💽 duck !
how can you tell that it is a slow day
actually, I've had a let down
after the angst ridden time [ approx 1 week ] digging out and prepping the grass site - well, I now can worry will the grass grow before frost and ugly weather sets in
maybe, for others, the physical and mental challenge of the ' big dig ' would not have been troubling.
but I knew the effort that would be needed and w/ out the neighbour s help [ and attitude ] - no way, Jose
⾋ the kangi symbol for grass
if my boulevrd gets this high .... well, it would be terrific
according to sources, ten days of warm and moist - should see germination
and no freeze until the plants are set in
looking ahead, meteorlogically ......
sunny and warm [ grass will germinate and w/ no frost will live ]
and big sun today 🌞
🍱 from out the human breast
maybe ???
the grass is riz
I wonder where the robinz iz
from Google :
Spring is sprung, the grass is riz, I wonders where the birdies is. [ another mondegren ]
credit is given to Ogden Nash or E.E. Cummings
however, the origin is earlier than those 2 and anonymous
thus.
autumn falls, the grass might sprout
we will give a giant shout [ credit ..... me ]
I'm watering the grass to prevent dry spots.
🎃 Septimus the 27
up w/ coffee and typing
awake ? barely
visited the garden censtre that delivered the topsoil for the boulevard
guy was friendly and we talked about growing grass from scratch
he pointed to a blend of grass that he said will grow anywhere
all set to grass
⛑ this is not construction today
however, it feels likek a major project [ it is a major project ]
Murray McLauchlan sang ' On the Boulevard in 1976 '
...Did you see them on the Boulevard
🏪 our weather holds as autumn descends
the story: the boulevard or interlock band east of the driveway was shabby
recall also that there was a sinkhole or collapse two years ago
the landscape company wanted $ 5 000
our neighbours, wanted the pavers
when they had finished - it seemed a shame to pay someone when the work was half done
well, not quite
however, the next door son and father said that they would finish the job w/ me
and last night, the son C .. and I completed digging the limestone screenings out.
next is order the top soil [ 3.5 cu yds ] and backfill the site
lastly, spread the grass seed.
topsoil is coming
and ads on Kijiji has people coming to take the dug out screenings
🎧🎦 or where were you when the lights went out
from the movie of the same name
The film was the fourteenth film starring Doris Day to premiere at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan. The MGM release earned $7,988,000 at the box office in ...
the day will be fine [ my prediction ]
🌳 wishing you health and laughter
without these things, porbably not much else to brighten your day
swept through the CBC online
best of the best
how your gut affects mental health
no surpirses here, eat uprocessed food and load up on veggies and fruit. eat whole grains
from the Mayo Clinic
A good laugh has great short-term effects. When you start to laugh, it doesn't just lighten your load mentally, it actually induces physical changes in your body. Laughter can:
Laughter isn't just a quick pick-me-up, though. It's also good for you over the long term. Laughter may:
🌆
coffee and typing to the ether
or
a blurb to ' all the ships at sea '
our politicians are crap [ pardon my French ]
' liars and thieves at your door ' ala Sara McLaughlin
' always a reason to feel not good enough
and its hard at the end of the day ' sing it Sara
oh. that was " Angel "
favourite line from StarTrek, Strange New Worlds .....
from La'an Noonien Singh " describing Canada
" you know - maple leaves, poutine, politeness ...... "
🗾 oh. you'd have to have watched ' Last Samurai ' ala Tom Cruise
day is gray. and cool ish [ went to grab the paper off the stoop ]
⛽ well, today for sure. The guess is gas will drop approx 30 cents a gallon to day [ 8 cents / L ]
A cool morning. The paper arrived, just now
oh, yeah. more bad news
ala DonMcLean. " bad news on the door step
I can't take much more of this "
" I couldn't take one more step "
when I heard about his widowed bride ........
something struck me deep inside
the day the music died !
🏩 Septimus the 19 th
fall ish weather continues
hope that you're feeling better or at least on the road to feeling well
lighter fare : from the CBC online, titled ' Girl Math '
" But the girl math trend can take rationalizing spending to a new level.
"We have already earned $150," says TikTok creator vialsss after finding a MacBook, regularly priced at $1,450, on sale for $1,300 in a video with the hashtag #girlmath.
The girl math rationale here is that by finding the item on sale, the $150 price difference is earned money.
been there, done that [ at least subconsciously ]
🟑☪ ... the stars at night
are big and bright .......
Thus, we arrive at the eighteenth of Septimus Severus [ or some such ]
last night, Sunday, is murder mystery night on PBS. three hours of ' Professor T ' followed by ' Unforgotten ' and ' Van derValk '.
we sat there and wallowed in ' people killing people '
the lightest [ or least guesome ] is Professor ...
Professor Tempest is a walking testament to how dysfunctional a person can be and still get by. Naturally, that ' getting by ' bit is highly debatable. This go round, we see revealed that his perpetual ' daymare and nightime too ! ' is a composite image - part true and part invented - subconsciously.
Alert !
no not serious but .... On YouTube, I'm watching tugboats. Live aboard, work boat or cruising.
Why ???? dunno
🚈 [ and don't know the rest ]
from Google search :
To see “through a glass” — a mirror — “darkly” is to have an obscure or imperfect vision of reality. The expression comes from the writings of the Apostle Paul; he explains that we do not now see clearly, but at the end of time, we will do so.
can't tell if this good or bad ...... ?????
cruised through the CBC online ...
you better be satisfied w/ moderate weather for the next four days .....
b/c all else is - well, crap
the ' Rant is On ' is a podcast from Lewis Black. Satirical and he can say ' I didn't make this stuff up ... its in print or on screen '
today.
An AI written travelogue, under tourist attractions, reminds hungry visitors that the ' Ottawa Food Bank is open today '
Further, Lewis reads an article from North Carolina. At a town meeting on the suitability of a solar farm for the region, people stood up and expressed sentiments that a solar farm will use up too much sun that should go to crops
Lewis Black ' Rant .... ' is reminiscent of the stage monologues of Will Rogers. WR stood on the dais and read articles from the day s newspaper.
to wit ' Congress debates a bill to provide food for the needy .......
" hold the phone, the sentiment is, that such a bill would set a bad precedent ....... "
famous saying. you don't need to make jokes about congress
congress is the joke
🚇 ..... worries on the doorstep
yes ! the sunny side of the street ........
Marvy day. sun and blue sky. I puttered around. Some chores were completed. Nothing serious
🚞 the nights are in the 30 s
sleep well in the fresh air
sun today, a cool ish start to the day
pleasant
🚂 choo, choo
E Tec failed to start
twice
not a winner day
Sunny, brisk to stiff winds out of the N
a day out is a day out
tried a lean cuisine : sweet and sour chicken
quoth the raven ' never more ' ala E A Poe
🚜 or close to it
a fine day folks
sunny ish b/c clouds are looming off in the distance
aha. today, is ' treat your elders well ' day
A .. and I will meet for lunch and shopping
be aware, M .. says that A .. needs this re - affirmation as much as I do
Me .... its the social
A ... its talking to someone who fishes and is willing to listen / talk about the QMH [ repairs etc ]
🚊 groaning pains ?
Toronto is expanding its urban transport network ... the legend has it that there is a Cross Town subway hidden in plain sight
b/c you can not go anywhere fast on or near Eglinton Av.
kinda a worrisome growth on the landscape
surprise ! almost a decade late and over budget like my shopping at Giant Tiger
a friend who left T.O. to work in Alberta, commented that when he started his job in Edmonton, CrossTown construction was a headline news item
he's back and has to avoid Eglinton [ six blocks S of his home ]
he is not chuckling anymore
🎱 on this day
HOWEVER, this is M .. s birthday day
so happy 29 th , dear
calls came in from England [ sister and then cousin ]
AND - maybe, the data storage problem is ' understandable ', now
I found recent, ' saved ' documents. TG
plus, discovered a flaw in my thinking. of course. the upshot is :
yes. found what I was looking for
and can find almost anything [ I hope ]
Computers !!! Arggh.
sary bit is - Chrome makes it easy to save documents [ Chrome Unboxed, is a dedicated Chrome YouTube channel ] Yeah ! if you have half a brain
Florida, and us. We were put off this year in Jan 2023 when host rental firm at our Sunrise place - quoted a 40 % increase for 2024. The Sunrise is on the more expensive side. Sadly, much in keeping w/ other venues on St Pete Bch, Treasure Is etc.
Surfing the web, I did find [ as you know ] an unit for rent in the Sunrise via VRBO / Houzlet, for the rental price equal to our Jan 2023 rate.
Recently, an owner, offered his unit and advice ' get out of the Houzlet contract '.
You likely knew most of that, above. To wit. VRBO has cancelled the contract. VRBO has said that the host [ Houzlet ] has agreed to the cancellation. Houzlet has stated that the refund is in process. Do not think that ' done is done ' .Approx 7 business days from now - we shall see said the Zen Master
And the owner of 503 has sent along a agreement document which is straight forward and reasonable.
VRBO / Houzlet asked for 1 / 2 the rent in advance [ w/ cancellation rights pre - Dec 2023 ]
Owner 503 is asking for $ 500 as a security deposit
Plus. We mentioned M .. has health problems. All the owner asked is to kept up to date w/ her status. Really, would like a month s notice if he needs to find new renters
🆎 ..... you would think
the day is starting sombre
for a Sunday, maybe, thats OK
quiet etc
the day blossomed w/ sun
quite the day to get things done
🈫 the colour purple
if you were expecting riveting news ..... not here
the spectacle for us is a 20 x 20 tent poking from our neighbours backyard.
the wedding prep went on from 6 PM including stringing lights and setting up tables [ I went to help, of course, nosy parker ! ]
✒ ... quite the English expression .... I believe
a garden wedding takes place, next door.
regular readers will know of the second Greet Wall that was built from pavers
the ' decoration ' was for this Muslim Wedding. The first of two ceremonies. The second is a civil service followed by, yes, I think another garden get together
🌀 you can bend it but you can't break it .... ala the McGarrigles
a sodden day [ betcha ya' that you don't hear that word ' sodden ' very often ]
but it is. soggy and wet
BUT the heat and humidity breaks today.
usually, I boast about the Chromebook and Chrome OS. The ready advice is, to store info / data on Google Drive which is ' cloud storage '. This cloud doesn't use the native storage on the Chromebook [ limited ] and instead uses part of the 100 Gb that is allowed for free w/ Chrome OS.
Ah, yesterday, I spent a good 20 min trying to find where data is being stored [ so I can recall saved data ]. As it turns out, Chrome OS is saving to Drive [ good ] but I can't tell where.
There is a Google Drive section, labelled ' 2 downloads ' and another labelled ** downloads . Both work.
However, at any time, I don't which is getting the data when I hit the button ' save to Drive '.
Thus, I can find all the saved stuff but I need to search.
I'm betting that what happens is that b/c I use 2 emails [ each is an identity to the OS ] that depending on which email that I save from, then there is a different Google Drive compartment.
Ughh ! computers
Momentous day. A PSW comes to help M .. around the house and / or shower & personal care
PSW. success. the visit went well
Whew !!!!
🏮 oh, we'll always find our way back home .......
another warm to uncomfortable day is here
there is an increasing chance of rain
🚪 .... to your heart ... [ The Who, and Peter Townsend ]
a hot smoker out there AND its 11 Am
will humidex top 100 [ the burning question, sorry not a pun
yet. I'm going out into the heat
tomorrow, may not be appreciably cooler
plus potentially, much wetter
yessiree ! humidex will top 100 [ not there yet but no doubt ]
🚖 ....... took away, my old man ..... ' Joni Mitchell
.... and we pave Paradise and put up a parking lot
seems, that I am going the other way
take out the interlock pavers and grass over the 700 sq ft
why you can buy from China and save
labour costs - lower [ by buckets ]
shipping - China as a developing country has preferred rates
and already warm to warm, toasty out there
the neighbours have an unrelenting work schedule
Their deadline is Friday [ Saturday wedding ] and work must get done
I built the Great Wall of Me . that was 3 years ago
to quote the BeeGees ' I'm ten feet tall but I'm only 3 ft wide ..... '
so, my Wall of Me, chest high and 8ft wide
next door has a wall just below chest high and 12 ft minimum
they win
originally, I figured, maybe a week or so and the wall comes down
BUT they back filled the wall - apparently, the thinking is ' at least a year ' before the new wall comes down
and Father and Son were out there again in the heat it's got to be it's got to be 90 + ° and it is a smoker out there and they were out trimming and you know doing all the things to make the yard look good for the wedding to come you know this this Saturday
🚍 will produce - perhaps - the longest sustained warm spell of the year
We shall see said the Zen Master
yesterday, turned out to be the semi - final clearing up of the boulevard
the interlock paver s are now down below along w/ 10 curbstones [ heavy ]
the neighbour, D .. and son hand bombed the curbstones to the backyard
oof ! what a job. And D .. would not stop til the boulevard site was neat and presentable [ based on the assumption that the area may stay unfinished i.e. no grass etc for a while ]
Thnx for that D ..
Now, I did help. Getting the curbstones down was hard. The most risky part was at the bottom where the vertical drop was 3 ft. I stayed down there and caught the curbstone so, a person could let go and hop down. I ensured that the stone got support as each person hopped down. And I'm sore.
I could not have done their job.
BTW, the team is back out there [ minus me, I handed off some bricks til the whole crew arrived, all 2 of them ]
and it hot and humid
𐏍 not officially, fall. in fact we have some hot days coming
" autumn leaves will fall ........ {Peter & Gordon}
when the rain beats against my window pane .... "
alrighty.
went searching for good news
sorry. out of luck. this is where you tell a funny story or offer free food
.... a farmer daughter s .......
OR you can sing of - an imaginary world and time
Just my dog and I At the edge of the universe. Well, I didn't want to bring her And I know it'll make her worse. Now I look out on forever And it must be nice down there. And they call me Shenandora in the air. Well, I'm ten feet tall, But I'm only three feet wide. And I live inside an ocean that flows On the other side. If I came back down tomorrow, Would it all be far too soon? And it looks like it's gonna be a lovely afternoon. I thought that I was going home, And all the way I kept on prayin'. I couldn't stop to turn around; Well, here I am and here I'm stayin'. It's been my longest journey And I've come through the black of night. I was tired and hungry When I saw your distant light. Well, I know this may sound crazy, But I'm sure I got here first. I'm just me, Shenandora, At the edge of the universe. I thought that I was going home, And all the way I kept on prayin'. I couldn't stop to turn around; Well, here I am and here I'm stayin'. Just my dog and I At the edge of the universe. Well, I didn't want to bring her And I know it'll make her worse. Now I look out on forever And it must be nice down there. And they call me Shenandora in the air. At the edge of the universe... Songwriter: Barry Gibb / Robin Hugh Gibb Edge Of The Universe © Universal Music Publishing Group
㋈ fall resumes as it always does
BUT we get very warm for three days- loads of sun and humidity
actually, next week is supposedly hotter [ too far out to trust the weather-people ] I figure one day out has an error of about 20 % and three days out, the error is 40 % ....
one week ? 50 / 50
Soo Mi or Soo Yu. Bugger King is sued for misleading imagery
" The images on menus and ads, he says, portray "a big, thick, juicy burger, flame broiled, dripping with, you know, juiciness," and topped with "bright green, fresh, crisp lettuce" and ripe tomato protruding from a "glistening bun."
"In reality, what you see when you unwrap it … would be a very, very thin and greyish looking dried-out burger with maybe some wilted lettuce, you know, popping through on the sides," he said.
isn't that the way .... the image is a facsimile of the real thing
whose Xmas turkey ever arrived at the table sprayed w/ shellac and re painted cranberries .....
BTW. that Bugger King suit is one of 5
