This weekend thing is a great invention! Friday night Attila and I made a pizza and watched Star Trek. It doesn’t sound very exciting I know, but it really does it for us. Saturday morning we packed up Tank and headed out to the Rideau Camp. It was a cloudy day, and warm, around 20C.… Continue reading A Trip in the Dark
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Firefly
Firefly: “Most species of fireflies thrive as larvae in rotting wood and forest litter at the margins of ponds and streams. And as they grow, they more or less stay where they were born.” The weekend of July 22/23, and this past weekend July 28/29, our evenings have been enchanted by the light show in… Continue reading Firefly
A Sunny Day
Today arrived sunny and cool, it was 8C predawn. We continue to turn the thermostat down at night, to 18C this year, a little warmer for my night wandering partner Attila. During the day I set it to 21.5C, which I find comfortable if I wear warm footwear. We do not heat the basement, so… Continue reading A Sunny Day
The Perfect Summer Day At Last
We enjoyed a lovely weekend. On Friday night Attila suggested we go to the lake shore (Lake Ontario) to watch the Full Harvest Moon rise. So we drove down to the lake and found a nice spot in a park, setting up our folding chairs on a platform overlooking the water. The moonrise was spectacular!… Continue reading The Perfect Summer Day At Last
Tonic
Sometimes a change is as good as a rest. The past weekend was one of those times. On Thursday night of last week, Attila and I loaded Iris the trailer with our belongings, and hooked her up to Tank the FJ Cruiser. When Attila got home from work on Friday, it took us less than… Continue reading Tonic