March 29 to April 4

Monday
The rain ended about noon. More work on the Tillsonburg Kipp family. We also did more work on my talk about the Mohawk Valley for May 6th. I worked on raking the front lawn in the afternoon. walked 5.4 km.

Tuesday
Sun, cloud and warmer. I was back at the Friends of the Library and Archives Canada sorting books. I worked on trimming some of the shrubs in the afternoon. More work on the Tillsonburg Kipp family. Walked 7 km.

Wednesday
Sunny and warm today. I did some more gardening today. With some help I cut another small limb off of one of our trees and reduced it to small pieces. We did more work on my talk about the Mohawk Valley for May 6th. The draft of the text is done and we started on the slides. We went to our last Ballroom dance session this evening. This will be it for s few months. We now need to practice the steps every week. More work on the Tillsonburg Kipp family. Biked 9.8 km. Walked 5 km.

Thursday
Sunny and Warm. More work on the Tillsonburg Kipp family. We did more work on my talk about the Mohawk Valley for May 6th. More gardening, especially trimming shrubs. Biked 9.3 km. Walked 6.9 km.

Friday
Sunny and very warm. We did more work on my talk about the Mohawk Valley for May 6th. Finally got someone to come and give me an estimate for trimming the locust tree in the front yard and removing a spruce tree in the back yard that we have proped up for over 20 years and that is severely denuded by bud worms. I spent about two hours sanding the drywall patching in the basement and then vacuuming afterwards to get rid of the dust. We should be ready for painting now. Perhaps on Monday! Walked 6.4 km.

Saturday
Sunny and very warm, about 25 C. A bit cloudy in the late afternoon. More gardening and outside work today. Time to put away the winter stuff and bring out the summer stuff. Vacuumed the lane way because the neighbours pine tree is shedding like crazy. I put out a sundial in the back yard that has been in the utility shed for years. We bought some new under padding for the basement rug and installed the same. More work on the Tillsonburg Kipp family. Biked 9.5 km. Walked 5.3 km.

Sunday
Sunny and cooler today. Went to church today for the Easter service. In the afternoon we had our youngest daughter, her husband and their two dogs over for Easter. We had a good afternoon and a very nice supper of salad, ham, chicken, home made beans and scalloped potatoes, with dessert of reduced fat ice cream with strawberries and homemade cupcakes. Walked 4.6 km.