Yesterday when I got home the low wall forming our front courtyard was more than half completed. The stone masons are back this morning finishing up. What a wonderful job they are doing! The stone we chose is a multi sized cultured stone, pinkish sandstone colour with dark mortar. They will cap it with a long sheet of angelstone. This was something that was in the original 1957 house blueprints and we decided to add it into our landscaping renovations.
Scott arrives this afternoon with a transport of topsoil to spread on the backyard around the deck and pond so we can plant grass seed. Then EVERYTHING will be DONE.

Yeah, the long awaited 2-4 weekend :>)
Yesterday, Jean and Bill arrived shortly after 4 p.m. for their yearly visit to Canada. They made good time inspite of dark skies, a torrential downpour and hail. What a home coming!
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Today Tom ventured down to Windsor to look for lawn furniture and he came home with a Beauty! It is the set Nick took pictures of from HBC. Thanks Eileen… you have impeccable taste. Yeah… Tonight we will assemble it and have Caesars by the pond.

Sorry Guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe next Year.
The Philadelphia Flyers eliminated the Toronto Maple Leafs with a 3-2 overtime victory in Game 6 of a second-round NHL playoff series Tuesday night. “Boo Hoo!”

The Youth Council of Chatham Kent ran a photo contest this month with categories in pride, history, environment and people. I submitted three pictures that I took with the Nikon and today they called! I got two firsts and a third. The prizes consist of a coffee table book that they will be featured in plus $200. Yahoo!

Earth Day was a huge success. The weather cooperated nicely and the ground was not too wet. We were able to pick up 8 bags of trash from Mud Creek. The students saw a muskrat, a garter snake, a red winged blackbird, a robin’s nest with 3 blue eggs and identified the call of the cardinal. All around it was a teachable moment.

This afternoon and evening we are experiencing the thunderstorms, winds and RAIN that the GTO got on Sunday. It was so heavy you could not drive in it. Our pond is so full, one side had a slight spill over, (not that bad). At least this gives us an idea where to build up the slope. The satellite keeps re-adjusting its signal and the APC surge protector on the computer activates.
Hope everybody has plans to “Pitch In” tomorrow for Earth Day. I have all the Grade 3’s heading down to Mud Creek for a community clean up. Pray for clearer weather than today!
Remember Every Day Is Earth Day.

Happy Easter Everyone!
What a lovely day we had today. Jackie came home for the weekend and Irene was out for the day. The weather was nice enough for us to sit out on the patio and enjoy the babble of the bubbling rock, listen to the many song birds in the trees, sip a cold Corona and puff on a Cuban Montecristo.
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