the property lines were. They were marked with wooden pegs so it was easy to see. We walked from one peg to the other. I kept looking back at where we came from and kept saying “ALL of this is OURS?” I didn’t realize just how big 4 acres were! It’s huge!!

At the end of our property tour, we received a phone call from Home Hardware. The planter boxes I had ordered for my garden were in! I have a birthday coming up and my wonderful mother had given me an early birthday present of two garden planters (which I had to order) and a dump cart that attaches to our lawn mower. With the weather being so warm, we decided to go to Summerside immediately and pick up the planters.

Once we arrived home, we put the planter boxes together and placed them out in the yard. Then we got the lawn mower out with the new dump cart attached. We had a big pile of dirt at the side of the property that the workers had scraped away when they built the garage last November. Ron filled up the dump cart and drove it to the other side of the property to where the planter boxes were. Then we dumped it into the boxes. The dump cart holds a lot of dirt, but the planter boxes holds a great deal more. It took four loads of dirt for each of the planter boxes. Thank goodness we had the dump cart! If we had to wheel barrow that amount of dirt that distance I’m sure it would have killed us! Thanks Mom for keeping us alive to live another day. J

The plants that I have started indoors are growing faster than I imagined. My tomatoes are growing as well as my chives and peas. Actually, my peas have taken on a life of their own and have taken off big time! I had to put some chop sticks in them to help them stay tall. They were already starting to droop down and wrap themselves around other plants. When I mentioned that to a sales clerk today she told me that I would be reaping a crop of peas before I could put them in the ground! And she might be right!

Anyways … I know I asked for some suggestions for my blog in my last post, but I just had to write and tell you what a fantastic day we had today. Although with all the gardening I’m sure we will be in the hot tub soon! I can’t wait until it warms up enough that I can plant my indoors plants outside. They tell me that it won’t be until the first week of June! I don’t know if I can last THAT long before taking a chance and planting them a bit earlier. We will just have to see ... so stay tuned!