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Tuesday October 7, 2025

 Monday I got the news that my brother's brother-in-law, Wayne Topp, passed away.  Wayne had a great sense of humour and roomed with me for a month or so in 1970 very close to here.  I sure hope this parade to the grave gets called off soon.

Also yesterday was our 10th Anniversary so naturally I was in touch with Cristina.  She has her hands full with 6 abandoned black puppies and workers trying to find out where the drainage pipes in the backyard go...

I decided only to put one of my RedBubble stickers (very good quality) on my Gio.  The other 9 are on my living room window.

Today, I decided to cut my hair again since this is supposed to be the only nice day for a week, with snow expected Sunday!...

Bob came over with a couple of chicken pot pies for lunch because he wanted me to help him get some income tax information from last year.   For simplicity, we ended up contacting the people who actually did his taxes and he will pick up the information tomorrow.

I caught a squirrel across the parking lot from my window doing his thing, bouncing from the rail, to a sign, to a different rail, to a sunflower, and all over again...  Love watching these characters!

I decided to chance a new location for Tuesday wing night, Brewster's again.  59c wings and they were excellent as was the service.  I started with one order and then ordered another...  It is nice to have options....

I stopped at Save-On to get some of their proprietary peanut butter cookies that I have taken a real liking to...  The cashier was only asking me to pay for 4 boxes until I pointed out that I had 5 boxes in the bag.  I don't subscribe to cheating honest retailers.

Then I got home, turned on my IPTV, caught the first Blue Jays batter put out, and then my signal died....  I fought with it for over an hour and finally just went to the building's Telus network.  By then the Blue Jays were up 6-1, now 6-3 as I write this.  Go Blue Jays Go!!!!! 

I hope you enjoy the pictures.  That was the day’s excitement.

Al

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Sunday October 5, 2025 Deaths

 

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Sunday October 5, 2025

 Last night, Don surprised me with a basket of ribs and sauerkraut that were good for 2 days.  Having friends who like to cook is a good thing...

Today, I slept in after a late night of reading and almost immediately had a call from the lobby about a delivery of the stickers I had ordered from RedBubble.  For some unknown reason, RB had neglected to include my suite number on the shipping address, so it was fortunate that I was home.  I am very happy with the quality of the stickers but I will have to test the colorfastness with Windex to see if they will last on the windshield of my Gio... If not, they will end up on my main windows.

 I spotted a homeless couple on the other side of the church parking lot and it was touching to see the female looking after her partner, so I took some long shots with the P1100.  We have a real homeless problem in this city with way too many with alcohol, drug or mental problems.  It is so sad that obvious locations are available to house these folks, like the abandoned Remand Center, but they are just uprooted from one spot to just reappear in another, of course.  Hopefully a new Mayor will do something decent to help these folks.  The temperatures are dropping at night to uncomfortable levels.

Then I called Don to come for salad and to watch the Blue Jays, some curling, some soccer, and more baseball....

And I got the news of yet another death in the family.  Cousin Philomene was 87 and in bad health for quite a while.  The parade to the grave continues for so many of our elderly relatives and friends...  That is the price we pay for getting older... 

 I hope you enjoy the pictures.  That was the day’s excitement.

Al

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Saturday October 4, 2025 RIP Eleanore

 

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Saturday October 4, 2025

Yesterday, I didn't do much except prepare for my trip Saturday.

My buddy Bob invited me for a huge roast beef  supper and I am sure glad I didn't say no, because Bob is a good cook.  He loaded me a plate that was good for two...

From there,I drove the Regal in the dark to Meadowlark Mall WalMart because they had a certain type of sunflower seeds with low sodium and with a good price.  I had ordered a bunch online for pickup and then fought online with them to maintain my order when they needed to substitute one batch.  What a schmozzle,... and then the drive was bloody awful with all our road construction everywhere, narrow lanes, closed off roads,... ugh!!!!!  I took an easier road back home....

Today, I was up early to do my chores and shower, etc, then I had a 3/4 hour nap before driving back up Highway 43 for my third funeral in a row there.  I was headed for Sangudo with lots of time, thankfully because I actually got lost twice, missing the town, then Waze sending me 9 kms out of town just to turn around to return to find the church... Sheesh!

RIP dear Eleanore Zotzman, whom I had known since 1968,  and a gentle soul who loved cooking and nature...  Our families were very close for decades and I was probably the last non-family friend to see her alive in hospital.

Again, I re-encountered some of their relatives that I had not seen in many, many years....  

The return trip was uneventful.  I did take a few pics of the fall colours in spite of the dreary, drizzly day.  Pardon me for changing the sky on those pics, lol... 

I hope you enjoy the pictures.  That was the day’s excitement.

Al

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Deborah's family

and with Russell