Friday, 6 November 2026

🏢 ... the 6 th of the month

  🏢 ..... the view from here .... wet glistening street look. Temperature fell a tad - yesterday was spring in November. The air is still 

Coffee and typing. We are feeling a bit zombie, awake but fuzzy. Caffeine should kick in soon .... hope


Thursday, 5 November 2026

🇦🇶 on .... the fifth of Nov

  🇦🇶 ... rain last night. fairly steady, w / the temperature holding at mid sixties, thru the night hours.

So, up at 3:30 A or 4 A. typing and TEA from 4 for sure

Aha, did drop back to sleep til 8 A
Tired tho' and as at 3 P cannot close my eyes for nap time

On the refurbish project, curbs and driveway entries. Curbs renewed. Dug up areas either refilled w / dirt or one layer of asphalt. Thus, sod and top up layer of asphalt, to go.



Wednesday, 4 November 2026

☎ .... fourth of 11

  ☎ .... sunny in the ' boro. Going for 70 ish. Wind is still. Eternal Blue streaked w / white

Quiet on the street - guess the machines are working around the crescent to the East
we await the asphalt crew

Our section of the crescent is abandoned for now. Few trucks and hardly any noise.

I did a litle more crack repair. However, I realize that I should have gone w / my first instinct. Which was to take the ' crack filling compound ' and b / c this stuff was liquidy - to paint the whole area near the garage door [ new asphalt section ] and use the crack repair like driveway topper. The stuff is supposedly self leveling.
Oh well, next year



Tuesday, 3 November 2026

🎯 ... the third it is ...

  🎯 ....  starting cool and gray out there .... the small machines are running ..... the crew saws the asphalt and a Bobcat comes and lifts 200 # slabs of asphalt and runs to the big dump truck.
Repeat. Now, they are smoothing the dirt .... and moving on down the street

wind is still .... Oh ! coffee and typing

Woke at 5 AM and read ..... tired to sleep and saw the clock just after 7 A .... and here I am

the big adventure. Bestco, the Asian Food store. Purchases incl. inari sushi [ bag rice or suitcases ] / breaded chicken pieces / char sui [ marinated pork slices ].

I further, Asian - ized the meal by frying beef slices, onions, carrots and a pinch of garlic paste, sauteed then add coleslaw mix. A marvelous side dish for ----- everything


Monday, 2 November 2026

🎏 ... aha, its number two

  🎏 ... sun is lifting above the treees. slightly hazy Eternal Blue. Wind seems still

Coffee and typing, watching the life on the street. squirrels flying everywhere and foxes are being spotted throughout the ' hood '

The neighbour is offering to patch the driveway [ I guess, my efforts looked pathetic ].

Follow up.
We got a chance to patch the cracks in the driveway. Neighbour did some longer and more obvious crevices. I took on the rough and moonlike surface near the garage door. This part of the driveway is reclaimed from the waterproofing that was done to remedy a leaky basement wall. 

We shall see said the Zen Master


Sunday, 1 November 2026

🛷 ...the first of Novembrinus

  🛷 ... and the stable [ ish ] weather holds. Non typical calm for our Fall. Yes. some frost warnings but fairly mild conditions

Typing and coffee, the view is bright, cool as I ventured out for the paper.

Okee Dokee. the sequence. October 31 is Halloweenie - this year. We did candy give away to 22 - 30 ragamuffins. Polite and appreciative. Good

Daylight goes to Standard, as in the time zone. We gain an hour. BUT. apparently, the change makes my sleep rhythm - FUBAR. Woke and couldn't get back to sleep. 

This morning is a loss. Coffee and typing is the sum total of the useful stuff

YouTube was disaster centric. Floods in North Carolina, Florida and then California and Nevada. Jeez, imagine building at 4 ft above mean Sea Level and worrying ?

Day was as predicted, A loss for sure

Saturday, 31 October 2026

🌯 ... oh ! the three - one ....

  🌯 .... and blasting sunshine and a touch of cool ... for the month end

Coffe and typing ... but  .... its been an hour since I began drinking the coffee. I was playing on line slots for pretend money. Ah, they call it credits NOT dollars. Just to let you know that its worth zilch. No prizes etc. - credits -

The state of affairs. Driveway is set for winter. More could be done but I await good conditions which may arrive this afternoon.