Tired, but satisfied

Today was the first day in over a week when some sort of rain hasn't been predicted.  I planned to try some fabric painting in the yard, and started setting up right after breakfast.  There is a lot of set-up to these activities, as much has to be brought out from the basement, a table has to be set-up, and a water supply organized.  Add to this the fact that, while I wanted to wear studio clothes, it was quite cool when the work started. With all of my wardrobe changes lately, finding a warm set of grubby clothes is a bit of a challenge. Having now spilt paint on a good pair of jeans, it won't be so much of a challenge next time. I managed to get about three hours of work done, ( between trips inside, as I took a diuretic this morning), before accepting defeat and spending another hour cleaning up.  There turned out to be more standing than I expected, and ultimately I was just too sore to carry on.  But I have three finished pieces, maybe four.  Now I just have to get off my ass, and start  seriously working on them.

But I do have to say that, despite a fair bit of wind, it's been a really beautiful day.  We ate lunch outside, and then I sat out there with my coffee for almost an hour.

David spent a fair bit of time puttering in the yard as well, this morning, and we were amused by the antics of a crew replacing the roof on the house next door--the "grow-op".  This was crew of Asian immigrants, as shown by their conversation, which was all in another language.  We know the owner of the house is also an Asian Immigrant, so this wasn't a surprise.  However, there have been several roofs replaced in the neighbourhood recently, including ours, and we have an idea of how it's done.  Maybe more of an idea of how it's done than the crew doing the work today??  Certainly they had no concept of safety precautions.   Not one of them was wearing any sort of safety gear, or anchoring ropes, except one guy who was wearing a reflective safety vest.  Now,--what possible use would a reflective safety vest be on a roof top, or if you were to fall off the roof.  Maybe to warn people not to get in the way of your landing on the ground?  Every once in awhile they would crouch down, onto their haunches, and have smoke.  It was windy and no thought about sparks etc landing on the old dry wooden sub-roof. About 1:00 the women showed up and they had a bit of a party over lunch, complete with refreshments of all sorts.  They now have all of the old shingles off, but I doubt they will get much of the roof re-shingled before nightfall.  Sure hope it doesn't rain.

Tomorrow, David wants to go to see "Wonder Woman".  We usually try to make the late afternoon show, on Tuesdays, as there are fewer people there, and we get our choice of seats in a sparsely occupied theatre.  So I've let Gail know that I won't be able to make the tour at the art gallery.  Wednesday Poulin's plan to be here for the re-scheduled anti-ant spraying.  It was just too wet and windy last Friday.  They have us scheduled for 11:00.  We don't have to be here, so we will delay heading out for groceries, until he arrives, just to make sure we don't have to pay for it, and then head out, hoping that the air will have cleared before we get home.

But for this evening, I want to do as little as possible, so as to give my legs a rest.