🐟 073126 ... what you learn ...

  🐟 ..... or should know when you go fishing ..... like today. Full sun and Westerly wind [ began that way, swung S or SW ].

obviously, not in the window seat. However, friends came fishing to the ' bee.

Alright. boat launched w / little hiccups [ very small ]. Engine ran and purred. Even on a Friday, long weekend, out early w / light boat traffic. Friends daughter [ 6 yo ] likes fishing.

Not much doing so she read her book, fished ,read her book.

OK. lessons learned. good people are fun to be with.   Duh !!!!
Pleasant day up there. No pressure [ no fish ] laughing and getting sunburn [ not bad ]
Only out three hours, came home for noodles in N Scarborough. Fell fast asleep while on the computer. 

🛢073026

  🛢typing and ochazuke. summer morning. motorcycles and lawnmowers
Eternal Blue ....

slept thoroughly, feel groggy but can function

🥭 0729 2026

  🥭 getting the fruit out of a mango ... .

Sort of got it right ..... messy..... inelegant at least  .. best done over the sink 

fishing was excellent but shut out again [ sunfish hit a spinner, TY mr sunfish ]

yes. tiring. up at 4 ish AM. D  ... drive and then WL. No complaining.

🐂 ... the week of the .....0728

  🐂 ... if you cannot follow along w / the theme of the blog .... thats OK
serendipity comes to mind or .... worse

 a phone call this morning, informed me that again, I am a pack animal or the Ridgeline is.
" it won't fit in the car !, we'll load into your truck "
this is SOP [ standard operating practice ] for the Q '
... transportation central or ' gofor ' QMH [ go to ?? ]

typing and coffee w / the view which is not uplifting - gray and expectant. rain bucketed last night
I broke out the ladder and cleared the gutters or the downspout opening [ clogged w/ leaves ]

when you come to realize your value, it comes down to ...... THIS ? handy or useful or last gasp

bringing back, good stuff ... 0727

  a repeat .... b /c it looks good

we' ve been enjoying the new location and display

the view : hazy and large chance of rain .... Tea on hand and typing 

Apparently, the TV and Bell system don't sync or forget after some minutes. E Z peasy until, there is no sync. We'll keep trying. Annoying but fixable [ again ! ]

Co ordination between TV and Bell system better

🎢 jul-ly 26

  🎢 ...... Eternal Blue has scattered and fluffy cloud / sun is out.  a pleasant AM

coffee and typing viewing the world from the window seat

Morning goes smooth. M . ... s friend A ... Dropped by ( from Whitby ). Casual chat, re telling travel stories etc

THEN. No TV. Cable boxes light up. Front power lights go on - blink and go out 

After many un plugs/ power drain s and full power drain s. Nope

Advice says that the blink rate indicates a LED backlight strip that is faulty or the power module is toast. Either way, no fix'em, keemo sabe !

We ended up calling neighbours and bringing up the downstairs TV

Alright. After re sync, situation normal

Minus a TV

🇩🇬 julius is 25

  🇩🇬 ... sitting in the window seat, typing and ochazuke [ green tea version ].

cloudy Eternal not Blue. Rain ? nice and cool tho ' and not stuffy humid. Watered the wildflowers, or soaked them b/ c I got right down to the stalks and soil, not watering over the top

I was thinking [ always dangerous ] while talking to the neighbour cleaning lady [ ncl, from now, that you need to invent or create, constantly. To wit, we were looking at a cardboard drawer stand that I made. Not pretty or even all that useful but a cardboard box with slots for beer flats [ Eagle IPA, of course ] acting as a file structure. Now, I expanded the cut outs to open the storage up

Always be inventing.  follow up. this room, ' computer central ' is being tinkered with  .....

..... a small metal rack, originally was suspended below the shelf arm to the left of the desk on the upright post. Likely, for CD storage? It is now re positioned above the shelf [ tacked w / tape ].
... we shall see said the Zen Master. The rack can hang spare charging cords and pads etc

I brought out a cork bulletin board that was squirreled away [ hidden ? ] and might be a photo display board [ we shall ... .... ... ... Master ]

reporting : the day exploded into sunshine and patchy clouds

Besides re organizing the world, we got out grocery shopping and left $ 200 at Metro. All essentials, batch

Slept after a wedgie snack w/ my coleslaw    ( coleslaw green s, Mayo, fruit cocktail and raisins ) and vitamin G ( aka Guinness).

🏞 24 th of julius

  🏞  ,,,,,,, ochazuke in hand and typing. the view ; high Eternal Blue and sun. Prediction say mid to high 70

but ochazuke is green tea base today. for a switch. milder [ of course ] quite refreshing. Quickie meal Add 2 pork ribs, yep, the leftover s that were re BBQ ed and warmed by micro. Not everyone s choice but me, yes

A little change up today, the neighbour is doing Friday clean not Saturday 

🇦🇶 23 rd of Julius

  🇦🇶 .... in the window seat and the view is ... high Eternal Blue / full sun .... temperature likely mid 70 s today. Black tea and typing. Both coffee and rice brewing / bubbling

reporting.... night time adventure. Leave the house at 10 :10 PM bound up the street to gas station row [ approx 6 ] for gas price reduction time. Shell station was chock a block at $ 1.60 per L. Noope ! Further on the king of the low price, Pioneer, was $ 1.62 / L BUT 4 cars for 7 bays.
I settled for the 162. 52 L in all. Checking this AM, Pioneer is listed at $1.79. Calculating, gets me $8.50 savings. First time, last time ?

the tale of the fishing trip. enjoyed the day [ or half ]. Fishing from 7:30 to 12 something. 
The upside. We had time for sushi lunch, check. I got home in time for exercise. check. And tired but survivable. Slept extremely well. check

On tea. I find it more re - hydrating or refreshing. Now, hype or real, both coffee and tea are caffeine sources, one is better than the other ?

Anomoly, breakfast was rice ( fresh ), check, and re BBQ d pork ribs. From Bestco, the ribs were FATTY so I figured re heating would render out fat 

Not too healthy but good, satisfying 

sitting and typing w / a coffee. thinking about fishing. For two weeks, I tried to make the new cheapie baitcaster work, no dice. 

I am resolved to get back to basics, using the old dependable three rod carry in the boat. I was attempting to lessen the clobber in the boat. B / c two of the guys bring five rods apiece, nope, three

🐟 jul 22, anomaly in full ....

  🐟... the boro, but reporting,this AM at the Q '. Rain showers and sun w / wind at 12 MPH out of the West mostly and swinging to north in the 11 AM time slot/
I got skunked w/ one probable. Turns out that I have the best average but inconsistent effort 

great day. now, the weather. cloudy to gray skies that showed sun in gaps but allowed rain to sprinkle down

lunch was sushi. fair to good. Rice was soft and wet, fish very good

🌂 21 days in and ....

  🌂 ...... Kaboom ! summer T storms are here. copious rain and yes, the rumble and clash of ' gods bowling '.

tea is steeping and coffee from yesterday ... the morning begins

⛱ twenty days in .....

  ⛱ ... the ' boro from the window seat ...... high Eternal Blue and holding. does not appear hazy ... however we are still part of the cycle of winds carrying the particles

ochazuke and typing --- coffee on the brew

the outbound trip to N Scarborough. The Plaza is called Chartwell. 3 chunks, one is an indoor mall cum food court and 2 outdoor access pods. A long time favourite in the food court is a kiosk, Yogi s Noodles. 
Thus, lunch was at Yogi s. Beef noodle soup. Egg noodles, tasty broth and chunks of meat [ maybe beef ]. The bowl comes topped w / bak choy. The noodle are firmer than at Magic, less bulk and broth comparable for sure. OK. Compare. Yogi s suit me better. I can barely finish the amount at Magic [ and probably should stop ]

Across the parking lot is Bestco. A huge Asian market w / bakery and takeout food offered. I picked up sushi, roast pork ribs and bananas. Pork irbs are fatty and disappointing BUT I realized that I could cook them again and render out the fat [ lots of fat ]

🎌 Julius XIX

  🎌 ...... the view from the window seat. Eternal Blue has scattered clouds w / big sun and mild temperature.
woke late after a 6:30 A interruption for tea. And fell asleep til 10
Now

typing and ochazuke but already had a coffee and went to the Tiger. [Oopsy, forgot ice cream bars - bad, bad omission ]

Yesterday was a school track re union, for former people that we coached [ F .. and I ]

convivial and expansive

🍆 julius XVIII

  🍆.... or the eighteenth coming at you. the view from the window seat, Cloudy and overcast but I think the smoke is back. as in I can taste the aair

on tap is a track re - union for Leacock athletes most are in their 50 - 60 s

🪩 XVII of VII - much clearer .....

  🪩 .... the view from the window seat. Eternal Blue has patches [ rain is possible ]. I think the hope is that some rain may wash out the smoke particles  ... however, the supply of particulate is large and circulating.
might take some time for the air to return to previous quality

not much planned. so far, ochazuke and typing is the order of the day. sleepy.

above the bass from Wed fishing. enhanced by AI or Google photo edit [ I think, the bass looks good the guy not so }

 

All right, we're reporting

 accomplishments today include trimming the dogwood out front. It was running rampant, bushy long, obstructing the path so I thought I should do something about it. It felt good,to you know, just get something done

. I managed to take apart the $10 baitcaster reel that A ,,,  had bought for me and I managed to bird nest it up and render it useless in about 3 minutes last Wednesday out on the water.

 Well it turns out I could not have fixed it there because the line had actually gotten behind the spool onto the spindle and there had to be 20 wraps so it got wound up pretty tight.

 I managed to take the offside cover apart and put the spindle and spool back together again and .......  it still works which is kind of amazing

🕌 Jul 16

  🕌... air in the ' boro is much improved. not out of the woods yet. smoke and haze can cycle around and be on us. the Jet Stream has picked up this ' cloud ' of smoke and is porting the whole shebang - hither and yon

sleepy and doing the ochazuke thing, wake up and hydrate. coffee is brewed and sitting
it seems that my body and mind doesn't respond well to a 3AM start to the day

unfortunately, fishing was so successful - yes - we might do the early fishing shtick again

I can taste the air today

exercise completed

Lunch date at Magic Noodle. .... follow up, Shrimp Won Ton and noodles - excellent 

🧶 ...smoke on the water ... 15 / Jul

🧶.... or the scene, this day on the ' bee. Wildfires are sending their signals south to us. Hazy and slightly orange or reddish. sunlight muted and distant
.... fishing ' on fire ' sorry - bad pun. We began slow, [ for 5 minutes ] then WL .. got a 2 - 2 1/2 lb er. D... followed minute later. Me, nada ... .til a baby pike 20 inches grabbed my chicken rig.

w / , WL ... having success w / a plastic stick bait,  I switched to a pink Strike King stick.

For the next 20 minutes, I pulled in three largemouth, the biggest 3# +.
we managed some little stuff for fun

an hour later, I had two more hit, maybe a # er and another lm at 2 1/2 #

the new trolley arrangement balked twice and we had anxiety issues aligning the boat and trolley  . however, 3 guys got it done

lunch was at Starr Burger, not cheap, but ' oh, so tasty ' - thankyou Whitby !

🏪 14 th in VII

  🏪  .. yes, the month creeping along til, today, month half gone or half still to come
Last night, we picked up Kentucky Fried rat and french fries, in c.f. my air potatoes are good

in the window seat observing the ' boro, Eternal Blue and sun and hot

typing and ochazuke w/ coffee in the thermos

the heat peaks today

fiddling around. means creating a prop for the laptop. C 14+ is a larger baby than the others.  C 14+ is fanless and dissipates heat by radiation, therefore I figured if possible tilt the C14+ getting the bottom off the table [ better angle for the keyboard as well ]. Til this morning, I was using a thin flat strapping board to do this. But instead, I turned the board on its side and braced the board [ now the taller edge is raising the back of C 14+, even higher ]

As well, A .. gifted me w / a Chinese knock off baitcaster [ $ 10 Cdn ]. Well, to get it fit the lock mechanistic on the rod, I bent the cast lip of the reel. Yes, its cracked [ a bit ], so, this morning I gorilla taped the reel on further. Very Red neck sort of repair. BUT if it helps - good

🌋 hot time ..... Jul 13

  🌋... not today but coming to a region near you ....

... there'll be a hot time, Santiago tonight ..... [ re worked lyrics from, ' There 'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight ' for the Spanish American War ]
yes, we are on the cusp ....
 ' boro view, high Eternal Blue and sun, very humid as the heat preps for a three day run

our schedule shows an appointment this aft. OK. Typing and coffee [ M ... made it early ] however, rice is cooking, And ochazuke did not disappoint

we are in pending mode. awaiting this appt in the aft. A non exercise day and fiddling w / chores. The spare FOB for the truck failed to work, two weeks ago, yepper, finally, replaced the battery and tested fob.
Gathering clobber for the run up to the Q ' e.g. the towel that I borrowed, three weeks ago. Wisdom would say, take your own this time. Added the fillet glove [ steel mesh, anti cut] and new fishing line.

  

🌅 .... window on the ' boro

    🌅....... the Eternal Blue tinged w / white and full sun in the view
the window seat, ochazuke and typing

excitement was formed by England v Norway, and the Three Lions victorious. Not Easy but done

expecting raving heat in 36 h. thus, today should be a quick run to the Giant Tiger

follow up, did get coffee. but the tea / rice is so comforting, as hydration and easy to digest meal.

Tiger news. Cinammon buns, not on anyone s diet but M .. covets them. Plastic garbage bags, coleslaw, rinse aid for the dishwasher [ vinegar w/ food colour ] and bananas

Yes. hot and revving up for the week, it seems. In spite of that, we have a fishing run planned. The boat hasn't run yet, this year. Always, a question mark. And the boat euqipment is all over.
Safety especially.

exercise accomplished. AND I forgot my weight was # 174.4 on Saturday. Holding the line so to speak. Best part is that I am not suffering or deprived

🕯XI of VII Julius, n'est pas

  🕯' boro, now, Eternal Blue and sun. looking very crisp out there
typing ans coffee [ two days old ] the new stuff is burbling out there

the neighbour cleaning lady [ must be a nicer way of describing the arrangement - helper - yes, our neighbour helper ] is coming again.

On the pain control front. Using a cream on the knee. today, a massage and cream on the thigh - result is much lessened pain or discomfort. a tad of disbelief really but if it works . ....... Bonus !

our neighbourhood helper arrived and is on bathroom duty

follow up. we've dropped the monthly cleaning service and will go w / helper system. obviously, a trial and see process

🏭 tent of the VII

  🏭 ........ in the window seat, coffee and typing w / ochazuke steeping

patchy blue and sun. Thursday is getting the recycling out to the curb and Friday is waiting for the pick up process

ochazuke it is. satisfying.
I thought it best to note or mention, chores accomplished, to wit :
register the C14+ w / parent Co., Lenovo. Since I registered, the Duet [ laptop and Tablet ], I was in the Lenovo system.
As an ongoing preventative step, I sprayed Ant B Gon at the patio door entrance to the deck off the kitchen. 

exercise was scheduled, and despite some thoughts of problems, the numbers matched those of the Jul 6 session. Coughed a bit, otherwsise - all went smoothly

lunch was potato chips to finish the evil things - all gone. And soup from broth and leftover Chinese.

 

⛵ 26 / 07 - 9

  ⛵... hello in the  'boro on a sunny morn showing the Eternal Blue [ slight haze up there ]

typing and tea steeping [ soon to be ochazuke ] coffee is on as well
tummy warming start to the day, tea and rice

a lazy morning [ more than most ?  uhm, NO ]

on the agenda. a trip out for some needs, lean ground beef   [ smash burgers coming up, tonight ], Shoppers for M ... s scrips and gift bags from Dollarama and envelopes

shopping over amid the three downpours between 10:15 A and 11:30

reporting. the cold / cough episode seems to be waning. Phlegm in chest, for sure.

However, feel able to do things

🪃 eight and VII in the ....

  🪃 ..... ' boro. Ochazuke and typing.

sunny, going for fairly warm to hot. quiet out there. And I was late getting up.
fighting this cold / cough affliction.
Trying to lay off the cold / cough tablets, the stuff dries out my mucous membranes. Not particularly healthy to stay on the drying out meds too long.

I am feeling better w / the cough hanging on still.

I did take Robaxacet / Acetaminophen tablet, thru the day . And fairly sure, I will try the 12 h night tablet, so, I can sleep thru

🛋 seven / seven two six

  🛋.... in the ' boro, fighting a cold. I'm using the 12 h night and 12 h day cold / flu tablets

well, helped me sleep last night, knock out time

weather is damp and humid w / full sun

sleep time was a full 9 h or real close.

no plans for this day

coffee and typing replaced with , yes, ochazuke, again [ misspelled ocazuke and spell correct caught the error ]
why ? comfort, throat was dry and raspy 

Update: throat decidedly less irritated. However, sneezing a bit. Trying to relax and calm my system w / less food. Tea is soothing. Oh, had a beer ( w / lime slice )

dinner featured small chunk potatoes done in the air fryer. Peel, cut in chunks and soak in cold water. Dry thoroughly, douse in olive oil and sprinkle flavouring items as well. Aha, then bake for 10 minutes and finish w / the air fry setting to brown. getting quite practiced

on the sixth day of .....

  repeating the image

the ' boro from the window seat is
hazy and green. the rain has freshener the landscape

coffee and typing. welcome the day

and again, ochazuke [ tea and rice sans savory ] I enjoy the warmth and reminiscences that it brings
fighting a dry cough. solution stop post nasal drip. saltwater rinse at night

Been out for the Tiger 🐯 weekly trip. 1 st Monday is Seniors 15  % off . Very popular 

Skyland was all set out for takeout 

a disquieting afternoon. nap time. nope. couldn't settle in. read. wandered. filled in a rough area of wallpaper where anchor and screw failed to hold. Plaster was very shallow or the backing was close to the surface and hard. Other places had a rock like feel below the surface

🎋 the fifth of the seventh .....

  🎋....... or hello from the ' boro. Leacock peeps a shout out !

coffee , tea and typing ... from the window seat. we see gloom and rain is due. long bouts for 24 h. reporting a quiet Sunday

Breakfast was tea and rice, went to AL and asked for ' ochuskei ' and got corrected mega !!!!

" Ochazuke is a traditional Japanese comfort food consisting of cooked rice partially submerged in hot green tea, dashi, or broth, and topped with savory ingredients. It is an incredibly fast, customizable, and light meal commonly enjoyed as a late-night snack, a hangover remedy, or a quick breakfast "

all is good but the savory part - b /c not knowing any better ... I had rice / tea in fact, this morning, I used Irish Breakfast from Twinings c.f. Tetley s Orange Pekoe from Costco [ 1000 bags per container ] Irish is better, deeper flavour but not 1 000 bags for $ 20. 

I am experimenting w / lighting. In the upper hall, the ceiling pot lights are variable bulbs and some are on their last legs. We need light in the hall. BUT why or how important are the O / H lights. I recently, took down fake accent lighting from the living room. Basically, small spot lights like sconces [ slightly uglier ].
Hooked to a timer, I hoped, light aimed down the floor from a small table s platform would provide good visiblilty. The timer has an app and I can control the off / on via phone.

a good day weather wise. rain stayed away. sun came out

further updating. the wall hanging has migrated to a narrow wall adjacent to the bathroom 

might be the right place - fits nicely. colourful. previously, the purple hung on the wall going downstairs.
now, the location may be more of a focal point [ notice more ]
never can tell, we are experimenting. M ... approves
downside. the spot that was left vacant, now, has a small framed fish litho. Much too small  for the space, given that the purple sash is 3 1 / 2 ft

🛣 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