Our neighbour D. with his mini-backhoe is here digging up the basement walkout foundation at this very moment! Photos will be posted later. If I take many. I don’t want…
Read MoreJeff’s vacation = working too hard
This is Jeff’s first week off. He’s been working so hard. He has 3 projects he wants to get a start on: Dig up 2 walls of the basement walk-out…
Read More4 weeks later…
I left the house for the first time on Saturday. I tagged along with Jeff to town while he ran errands. It was hot and humid. I walked around the…
Read MoreMy neglected gardens
3 weeks since surgery! Still healing, still a long way to go… I walked around the yard yesterday for longer than I have yet. All my flower gardens are so…
Read MoreMom & Brian’s visit
Here are a few pics I was snapping as Brian and Mom were leaving for the airport on Saturday morning. Brian loading up his rental Ford Escape: Brian assessing our…
Read MoreBunheads
Do you have the new ABC Spark channel on your cable lineup? There is a new show on there that I really like. I usually don’t pay too much attention…
Read More2 weeks into recovery….
It’s been 2 weeks since my surgery. Sometimes I think I’m all fixed up so then I’ll have a great summer off of work, but then I try to do…
Read MoreYes I want to be resuscitated. Thanks for asking in advance.
A week ago yesterday I was asked a series of questions that I won’t soon forget. Do you smoke? Do you wear dentures? Do you want to receive communion? Do…
Read MoreLook who was crossing the road at 7:30am
Sorry, not in great focus, but they surprised me and a truck was coming. Luckily the truck missed them. They came over to our side of the road and were…
Read MoreLast weekend of May
Another weekend has come and gone. Wouldn’t it be nice if they were all 3 days long? We pitched in with some of our neighbours and helped clean up our…
Read MoreMonty got to swim today while we fed the blackflies
Even with bug dope the blackflies were hungry this afternoon. But Monty needed some exercise so we braved the flies for a bit while we took turns throwing a training…
Read MoreI did it!! I installed a new power supply!
I’m on top of the world right now. I disconnected the power supply in my desktop and installed my new one! My new power supply is the Corsair Professional HX850W…
Read MoreAmazing long 2-4, except for one dead power supply
Epic 2-4 long weekend! We’ve had GORGEOUS weather. Here are our accomplishments: I was a judge at the Lion’s club multi-district Speakout event. We went out in the boat and…
Read MoreIt’s been too long….
It’s been too long since I’ve shared some photos! Here are a few from our visit to the Cape George Lighthouse back in March. It was the first time Monty…
Read MoreBlackflies
Blackflies arrived today. I hate blackflies. But I love this song: Blackfly, Christopher Hinton, provided by the National Film Board of Canada The End.
Read MoreWorth watching
Great movies I’ve seen lately: Moneyball – I am not a fan of Brad Pitt, but I really liked this movie. And I think Jonah Hill stole the show anyway….
Read MoreSo beaten and battered I had to sleep in the chair
I haven’t worked in the woods for years, but yesterday I took a day off of work to hang out with a local forester and two of his employees. It…
Read MoreZeus tasted freedom again
So for all you regulars, you know Zeus was supposed to die almost a year ago. He is my grey tabby cat that is 12 or 13 but has a…
Read MoreWishful thinking?
The deer already ate my crocuses, and they were sooooo beautiful, for a day. And the tulips are coming up now. So to prevent my future tears when the damn…
Read MoreSaturday morning sounds
It is a sunny Saturday morning. I am sitting on the porch listening to: Monty’s nails click across the deck A singing robin A woodpecker banging on a tree A…
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