🛣 4 th of the VII

 🛣 ...in the ' boro. cloudy and gray. Heard the rain gushing down o / night. Some traces of wet

Coffee and typing. in the window seat

now, 8:44 AM and I've been on YouTube for 50 minutes. Mostly, the content was ' crabbing ' as in catching crabs or the dude that does crabbing and selling.
tiny bit of military from WW II. 
Off to breakfast.

the neighbour cleaning lady or ........ ????? ' K ...girl ' is doing kitchen counters and the floors from stem to stern on the first floor. This action is the result of the Monday get together here. B / c I didn't do anything really thru the week for clenup

🗺 III of VII

  🗺 ....sitting in the window seat, the view : green and white tinged Eternal Blue.
there is still the heat warning from Environment Canada. Now, yesterday, the day cooled off by 7 or so, quite pleasant. Apparently, tho ' the heat will build back in

very little planned. dinner is up in the air. a work in progress if thinking about it - is progress

Highlights so far : breakfast was tea and rice. Apple sauce and banana w / yoghurt 

Tea and rice. Growing up ochaske ( Japanese) was my main meal for months 

I'm reverting. As we all do. Home. Familiar. Safe

takeout tonight was roast beef dip / fries. quite a treat.

sadly. news is confirmed. a passenger in a recreational 17 ft boat [ approx ] fell overboard as a result of wake wash. the body was recovered approx 6 - 7 h after the incident was called in,
alcohol might have been a factor in the attitude and or / positioning of the passenger

this event was on the ' bee near Peterborough, quite a bit N of any water that I would travel on. the body was recovered at Bensfort bridge which is a locale that I might visit twice or so in a season.

🇨🇦 II of VII

      🇨🇦 ... marking the height of  summer for us
the view is, sunny and the Eternal Blue is hazy up there WARM and Humid w / a break tomorrow.

we look forward to garbage day. and some shopping for essentials

Oh. coffee and typing

Exercise happened and I survived however trying to lower myself to a bench - the bench moved sideways.. . Ouch !

dinner was microwave and air fryer [ crisp and brown finish ] Left over shrimp and small potato pieces. I'm getting good at the timing for crispy potatoes

🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 Le Jour du Canada

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typing and coffee [ 2 days old ] looking from the corner seat ....
sunny, humid [ b / c they said ] and Eternal Blue is slightly hazy

nothing on tap today.
Oh. an ongoing problem, how to hang objects on the walls in this house. Specifically, yesterday. Two days ago, one of the adjustable clothes racks fell down [ or pulled off the wall ]. And not the first time. The failure was that the plastic wall anchors pulled out of the drywall.
Yes, when I looked, there were two other holes where this failure happened previous. This hangar rack is fastened to the wall by a round plate and the actual adjustable arm is perpendicular to the plate and wall.

YouTube suggestions called for toggle bolts. These metal fasteners have two parts, a winged foldable piece and the bolt. The folded wing goes into the wall attached to the bolt and on entering a void, pops open to form a brace that can be pulled w / the bolt against the wall. Easy, peasy.
Nope. I goofed or ....... ? By shimming the plate, I finally, got one side to grab [ the other was no problem ]
Now, I cannot look to see what happened behind the wall, The whole apparatus was too loose. I used a preexisting hole [ maybe too big ??? ]
Upshot. The rack is solid. As stated, this difficulty occurs all over the house.

ah, the joys of home ownership. 

the day is as advertised. hot ans sticky, rain threatens

🥍 # 30 it is

  🥍..... ' boro is getting a wetting. Not torrential but steady. Typical, hot steamy turning to rain

Last night, the girls promised that I wouldn't have to deal w / masses of leftovers. Almost everything got ' doggy bagged ' and taken. We have a veggie tray, shrimp and rice.
The rice was my fault. I cooked it late and forgot it anyway.
Well, I love leftover rice. [ I suppose if I don't say that, it would be worse ]

OK coffee and typing. And listen to the pouring rain.

last night, warmth and rolling laughter. Stories of Leacock , a bit. Mostly, travels and work.

exercise is done. and so am I.

 Sunday was rail moving day [ I did try and be useful ], dug out stones and grass. Fetched tools, shucked corn and prepped the steaks. Rode shotgun on the trip to replace bolts that failed on the rails.
and yesterday on the go from 9:30 AM 

Veg tray VG. Rice ditto. Cookies ( came w / the cake ) a pleasant touch

🚜 say, Hi, 29 days in

  🚜 ..... or bye ....

back in the window, sunny and the Eternal Blue. Summer warmth is settling in w / 88 F coming at you

Re furbished in the front 

The decision has been on going, we need help

Can't do it all. Shouldn't do it all. Ask for the help 
Ah. Sounds easy and it isn't. We are slowly and reluctantly wrapping our heads around the whole package

From the real world. I'm watching a ' lady pilot in Viet Nam ???? ' run her cargo boat. Crikey, it s all sub titles. She picks up rice and transport s it down river. Give me a break !. 
BUT its tranquil and a work a day job. Could I do it. In your dreams !!!!
I doubt that I could walk down the side of the boat, on the gunwales, as she does

Back to life here. Tonight we host, a finale or celebration. of the Chipotle people or the Leacock grads that come and meet  thru the year at Scarborough Town Centre from Sep 2025 to May 2026

We offer the chance and you come. 

I'm slowly learning. The gulf between what you think that you type or message and what gets interpreted. Startling and terrifying
B/c this type of interaction makes the business world. Or not 

Grand evening. Everyone helped and made the evening so simple

🚢 closing out the month

  🚢 ... that ship has sailed. Sunny and the Eternal Blue, all day

Up at the Q ' on the ' bee. big doings. I drove up w / two friends. My bassboat was outside   [ all winter ] sitting on a trolley and able to move on marine rails down and to the water then up to land 
At 4:30 PM, the bassboat was sitting on a trolley and able to move on marine rails down to the water then up to land
BUT
this was inside the boathouse .... so, the rails and trolley moved from outside where they have been for 28 years ..... and now reside in the boathouse. 4 guys and me [ doing not much ] did this work in one day

Kudo s all round.

Thank you