I am enjoying my second week of staycation. The rest of my staff are heading inland to Freddy Beach for a workshop today. Supposed to reach temperatures with the humidex in the high 30s.
Yes, we are expecting a high humidex today too. I'm awfully glad to have a heat pump providing lovely cool temperatures inside the house. "Hot day" measures are in place. I ran the dishwasher at 8 a.m., closed the door while taking my shower lest the hot steam get out into the whole house, and have covered the large south-facing windows with dark sheets. Thankfully, it is a quick version of a heatwave so the laundry will be done tomorrow. Having experienced several hot summers in Ontario, I am even more convinced of the wisdom of choosing to live on an island.
Woken up by the sound of heavy machinery this morning. Torrential rain in the night had washed the neighbour's gravel driveway across the road and into ours. We barely escaped getting the house flooded. It's a mess!
Wow! That's a rude awakening. Sorry, I am sympathetic but I couldn't resist. I've spent the day at our air show listening to loud jets and such. It was supposed to be cloudy and rainy but it was fair. A little windy but not too bad. Tomorrow, I doubt we can avoid the rain. Not sure how that will affect my volunteering there but not going to worry yet.
Sorry to hear that. I have to admit that I never thought I would hear of deer on the 401...
Not uncommon at all, sad to say. A member of our church died in a collision with a deer on the 401 some years ago. I'm relieved to hear that Sharkshooter was unscathed. Deer on other roads are common around here - the rule is that if you see one, look out for the other two.
Just saw Canada Day greetings from the New York Transit Museum on Facebook. Cool in a geeky kind of way.
Went out briefly to buy some asparagus at the local fruit and vegetable stand... cloudy today but punishing humidity. Having second thoughts about the longer walk I was thinking of...
In other news, the serviceberry in our back yard is full of tasty serviceberries, and for some reason (I suspect because they can't easily get to some of them) the birds haven't eaten all of them yet. Leaving some for us. Though I came face to face with a cardinal on my way into the back yard so I don't mind if they want to help themselves to the berries they can reach...
I watched some Wimbledon, watched the Blue Jays hammer the Yankees ( a bit symbolic), treated myself to a half hour forced march and read. A good "rest" after returning to work on the 30th from a two week staycation. ;^))
Hit a deer on Highway 401 last week just west of London. Car is drivable, and we are ok, but the damage is expensive to repair - might be a write-off.
I just saw this and offer my delayed moral support. I am a former deerkiller (Pennsylvania, driving my late mother to her golf-ball winter grounds in Florida). Proceeding a legal speed (wise in the US if you have foreign plates) on the 81 when a deer leaped right into my mother's Jaguar, sending him into the ditch and myself on to an access road as soon as I could manage. My mother's shock easily dispelled with a tumbler of single malt. When we checked into a hotel to await our replacement rental car, the clerk quietly asked us what the mile marker was. I had it in my notes and he then excused himself to call his brother-in-law who had a spare deer tag, and could convert Bambi into freezer meat for his family. The clerk apologized, noting that the brother-in-law's family were on food stamps, and deer was good meat.
I am pleased to hear that none of you were hurt as the impact of the animal on a vehicle is astonishing. At the repair yard the next day, the boss cheerfully showed us a car where the driver had been impaled by antlers. Along that stretch they often had deer fatalities-- he noted that in season the bucks had as little sense as a community college student on a Saturday night.
I will raise a glass of decent firewater to acknowledge your good fortune.
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Not uncommon at all, sad to say. A member of our church died in a collision with a deer on the 401 some years ago. I'm relieved to hear that Sharkshooter was unscathed. Deer on other roads are common around here - the rule is that if you see one, look out for the other two.
Happy Canada Day!
Went out briefly to buy some asparagus at the local fruit and vegetable stand... cloudy today but punishing humidity. Having second thoughts about the longer walk I was thinking of...
In other news, the serviceberry in our back yard is full of tasty serviceberries, and for some reason (I suspect because they can't easily get to some of them) the birds haven't eaten all of them yet. Leaving some for us. Though I came face to face with a cardinal on my way into the back yard so I don't mind if they want to help themselves to the berries they can reach...
* "happy" doesn't seem quite the right epithet for the remembrance of a battle where the regiment was literally decimated.
I just saw this and offer my delayed moral support. I am a former deerkiller (Pennsylvania, driving my late mother to her golf-ball winter grounds in Florida). Proceeding a legal speed (wise in the US if you have foreign plates) on the 81 when a deer leaped right into my mother's Jaguar, sending him into the ditch and myself on to an access road as soon as I could manage. My mother's shock easily dispelled with a tumbler of single malt. When we checked into a hotel to await our replacement rental car, the clerk quietly asked us what the mile marker was. I had it in my notes and he then excused himself to call his brother-in-law who had a spare deer tag, and could convert Bambi into freezer meat for his family. The clerk apologized, noting that the brother-in-law's family were on food stamps, and deer was good meat.
I am pleased to hear that none of you were hurt as the impact of the animal on a vehicle is astonishing. At the repair yard the next day, the boss cheerfully showed us a car where the driver had been impaled by antlers. Along that stretch they often had deer fatalities-- he noted that in season the bucks had as little sense as a community college student on a Saturday night.
I will raise a glass of decent firewater to acknowledge your good fortune.