On the road again: Brockville (1)!

Monday, October 6th

 

We were headed to Brockville, perhaps the real last summer-like day around here. The high was to be 28 ℃, which is lovely. 

I noticed how dry it was. The pond is usually full. The farmers trying to harvest crops...

And still there are pretty leaves.

You know you are in farm country

This was worrisome! I warned Joe, and he pulled over. The truck got in just in time, the car behind us passed us and roared away. 

It was uneventful, except for this moment ↕!  Joe had to pull off the road.

This deck is amazing. I love driving by. We sure don't know enough people to fill it! 

Moving season, the end of the month.

More to come. We had another frost last night. I'm going to have to shut down the water fountain and fix up the bird bath. Our family is arriving from Vancouver tonight for Thanksgiving. We'll see what happens. 

Mail delivery has stopped!

 Things are interesting around here. This is a  Community Mailbox Unit (CMU)! Canada Post originally began stopping home delivery, and new developments have to have these installed for customers. 

We get our mail in our mailbox. Well, not now! There are issues, as Canada Post workers are on strike. The issue is, as I'm sure you're aware, is that people just aren't getting the mail they used to. The question is, is it a required service, or is it outdated? They are losing so much money, something has to change.

I like crossing the road to grab our mail! 

My problem is that I pay all our bills on my laptop, which requires my thumbprint to open it. Joe keeps the paper bills, and files them. If anything happened to me... ???  

Back to our little world: someone managed to snag two mice friends on the same day! They thrive in the field.

The skies have been lovely.

I got silly, and went at my hair. My arctic white is now purple. So is my pillow case! It washes out, however. 

 In the meantime, we had a massive dump of rain. It's a relief to see it. It poured much of the day.

Deck refurbish

We have three back decks. It's a bit of a mish mash. I repaired the lower deck with Aster in 2016. Then, we replaced it in 2018.  I worked on restaining the upper deck, next job was the lower deck. 

 I'd repaired one plank on the middle deck, but things just wear out! It was time. One plank rotted. The previous owners had a cat and a dog. The yappy dog needed a total enclosure. We do not. It won't keep out Butch raccoon!

Friday night was the deconstruction.

Nutmeg was deeply suspicious. 

Saturday morning, Cinnamon wasn't amused. He was afraid, and hid under the BBQ cover in the corner. I brought him inside.

Cortlin began work!

The cats were OK with it. Cinnamon likes to sit here at the top of the steps.

Cortlin came back to replace two upper deck boards for me. He left his truck here. I texted his mom, and asked if he was one of those men who could take their trucks seriously, or if he had a sense of humour. She said the latter. I guess if you were the youngest of three sons, you'd have to! He liked my joke.

I'll have to stain them, but ironically we've a rainstorm on the way. We haven't had any rain this month. We last had rain September 25/26. 

There we go! 

Monday was a lovely day, and we took off for Brockville for lunch. More on that anon. 

Meantime, my late father would be amazed with his Blue Jays!