We will be having a yard sale on May 19 and May 20 between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. along Church Road. Many families are participating and the signs will be marked on their own yards. Anyone wishing to participate is welcome to join in because the more, the merrier. I personally will be having a bake sale also.
To start off my retirement I drove to Oshawa, Ont. and visited with my cousin Bob Mayhew and his girlfriend Rachel. I arrived around 4 p.m. on Friday, just before the wind storm hit and by 7 p.m. Bobby, who works for Hydro One was called out to work. He had to work 16 hours on Saturday and Sunday so I never got to see him too much.
Then I drove to Port Carling, Ont. to visit with my grandchildren for a week. They were at school all day and Carl was at work so I did a lot of cooking for them. I also managed to wash all the windows which was a gigantic job because the house has got more windows and doors than walls.
One evening, a mother bear and her cub came right into the yard looking for food. Carl told me that she comes about every seven to eight days to do her rounds so you can’t leave any food outside.
The next day when I was sitting at the kitchen table I was looking out one of the many windows and there were deer right outside chewing on some vegetation.
I had a great time with the boys and I left early Mother’s Day morning to come back home. In Bracebridge I noticed my engine light on so I pulled over to see if I could figure out what was wrong. I checked the oil and it was down a quart but that was it. The rad looked fine and everything else so I decided to check the gas cap in case it wasn’t closed tight enough. The light was still on so I saw this little oil and lube place that was fortunately open on Mother’s Day. A nice young man came out and asked me if he could help me and I told him my problem and I asked him if he could do a diagnostic test on my truck. He went in and got another gentleman who came out and checked the panel.
It was reading that the gas cap was a problem so he just disconnected the engine light and told me to go on my way and everything would be fine. They also topped up the oil. When I asked them how much I owed them they said “Happy Mother’s Day.” That really made my day, to know that there are still very nice people out in the world that are willing to help. The rest of my four hour trip back home was great.
It’s nice to see all the lakes opened up and the leaves all opening on the trees. Remember to get your hummingbird feeder’s out because they usually come back at this time.
