By the Rockets Red Glare....

... means that an Egyptian attempt at a temporary truce in the Middle East got ignored. Hamas from Gaza side and the Israelis are continuing to shoot , fire and raid across some 80 miles of border , even more in some cases.
Canada and the U.S. remain at peace. TG

Weather : Remnants of a storm system linger and may clear out by later to - night. Despite a grim start to the day w/ rising humidity the day ended cool and pleasant , yesterday

The blue room news : We've had it. No , sorry , we are halting operations in the south west sector of the house. The bay window deck and upright wood got a coat of enamel finish , some trim was touched up and Bob's your Uncle.... I've  we've decided that there is a limit to how nice the painting can look. So , done and done.
We are putting away the painting paraphernalia. There will be no further reportage on the blue room
I will bore you w/ other triviata

On the disease front. Ebola continues to ran wild in W . Africa , the death total seems to have stalled something below 600 people. But a flare up could rapidly raise the total as the outbreak is not contained. Latest estimates have , at least 4 countries involved but communications are not easy in these countries and silence is often maintained in villages out of fear.

Our investigations into a foray to England and esp Bath are preceding. We are considering a self catering arrangement , where we rent an apartment accommodation and do our own meals. The B/B option is still on the table but I'm not sure bacon and eggs each morning is required. The cost for one such place was 1800 pds a week. That works out to 2400 Cdn dollars. No ,its not cheap in England. To be fair , we are opting for city centre as opposed to country. As well ,this ' boutique ' flat could sleep 4 and is well appointed.
Some B/B s are 20 % cheaper even 3 miles outside the city centre. However, I'm we're not sure about driving.
We received a plaque , last time in England , from the in - laws. mine said ' Round - a - bout Maestro ' , 
M's said ' Grateful Round - a- bout Survivor ' , 'nuff said

Actually , I felt that I did quite well at my last roundy , called ' Cargo Fleet '. It was a monster , 2 inter - connected circles the last 6 lanes wide. A cousin said that she just stays in the roundy until she can get to her exit , so I did , an extra loop but another 400 yds to maneuver into position.
And I drove 300 miles from Inverness ,Scotland to Middlesborough , Yorkshire.

Dry is good , sometimes

Have a dry day