Flood Survivor

I was witness to the massive rainfall that caused untold damage with flooding this weekend.  I saw it from Mary's front window...the fields across the road and to the side of her house looked like they contained small ponds.  I saw it from the car window as we drove to shopping and the casino.   I saw it on the news but didn't worry about my sweet little apartment on the 6th floor of the building.  I was not affected by the flooding but my heart goes out to the people who were.

Early May in southern Ontario is known for sunshine and warm weather but we haven't had that.  Thank heavens the sun is shining today but it's still very cool outside.  I know we'll all be complaining about the heat when it finally arrives but too much rain is hard to take no matter how warm or cold the air is and that's what brings me down.

Despite the weather, I had a lovely time at Mary's this past weekend but I always do.  She's a wonderful host and such a dear, close friend.  I especially love her home because it sits on a large well tended property with paddocks and horses (only one this weekend because Don took the other one with him).  It was too cold, wet, and windy to sit outside but I'll be back this summer to enjoy it in better weather.

Faye came out on Saturday and we all went to the Windsor casino...my favorite!  On Friday, Mary and I went to the Birdie's Nest, a terrific gift shop, where I got a clay pot on sale and some beautiful turquoise fronds.  Then we went to a small casino where I lost too much money.  I won some of it back on Saturday, though.  

Mary does all of the driving when we're at her house and I do it when she's at my place.  It works out well for us.  I don't think we've ever had an argument in all the years we've known each other...about 50 years!  The reason for that is we're easy going and don't get our backs up over things that don't matter.  

Anyway, it was a lovely weekend spent with fun friends/family and I consider myself very lucky to have people like Faye and Mary in my life.  Here's to more fun times! 

The first photo is of the pretty clay pot I bought for $12.50 and the second photo is of the pretty clay pot I bought a few years ago at a yard sale for 50 cents.  The 50 cent one is signed and worth about $500.00!  The $12.50 one was on for half price so I still love it!