Friday, 19 July 2019

Out to lunch in Almonte

Toronto had 60 mm of rain, and cars were trapped in water in an on ramp! Tropical Storm Barry brought southern Ontario some rain.

Flooding EB ramp to Islington. Cars are into the water. @Toronto_Fire here @StormhunterTWN @weathernetwork when the rain stops????
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We went off to lunch in Almonte, after JB did an extra shift dispatching Meals on Wheels. It was cloudy at home, but he said it'd be good patio weather in Almonte. The clouds were due to the remnants of Tropical Storm Barry. I noticed these carvings on the way to Almonte.


As we travel by all these fields you can see the huge piles of stones the pioneers gathered to make their fields useable. They used stone boats, back in the day, pulled by horses.


I love the colour!


As ever, there are people who are important and late for something.


It's awfully funny to catch up to them at the next light.
All these banners are such a distraction, don't you think?


There were quite a few seniors about, enjoying the amazing day.


Lunch on the patio. THIS is summer!

We thought we'd done well. However, this couple were cycling from Victoria and were on their way to Ottawa. They live in Fernie, B.C. What a trip.


Everyone was enjoying the patio!




We took a walk along the boardwalk.


On the way home, heavier clouds had moved in.We had about 8 mm rain while we were gone. We have a heat warning in this part of Canada. The rain was welcomed.

7 comments:

Anvilcloud said...

Yes. It's going to be a hotter today.

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari OM
Two days of cold, wet, windy over the Hutch - situation normal!!! We've been promised the yellow orb tomorrow. I'll keep breathing till then. YAM xx

William Kendall said...

That classic car is my favourite of these.

Lowcarb team member said...

The patio area looks so lovely.

All the best Jan

Red said...

"Picking rocks" I did a lot of that for Dad when I was growing up on the farm.

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

That was a nice day! Glad you found some patio weather -- i love eating outdoors when somebody else does the work!!

Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana said...

Hi there, lovely day out. Always interesting things to see. I love all these little and pretty towns around here. We have a number of those rock piles on the property and wondered about them. The fox have dens in them here.