We made it to Friday!

We drive by this place a lot. It was up for sale, but did not sell. Now they are going to renovate the old buildings. It's a little pricey!

Repairs for only $1.4 billion!

It is an amazing facility. It was creepy driving by when we first travelled this route.

They did work on it, extending it on the upper left, and adding something secret behind those tall gates!

Once, when we drove by, I could see the special forces with the dogs. That got my attention! They were all staring at us! 

OK, some self-deprecating humour. Do you remember chair socks? I spotted them on Kay's blog post, and ordered some. It's been a while. Ours were covered in cat fur. It was time to wash them. It occurred to me to put them in a laundry bag, but I did not. Rookie mistake.

Do you know what happens when you wash them in an LG machine? They get caught in the little groove in the bottom. Six of them were hiding there, soaked, and I had to re-rinse them. I laughed so hard.  😅

Clever me 😉, I decided to keep on cleaning. It was time for the oven. Why not put them on top of the stove to dry?! I shall tell you. One melted on the back burner. Man did it stink. Glad I kept checking on them.

We had some air traffic yesterday, as President Biden is finally visiting. First, a Canadian plane. Then the 'no call sign' plane. As if no one knows whose it is!

On the ground they have been preparing.

NOW, the city figures out
how to block undesirable traffic!

But, back to nature. Fuzzy has been a busy fawn! 

Cinnamon was watching, got bored!

Up the hill, across the gully, can you see them? There are three sleeping, chewing their cud.

A sign of spring. You can see the grass in spots. I looked more closely under the silver maple tree.

You can see the daffodils starting up. It is a beginning!

And the tulips, just under the front deck! We've a microclimate here, facing south.

Indoors my orchid has a sunburn on the lower left leaf. I should have been watching it better. My bad.

I spotted a turkey vulture last weekend. Spring is here! (Old photo, as it was way up high!)

feeding time from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Everyone gets a mouthful.

Keep on smiling

Taxes

In more cheery news, they checked our tax returns for 2020, they then looked back and I made a mistake on our 2019 tax return, and we owe money, as well as interest. It was a bad time for us, as we wrestled with health issues. Anyway, they phoned us. I know there are all sorts of scams with people claiming to be Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), but this time since we didn't get their emails, they phoned. 

I am so fed up with electronics. Multilayered logins, "what was your mother's maiden name" questions,  Too many companies want to send us electronic bills, but if anything happened to one of us, how would the other know there are bills? I have fought it. This is what happened here.

They phoned, JB was out walking, and they had me take a message, as they would not talk to me. I am the one who does our taxes, for pete's sake. He ended up getting shifted from person to person until 5 people later they explained what was wrong. I was livid!

👴Good news

We did have good news: JB's quarterly PSA test came in. He is still good. Another treatment in a couple weeks.

British Columbia

Our DIL made it back to Vancouver from Stratford. In all the chaos and the flooding and washouts, we were happy to hear that. 

Out in B.C.

B.C.'s Highway 7 is now partially open again, giving hundreds of people stranded in Hope, a way back to the Lower Mainland. #BCFloods https://t.co/CBeIfFyaF1

— CTV Your Morning (@YourMorning) November 18, 2021

We've rain on the way, maybe freezing rain, too. Whatever...

COVID

Now Joseph Brian loves his statistics. We've been quite proud that our Health Unit has had the highest rates of vaccination, despite our dippy MPP being an anti-vaxxer COVID denier. Well we've news. They used the population statistics from 2016, not the most recent. Our population has gone up by 4%, and this makes a difference for the percentages!

Lake 88:  

"With the new numbers, those who have received their first doses is now at 94.3% compared to 98.5% with the old data. The fully vaccinated rate is now 91.8% compared to 95.7% before. The numbers are still very strong and continue to lead the province."

Our numbers are slowly rising, as is the case around us. We're up to 38 cases in our Health Unit, up from 7 at the beginning of November. By the end of the month they should begin giving 5 – 11-year-olds the vax, which should help. 

 

Chair Socks

Our blog friend, Kay, found a brilliant design:  chair socks by Kay, and she inspired a whole lot of us! It really makes a difference on the floors. I just wish I'd known about them before. Our poor oak floors have taken a beating since 2010. Percy goldfish likes the chair socks, too.

The pumpkins are going to good use. Dratted Red Squirrel (DRS) gets right into it!