COVID–19, Eavestrough and the moths

😷COVID-19 <= I've been keeping track of our local cases.

Things are heating up around here. Friday, July 15th, Ontario announced 2,105 cases of COVID. Ontario removed its masking mandate on March 21st when we had 1,217 cases. This daily case count is higher than both December 15th, 2021 and February 7th, 2022. 

They test high-risk cases, people in the ER, etc. And people who have access to the PCR tests, rather than the RATs, are a limited group. Not everyone can get one and you must be a front-line healthcare worker.  

Who is eligible for PCR or rapid molecular testing in Ontario?

We'll continue to be careful. We mask everywhere indoors.  

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 Common Angel's Trumpet

Brugmansia arborea is an open treelike plant with 6-inch-long trumpet-shape white flowers with a delicate scent. It grows 6-12 feet tall.

This is why we cannot have nice flowers: potato beetles! Can you see it peeking out?! 

This is the seed pod. Like the many garden or household plants they are toxic. I grew some Bean Plants one year. They have similar sharp pods, and have ricin in them, which is poisonous. 

The coleus is doing well. The wild grape vine is working its way up to cover the blue cat.

These are the clouds that rolled in on Sunday, July 24.

 

storm July 24, 2022 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Our new eavestrough was in a bad way. I turned on the front floodlights to check it out.

moth in the storm from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

They came and fixed the eavestrough, again. (I'd sent a video.) They seemed grumpy, dropping the F* bomb on top of our eaves as they undid screws and changed the level of the eaves. Left without saying they were done. They warned me of the debris in the gutter, but it wasn't much truthfully. The angle of the trough needs to go from the high point to this, the drain point over the downspout. 

This is the fascia I thought they should have replaced. They told me they hadn't needed to during the original installation. We shall have to see what the next big dump of rain brings. 

eavestrough fascia from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

It really is discouraging. I put my ladder away, and went out onto the back deck to read. There are two tree frogs back there. One must be a male, as it was singing. This one, our Vancouver grandie named her Maple, spent the day under the aquarium keeping me company.

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Happy Wanderers

They are in Amsterdam for a few days. Their trip to the Rijksmuseum was amazing. They rose early for a 9:30 a.m. guided tour. It sounded like a good idea, as the tour guide highlighted several sections of the museum. The art library is awesome. 

This was a photo by Isabelle!