Recap of a Busy Week

This turned out to be a crazy busy week for us...with the caveat that this is from the point of view of two old retirees!
 Besides the vet day and all the puttering Hubby has been doing opening and getting things up and running for the summer, he had two medical checkup appointment days downtown. This means we may as well scrap the whole day as the getting down there through all the traffic and finding parking, etc. is time consuming. Also both of us feel apprehensive about the test results so overall a bit stressful as well.
 Friday, homeward bound, we got stuck for almost two  hours in the evening rush hour and we wondered how can people do this every day. Luckily we both enjoy cars so had a great time checking out all the kinds of vehicles while we were stopped/crawling along in the middle of the three packed lanes.  Saw one Nissan Leaf and two Teslas and declared the Honda Civic the most changed vehicle in our time.
The good news...Hubby is fine and can now go from yearly to every two years for these checkups so we won't have to face those runs for a while.

Some photos I took of the hospital neighbourhood gardens which are very posh and much further ahead than mine outside the city.

This "host" of yellow tulips lining a busy sidewalk; such a sweet sight for walkers.

I can only imagine the level of enthusiasm for container planting as evidenced here. 

So many beautiful blooms weighing down the branches of this tree... taken in sunnier times in May, 2016.  We noted it didn't have nearly the blooms this year.

Ask Rex and Murphy why so downcast?

 Because we woke to the sound of heavy rain on our metal roof which they know means our walk will be a little delayed.  Note Murphy the Diva commandeers Rex's nighttime bed for herself.

I did manage to sew another flower on a stringed block mostly to see if I liked it. I do and now have a bunch more prepped to applique today.  The upside of the rain...slowing down with indoor activities like stitching.

I have a beef roast thawing out for supper that I plan to pop in the slow cooker..still can't completely shake the idea that Sunday supper should be a special one.  Any of you feel like that?  Cooking a big meal as a little reward for Hubby.

I'm recalling happy moments stitching this... Kathy Schmitz's A Patchwork Year June block called Tweet Home.

So from my little corner of rain drenched Ontario, Canada, Happy June all!
Happy as well to link up with others enjoying hand stitching at the Kathy's Quilts post today. Also linking with Love Laugh Quilt and Em's Scrapbag.