on Aug 31

Home again 

Sunny and warm ish

depending on the mobility

 signal to this phone 

windy day in the ' bee. 

glorious day, little guys hitting

Really not much doing.

Enjoyable getting out

🇨🇦 Friday the 29 the of the eighth month

🇨🇦  no this weekend marks  Labour Day in Canada BUT at the Q ' the gang missed the July 1 st picture. Id est, dressed in red and white. Thus a substitution occurs

sunny in the ' boro and cool and will barely touch 70

.🛻 tranny day

🛻" " Truck is in for service. I chose the local garage because it meant you know less hassle and it also works out that M can shuttle me back and forth to drop it off and pick it up. You know that kind of thing Anyways this is more or less a minor job brakes. We're making a little squealy noise. I never heard anything but the guys do and also doing oil change which is you know pretty standard and then I want to change the transmission fluid " "

the above was dictated

alright the follow up. truck was ready at 4 or so. The upshot : squeal sound was the shims on the brake pads touching the rotor. Corrected. Fluids exchanged.

AND it was a blah day. Wednesday drained me a bit more than I would have thought. Not horrible but busy

🐟 on this day 25 / 08 - 27

 🐟 quick run to the Q ' b / c A ... wants to check on the place and re - supply for the long weekend. I ride shotgun and act as gofor 

well the day went exactly as you might expect. Running around different stores. At Costco, Walmart just picking up, you know general things, toilet paper, water blah blah blah anyways and I also got to search for a t-ball as in you put tea in and it soaks in the hot water and it makes tea as well. I had to get a pepper grinder and boy are they expensive. Holy crap wood ones are $ 22. Oh yeah and the glass ones are 19 all right so ended up with a set salt and pepper grinder and I thought what a deal $11 including salt and pepper inside. Show it to A .... Guess what? It was a picture of salt and pepper. Anyways for the price you know like I said or you've seen you couldn't beat it 

okay over and out.

Managed two h out on the ' bee. A tad windy, sunny but overall a likeable experience. Except my leg ( knee mostly) was in torment. I say down and caught a largemouth and this means that all my bass were caught sitting.

A new trend !

🎣🎣🎣the twenty sixth of August

 🎣🎣🎣 after a day of fishing. I'm in recovery mode. Embarrassed but figuring that it is what it is. Need to recoup some vitality. That's the ticket

' boro notes, bug sun to start and now overcast. darkening by the minute

🎣 🎣 fishing day on the ' bee

 🎣 🎣 fishing day on the ' bee

the all Asian fishing squad went at it on the Otonabee. Someone got 2 bass, not big, but super fun
Alright ! Me

Wind out of the West, a little too strong,  sometimes, mostly. We beat the rain home. Good lunch. Shrimp, Po' boy s, chili and ravioli.

The classic Po' boy is a lettuce bed , breaded shrimp, tomato slice and remoulade. I more or less reproduced the standard blend. Turn on oven, 18 min and layer up the items 

The bread is usually baguette but I chose brioche. A not bad subbing in.

Funny. Slugged away w / larger Largemouth bass worm or mouse then sat and flicked out a panfish size plastic lob tail swimmer. Yes, you got it - bang bang in 8 min - 2 bass. Sitting on the bench seat drinking water and eating chips - bang bang!

Lesson there. But what ?

🕌 on the XXIV of the VIII

 🕌 looking out on the street, from my corner, green and growing. Temperatures are warmish but the best of summer T.O.

🧑‍💻 augustus twenty third

 🧑‍💻 now friends, sunny in the  ' boro for the nest four or so days, rain chance is increasing. More than likely sprinkles each day

🍱 XXII of VIII

 🍱 ah, sun and blue sky and little sunburn

ADDENDUM : decided to trust the guys that came through when I grassed the boulevard
Thus, went back to the veg and fruit place - no kidding. I bought Hardilawn [ tall fescue mix ]
supposedly, slightly more drought and low maintenance survivable

We shall see said the Zen Master

🧑‍🚒 21 of the VIII

 🧑‍🚒 a grand morning in the ' boro
Still awaiting the greening of the lawns [ not watered ]

🏭 on Augustus 20

 🏭 when we visit the Q ', we can fill up at the Old Railroad gas bar et al. I checked on the way up and gas was $ 1.29 on the Hwy. At ORR, $ 1.09, you see ORR is on reservation land, thus no Federal Tax. A little perk for being there.

🍹 well, its today

 🍹 drove to the Q ' 
Took the boat out 
Cast around in several places
2 sunfish cooperated

nada. otherwise

Drive was relatively easy. Drizzle happened all-day 

breakfast was ' scramble eggs loaded croissant ' Verdict. OK, not inspiring 
A toasted bagel w/ cream cheese, isn't either BUT at least its honest [ simple ]

Now. This fishing doldrum. B / c its happened before. Will end. Please !!!!!!

 

🥜 the nutty story

 🥜 ... the beginning and the end
On Friday, while eating pistachios, I felt a hard rock in my mouth. It was a gold crown.
Yes. A crown fell off.
Today, I got an appointment at my dentist. She took a peek and said ' we'll pop it back on '
Really. She did say " everyone wants this option "  but many are called, few are chosen.

Thus. 45 minutes and bingo - bango. All dentally, good

'boro. Sunny and comfortable T.O. summer at it best

🖼 August the 16 th

 🖼 the  ' boro is sunny and headed for 80 + w/ humdity increasing

🎣 Augustus 15

🎣 another warm ish but not hot day

the icon says fishing ....b / c that was highlight of Friday. 
I drove to WL .... s place at 6:30 A. Parked and he drove.This arrangement makes for a much more relaxing day. WL ...enjoys his new Tesla.
Conditions were favourable, light wind and not blazing hot. We didn't catch much [ mainly,  due to the fact that I lost a fish near the boat ]. Still. A fab day

🛻 on the XIV of VIII

 🛻 ... the heat dome broke, for sure BUT builds back in over the weekend
it is T.O. summer after all folks

On advice, I tried a new Chinese takeout at a grocery store.

Further away 

Different items

Traffic slow and dispiriting 

Bright large hot table, loaded w/ choices

Meats and dim sum galore

Crawled home.

Thus, breaded chicken in pepper but not sweet n sour. Standard starch is white rice ( noodles Xtra )

Tastes alright. Ah, what's that expression ' does it spark joy ' - NO

If

I needed a smorgasbord - maybe

I'll be going back to my home Chinese takeaway 

🛸 on August 13

 🛸  poured last night.

the day in the ' boro. got in exercise. Ran out to get sourdough ' pane rustika '. brought home chicken and fixing s for dinner. picked up some scripts.

then it poured and I slept [ uncomfortably. knee and leg were agitated ]

Twelveth Augustus MMXXV

 Sitting in the building shade trying 4 samplers # 1 was " Solace Hazy IPA..

Warm here.

The site is Common Good Beer, a brew Pub in middle ish Scarborough. I will be joined by a fellow teacher type and 2 former student s..

Figures, it start s to rain 

Sociable German Pilsner is # 2

Conversation and much LOL ( much )  
I called this a  ' pre beforehand prep ' meeting

In the end, we had three impromptu attendees. This started as a meet up w/ a teacher friend. I threw it out there on FB. And bam...... 

🌝 .... in inclement weather .....

 🌝  .... the people are fay  ....
              ten thousand year stories
              as the night fades away  .... Stan Roger

in the ' boro, still under the heat dome. brownish lawns on Aug 11 2025

Yepper, like walking out and someone throws a blanket on you kinda feel

Big adventure. A ... needed my truck for luggage capacity and I drove to the airport w/him to pick up family

Plus, I saw downtown T.O. and I didn't need to drive

Coffee at 9, so natch I'm wired and awake

🌚 almost a full ..... the ' boro

 🌚 almost a full moon over the garage

a warm one today
we cheated and got Kentucky Fried Rat for lunch. 4 PC dark and popcorn chicken [ or ' meat hunt ' as we call it ] fries and a small gravy. However, I cooked rice, thus, fried chicken, rice and gravy [ oh yeah, corn that I Nuked ]

BTW, rice and gravy is a gourmand experience

🌌 ' boro is under ...... for Aug 9

🌌 ' boro is under heat warning 

I ventured out for a Giant Tiger run and managed to drop in on 2 neighbors' yard sales

TG didn't buy anything.

An aching type day for my groin and hip but mostly it was inner thigh strain or crikey did it hurt

Took pain killers at 3 A ( couldn't sleep ). Again pills at 3 P. Robaxin and ibuprofen - the combinant whammy

We are currently ,binge watching ' Diddly Squat ' or Jeremy Clarskon s Farm. The series is listed as comedy. I think that's its docu - drama / laughs

OK our heat dome lasts three more days

🦏 .... I don't expect

 🦏 .... I don't expect to sleep through the night " sing it Paul

Yes. Woke at 5:00 A and tossed around a bit. Massaged my leg, rubbed in Voltaren and took Robaxin and Ibuprofen.

Aching in the left hip, thigh and groin now minimal

welcome to Augustus 8 in the ' boro 
the day is clearing and will be on the warm side

🤬 Aug 7 .... lessons learned.

 🤬 .... lessons learned.  organized means nothing to the fish

' boro is warm and the heat builds in for four days.

Any reader of this blog, understands that my prime talent is organizing ' stuff '
Can't do much but !!!!! organize away

August the 6th in the boro '

 okay today was a fishing day got up early 5:00 5:30 drove to quarter mile and and caught nothing but what the heck I got away nice day little bit of a breeze not too hot no fish go figure

Got up  early to beat the heat. On the water by 8 A. Could have been sooner BUT ...

for almost a year spanning the last half of the 2024 fishing season, disorganized and frustrated summed up my sense of my fishing tackle
I keep what I need for fishing in the bins in the bassboat. working on the  outboard and in and out of the water, disrupted any scheduled fishing 

In essence, up to two weeks ago [ started the re - sorting process ] and yesterday, the tackle locker is close to functional. Three weeks ago, I borrowed hooks from friends. I couldn't locate many items

So, I sat in the boat, fiddled w / bags and bits and re - sorted. In the end - order prevailed and a bucket was filled w / packaging from discards etc

NO FISH

🍱 ...... so organized

 🍱 ...... so organized 
Aug the 5 in the ' boro. Going to be warm w / iffy possibilities of rain

🏭 .... imagery

 🏭 .... imagery ! So ???

In this den or computer room. We only come in here to use the laptop.
Why ? dunno. The Chromebook is totally portable and M .. does carry the CB to the living room
Me. well, I sit at a computer corner stand and watch the world out there
NO TV. Laptop and the view

AND. there are pictures and collages of photos [ trips to the UK, mostly ] BUT reminders of what has gone on

Imagery.

' boro is warm not hot and slightly humid. Not really,  humidity is 50 % Sunny

Amazon. The latest purchases are maybe frivolous - Canadian flags and Thump Orange Gel, bait attractant
Alright. The flags replace the worn out ones on the lawn. Colour and loyalty

Thump is a fish attractant that pastes onto plastic etc to attract fish
I used to have a tube of red - ish coloured gel. Somehow that gel is missing.
Considering my dismal catches this season. Well. Yes. Thump Orange Gel. A scented paste embedded with black and gold flakes. 
attractant. more fish. good

 

🕷 Augustus III

 🕷 arachnid spray or ' One Shot ' 

' boro  is warmer but summer warm. 

For three weeks, we have had encroachment by approx 30 ants. The first attempt was sugar and boric acid, eat up and take back to nest. Not successful

Next was diatomaceous earth. a fine white powder of ground seashells. The effect is to dehydrate the little buggers. This earth is food grade and safe for humans etc

Well, some success but still they came. Two days ago, I cleaned up under the sink. Our recycle food bin is there [ so splatter and leavings also are there ]. I washed and gave a final rinse w / vinegar.
As well, I created a dike of diatomaceous earth around the pipe openings. I went outside and sprayed  ' One Shot ' for spiders. Spray and let dry. around door ways leading to the kitchen. I pulled the stove and sprayed the floor corners and pipe openings.

We shall see said the Zen Master

🧑‍💻 reading the tea leaves

🧑‍💻 reading the tea leaves ..... and such

 'boro is sunny and summery w / low H and H

⛽ pump it up

 ⛽ pump it up, baby 1, 2, 3

' boro is sunny and summery w / no heat advisory