Souvenir Photo Studio, by Al Bourassa

Saturday, March 14, 2020

Saturday, March 14, 2020 Toronto

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Saturday, March 14, 2020

So, last night, as I told you, we went to a place called Chuck's for fish'n'chips which were delicious. On the way there we passed an abandoned ship that no-one wants to touch because environmental clean-up costs would bankrupt them. Nice scenery, but a sad story.

Today I accompanied Lou to get a wine kit and a few groceries.

We went to the southwest shore of Lake Ontario to check the view to Toronto, 60 kms across the water, with the idea of returning on a sunny day, because today was blustery, overcast and dreary. I took a few shots anyway and played with them later. I hope you like the results.

We stopped at McDonald's for lunch and they mistakenly doubled my order but I ate it anyway. I should be 300 lbs by the time I get back to Colombia at this rate.
I talked to friends and relatives across Canada today and it was such a pleasure to catch up with people as though we had only been gone a month, and not 9 years...

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

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Abandoned ship was a reastuarant last, then caught fire

Chuck's is a big sports bar with great food

2-piece haddock fish'n'chips, $16.99, but very good

Multi-colored

Toronto at full zoom on a crappy day

Fibre optic display in front room

Slightly enhanced

Changed the sky

Cropped the water

Enhanced with a ripple reflection

Other today

And another

Big lunch!

Fast KIA Stinger car

Friday, March 13, 2020

Friday, March 13, 2020 Hunkered down

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Friday, March 13, 2020 Updated

We stayed up pretty late last night playing a new cards game called Wizards. It is a pretty complicated game and maybe they were taking it easy on me at first as I built a nice lead which frittered away at the end and I came in last... I haven't played cards for many years so it was fun.

I did not sleep at all last night worrying needlessly over things out of my control.. I really didn't settle down until I had a cold shower about 7:30am. Lou had gone to work earlier, so Yvette and I just hunkered down and stayed in our pyjamas all day and did our thing. That was the best thing to do on Friday the 13th anyway.

I took a couple of photos from the patio door of the only bird braving the cool winds outside on yet another cloudy, blustery day. I can't say that I am overly impressed with the new lens yet, but then everything is so dull and grey at the moment, it is hard to get excited about such photos.

Then I helped Yvette modify an old baby picture of her daughter Shari to make into a cross-stitch pattern for Shari's 50th birthday. I didn't realize that we had spent over 2 hours just working on that, redoing it many times until we got it right. It is interesting how our hobbies can intermix.

We also connected with several people all over Canada and Colombia via Messenger or WhatsApp. The world is in such a silly flap over the Coronavirus business that it may affect my flights... I sure hope that everyone else just stays home so that I can fly in peace.

I will be hitting the sack pretty early tonight I think. I am not sure if we are going for fish and chips tonight or not. The place I really want to frequent on the bank of Lake Ontario is not open for the season yet.
UPDATE - Yes, we did go to a place called Chuck;s for fish'n'chips, haddock, and it sure tasted good. (photos tomorrow as I need to go try to win at Wizards tonight).

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Thursday, March 12, 2020

Thursday, March 12, 2020 Canada Eh

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Thursday, March 12, 2020

Oh, I slept so good in the cool air and managed to do most of my chores easily enough on the Asus laptop. I still have a lot of minor things to set up properly if I am going to be using it exclusively for 2 months. I would rather use my PC than a laptop any day.

Around noon we went out looking for things, mostly for my benefit. First we stopped at the Rosewood Winery that provides local honey made from local pollen. Lou uses this because it alleviates his allergies from the local pollen.. Interesting!

A branch of my bank was close, so putting some Canadian cash in my wallet was a good start. Then I spent $2.83 at Dollarama on some sunglasses and a broomstick (for my morning exercises). Then a camera store had a capkeeper for the new lens for $6.

Next we got a Canadian phone chip, unlimited calling, 1GB of data, etc through ChatR for 2 months for $60. For anyone who is interested, it is 289-929-8697. That was a big relief to get that done even though I won't get data during my week in Saskatchewan.

Next we found a UV filter to protect the new lens. The salesman said it was $30 but it was $5.60 at the till. I didn't argue.

Because we were going to be forced to have a late supper we decided to stop at A&W where Yvette had coupons. I got to enjoy my Teenburger, onion rings and orange drink. I was in heaven.

We got the car washed at a place that is $20 a month for unlimited washes. When we got home we noticed a new scrape and dent on the front of their lovely Nissan Maxima. Lou was quick to grab some Compound and polish out most of it.

I love being with Lou and Yvette. We get along so well and they are so good to me. Everybody should have such dear family.

It was cousin Johnny Sikorski's birthday yesterday and his phone is now out of service. He had lived at the same place for about 30 years so I am concerned.

Time to enjoy playing some cards... It has been a long time.

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

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