Wednesday, May 8th - and the sunshine continues.... for now

Its a balmy 8' this morning at 5:30 and we should reach another high of at least 20' later. The past few days have been absolutely gorgeous, and of course we know this weather is not typical for this time of year. We've not had rain for quite some time and things are very dry. That should change over the next few days as rain is forecast right up until Monday. No bike rides on Mother's Day for us this year.

Due to the dry windy conditions yesterday, there was a forest fire up near Pleasant Grove close to the north shore. I could see the smoke from the highway as I was coming home last night. Several homes were evacuated in the area as they were in real danger but it seems that things are now under control. I read this morning that fire crews stayed out there all night to monitor hot spots.

A photo taken by a local resident

This was the view from the highway when I was on my way home last night

Fortunately no one was injured and no historic landmarks were lost this time. 

It's been a busy few days around our house for Lloyd. He's spent Monday working on trimming the branches off the trees. Each time the oil delivery truck comes, they leave us a note asking us to please trim the branches off the trees that hang over the lane. Now that oil deliveries are done for the season, it's finally done! When I got homeMonday afternoon there were big piles of branches under every tree. When I got home last night, they were all gone and are now stacked in a pile in the back yard. When the time comes, that's going to be quite some bonfire!  To give you a little perspective, the tiny pile to the right is the fire pit.

I also noticed something else new when I drove up the road last night. The freshly painted bee hives have been moved from the garage and out to their new home down by the road. There are no bees in there yet - rumour has it that they'll be arriving any day now. That's going to be an interesting experience for sure. Kind of hope I'm not home when that happens. 

The shingles and supplies for installing them were delivered this week but the rainy weather will delay that step a few days. Once the roof is done it will make a huge difference. We just finally got it all dry inside and now it's going to rain but I suppose it won't take as long to dry out this time.  The ice and snow that built up over the winter took a long time to melt and then the dirt floor inside was a sea of mud for quite some time but a little rain should be dried up much quicker. 

But for today we'll enjoy basking in another warm and sunny day.