Tuesday, October 11, 2016 Quiet please! Today I am surrounded by silence. Why? Because FedEx says they are delivering a parcel from Ikea today. Our house is very hard to find, at least for delivery people. Several deliveries were only made because I followed the truck down the street, to catch up when the confused… Continue reading Shhhhh…
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Thanksgiving
Saturday, October 8, 2016 I slept in until 6:52 a.m.!!!! Wow! A rare event! Getting knocked back by this Shingles Vaccination has an upside. By 9:30 a.m. we had our picnic lunch packed, along with equipment, and had headed out to the Rideau Camp. It was a chilly day, and we were both glad to… Continue reading Thanksgiving
Shingles Inoculation
Yesterday I had an appointment with the doctor at the walk-in clinic, to check how my high blood pressure was doing with the greatly increased medication. It is down to 135/87, which is better, but not great. I am to go back again in November to get it checked again. While I was there I… Continue reading Shingles Inoculation
Winnie
We spent yesterday at the Rideau Camp. Attila alternately shovelled crushed stone, removed small debris from the large pile of logs and dead trees for me to burn, and stacked the cedar logs that he extracted from the large pile. Occasionally he would bring a few armfuls of dead branches over to the camp fire… Continue reading Winnie
Summer’s End
Last weekend was perfect, almost. We decided to take Iris up to the Rideau Camp and stay for two nights. We knew it would be cold at night, so we took lots of blankets. I brought a parka, and a wool hat with me as well. We arrived well before supper time, I lit a… Continue reading Summer’s End