Wednesday August 26, 2026 Bees

 

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Wednesday August 26, 2026

Monday, I needed to act to use that $50 Esso gas gift card before the gas prices are supposed to notch up another 10c....  I drove to the northwest part of the city just to save 4c/litre, silly me....  And $50 didn't even give me 1/2 a tank... Grrrrrrrrrrrr

So I came back and jumped on the Gio to return 6 books to the Library, without picking up any more...  I needed to wait a few more days to get the first of the John Sandford "Prey" series before putting more on hold.

Then, I got ambitious in the afternoon and did my laundry, which I have been putting off for eons....  That is the beauty of having so darn many clothes at my disposal, plus stretching out the use of each if I have done nothing strenuous, ....which is most days, lol....

Tuesday I did nothing of note, according to my calendar...

Today, 31C and sunshine, so I just had to get my butt in gear and get out to smell the flowers, along with the bees, who were active in the 3 locations I stopped.  Gotta love good nature at work.

Then I continued to On The Rocks for Wednesday Wings, and a beer special.  Since I was alone, I just sat at the bar and watched the Blue Jays game, which has just completed and we won 3-0!!

The wings, unfortunately, had very little spicing this time and I was not impressed...

The whole week is supposed to be gorgeous, with 31C again tomorrow.  My buddy Igor fromSerbia/Thailand is presently enjoying our Sunshine Coast in BC....  Our country is so beautiful.

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

Al

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Busy bees today

My roses...

 

 

Sunday August 23, 2026 Summer

 

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Sunday August 23, 2026

Saturday, I was busy ordering necessary supplies on Amazon for Don.  The poor guy just had his 70th chemo treatment and can barely move.  But, because he is a hoarder, and has thumbed his nose at management once too often, he is being forcibly moved out at the end of the month to a continuing care place in Holden, Alberta.  He refuses to distribute his stash of goods to people in need, .. instead opting to be a jerk and just leave the whole mess for management to clean...

 I tried to order 2 sets of an item at his request quickly, but Amazon was being balky, changing the delivery date to a month away if I asked for 2.  Two calls to Amazon failed to resolve the issue.  I finally just had to make 2 separate orders to get them delivered here on Tuesday, in time to do Don some good.

Then we went on a drive looking to use the $50 gift card for Esso gas but the Esso stations are "out of gas" while all others seem to be open...  Sheesh.  Apparently gas prices are to rise another 10c a litre by the weekend...

Dawn made an amazing "breakfast supper" of waffles and sausages...  I truly am getting spoiled.

 Today, the Manoir had their annual "corn roast".  The turnout was disappointing.  I suppose, that for $5, we should have been happy to get an ear of corn, a hot dog, a drink, a "Wagonwheel" dessert, a bag of chips, and watermelon....  Sadly, the meal was not very warm.

The month of August has been a actually a perfect short summer,.. not overly hot, and so far, really zero forest fire smoke because we got enough rain as well.  We are thankful for the small blessings compared to the weather disasters happening everywhere else.

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

Al

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