Souvenir Photo Studio, by Al Bourassa

Friday, May 1, 2026

Friday May 1, 2026

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Friday May 1, 2026

Around midnight, after the Oilers lost their bid for a Stanley Cup, again, I jumped on the Gio and just went East a short way to catch the full "Flower Moon". The sky was agreeable, and this was about 3+ hours after moonrise, so I got lucky to have the full moon above the Alberta Legislature.

The wide shots are from the Nikon D5600, which are disappointing for moon accuracy, but I am very pleased with the close-ups with the P1100.

I slept well after that...

This morning I had the maintenance man, Yves, come and replace my showerhead which was spraying in the wrong places.

After chores and processing the moon pics, I jumped again on the Gio to run first to the Library, and drop off 4 James Patterson "Private" series books and grabbed the next 2.

Then I brought completed applications for myself and Dawn to the city office for the Leisure Access Pass Program. The place was a zoo,,and, luckily, I could just drop them off. However, the Commissionaire and the Mailroom lady sure need lessons in dealing with the public.... It is one thing to be straightforward, ... but another to be rudely obtuse and tactless.

On my phone, I found some Temu promotion about winning 8 free gifts, then 3 more. Intrigued, I had to see what the gimmick was... But when you go to claim it, you are being charged for a bunch of the items chosen as free gifts, etc... Such sneaky Chinese crooks! I cancelled the order immediately.

I put up the poster downstairs about Bob's memorial service on Monday, mentioning that we have car-pooling available. Nobody has called yet, but I have 3 cars at my disposal so far.

Time to eat some pasta and lose weight again.... Funny how that works...

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

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Thursday, April 30, 2026

Thursday April 30, 2026 Possibilities

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Thursday April 30, 2026

I was up during the night to refill the distiller which seems to be now easily giving me a gallon every 5 hours or so. So, right now I have a surplus for the humidifier which I keep on the light night mode to stretch it out.

I got my Notice of Assessment for my income tax and my $$$ actually went down a bit. I took a copy to Roch, the Manager, for calculating my rent for the upcoming year. The parking fees are increasing so I will pay around the same as last year, more or less.

I decided to check possibilities for reasonable lodgings to buy in my easy price range around here, as an option to protect my money from an expected financial crash in the next couple of years. And I actually found a ground floor condo, about the same size that I have now, in a good neighbourhood, spitting distance to a major hospital, and still close to fast food outlets and downtown....

It was supposed to be a repossession, so I was surprised to see that people were still in the suite, and they seemed a touch weird at that. The suite faces the parking lot (groan) and the Northwest (okay). My main problem would be my Gio, which could sit unsafely on my small patio, but far from ideal, especially if I am gone for the winter. I suppose I could pull it inside in that event... Then I would have to pay condo fees, taxes, utilities, insurance, and also use outside laundry facilities..., which would all be quite a bit less than I am paying now... The price is very tempting but keeping the Gio safe is very important. I have to think on it some more... I have to think that owning property would be a better hedge than losing money overnight down the road...

Hockey and baseball tonight... and a full moon...

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

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Humidifier is working well

The condo is on the far back corner

The condo would be lower right

This would be it on the bottom left

Nearby food and amenities, hospital behind...

More amenities

Dance/meeting place and church real close