Crumbly Acres Camera

 I researched my issue with the camera lens.  It stopped working. Full stop. I cleaned the contacts three times (I found a Youtube video), and it did nothing. It's a fairly old lens. The body of the camera was used, from our local camera shop. There is a used camera store near us, and I bought a second hand lens. Yippee. [Canon 28-135 zoom lens #4302341F] I am happy to support a local business person.

To test the lens, I checked out the new off-leash dog park. We often drive by, and see half a dozen dogs and owners frolicking in the enclosure. Fresh air, and exercise! Socialization for humans and dogs.

I was quite pleased with it. This is my old camera body with the big zoom lens. The latch doesn't work for the battery and SD Card and the door always pops open. What the heck. I tape it down if I need to.

Tiberius guards it.

Mourning doves (23!), cardinal (3), chickadees, downy woodpecker. Proof of life, world peace for a moment. 

We're back to 'normal' in the house. Everyone is back to school and work. Except for us old farts. The Ottawa Canal is open for skating. This is both early, and unusual. We've had so much Climate Change. 

I'm off to put out the garbage. We in Ontario are moving to a provincially-controlled recycling system. The theory is that it will be up to manufacturers to pay for this. We shall see! They have tried a bunch of things, our Premier, and the licence plate fiasco was a good example. They couldn't be seen at night. 

[General ​Provincial gov't info   |    ​Pamphlet (PDF)]  

It is -17 ℃ and I think I will drive it out. We had an ice storm last Monday. There are extra bags.

Recycling: Yellow boxes

Well, big changes to our wee county. We just had a municipal election, and the incumbents were re-elected. In the meantime, staff just keeps on keeping on!

I don't think taxpayers in big cities understand life in rural Ontario. We're on well water, we don't have sidewalks, and our recycling isn't as robust as bigger towns and cities. We cannot compost, either, not with Junior Bear. JB washes all of our recycling, and only puts it out on the morning of pick-up. The bears, ravens, and coyotes are prone to getting into garbage. Tourists dump their garbage at the side of the road days before pick-up.

The county is responsible for the roads. JB spotted some garbage at the Park 'N Ride, too much for him, with arthritis in his back, to pick up. The municipality told the county, and they picked up some of it.

Hubby went to the municipal offices, and picked up some free bags. We are only permitted to put out two bags for free. Otherwise, we have to put a sticker on it. Ironically, Tim Hortons donates bags for this purpose. They love him at the office, he walks regularly, and gets so upset with the garbage, he'll go out and pick it up. These yellow bags allow us to put it out for free. We are helping the township and the county.

In the meantime, this is a big change for us. Our tax dollars at work!

D/NE Township

3900 YELLOW BOXES arrived this morning. We'll deliver one to every household in DNE next week: Oct 29 - Nov 2. Watch for your personal delivery.

This is like the good, old days, when we lived in Ottawa. Our neighbour used to set the tone for garbage pickup and snow clearing. Mary and her hubby were on top of it all the time. She knew if it was blue or black boxes, and we'd peek out the front door to see what she put on her driveway. Now, JB is the one who reads the flyers and knows when what is being picked up!