Look to the skies

 Things have been cooling off. The skies continue to impress.

Things have been pretty quiet. I anxiously await a replacement camera. 

 

It'll be awhile, since 📪 Canada Post workers are on strike. At first the online prediction was 'today by end of day' and then that changed to 'tomorrow by end of day.' I am not holding my breath. 

 

Parcels are a huge market niche. Canada Post has been outsourcing large package deliveries on weekends to poorly paid 'independent contractors.' The big companies like UPS, don't have collective agreements. Canada Post does. Private contractors have bosses that require long hours, and make promises to customers of next day delivery. Cheap labor. This is a first world problem, I know, but as always solved on the backs of workers. There are too many people forced to do part time work. They miss out on benefits and fair wages. Can you tell I was a union member?! 

I shall be patient.

Here is spider visiting before the camera's demise.

 

 The cottontail has been visiting the bird feeder.

 

🐸 Moving the Froggies: I'm up to 154. There were two more I caught Nov. 19th. It keeps me off the street. In the cold they are slow, slimy and dark. 

Our family in Vancouver, B.C. and friends have a Bomb Cyclone! Winds and rain...

Things are busy in the skies.

I sat out on the front deck in the sunshine, reading a book. I was bundled up and under a blanket. This is book 2 of three. The setting in B.C.!

"From the former Chief Justice of Canada and #1 bestselling author of Full Disclosure comes a taut new thriller starring tough-as-nails defense attorney Jilly Truitt in a murder case that makes her question her own truths."

This plane went overhead while I was outside. Look at its call sign: CGZAG. It did zig zag!

🎥TV Movies ← my master list.

My entertainment director continues to look for evening movies. We watched ICE (2011) which was rather ridiculous whilst being creepy. I've done yard duty in -20 ℃ temperatures. 

"Environmental scientist exposes oil company's drilling causing Greenland ice melt."

Then, there is this one: In Cold Water: The Shelter Bay Murder (2024) wow. Creepy true Canadian story/documentary, with action in New Zealand.  Another movie best watched from under a warm blanket. 

OK, that's all I have for today. It is sunrise and coffee time.

Gramma Camp – Week 35.3

 Wednesday was hot, humid, with a bit of rain, only a couple of mm. Grampa made the bed, again!

We eased into the day, our last week of Gramma Camp. Grampa took them walkies, then they went shopping. They must have spent 20 minutes here on the rock, I was told. I did a workout in the basement.

They went down to the 'antique' store. The girls are fine with masks. They are quite conscientious about it. They will have no problems with them when they go to school in September. Isabelle bought a ring. Josephine looked at the swords, but they were too expensive.

They came home, and Josephine rushed into the shower. It was SO humid. Back home, we did some baking. Ssshhhhhh. Don't tell mamma.

Isabelle posed for me, as we were snacking on Scoops and baba ghanouj. It's a store-bought Lebanese eggplant dip I like. They liked it, too.

The girls went downstairs for their 3 p.m. video, although they were late, at 3:09. Horrors! I watched a RomCom. It's a hobby, as I try to find Canadian-filmed movies. 🎥TV MOVIES!

Last month they were showing Christmas-themed afternoon movies. This month, Valentine's Day ones! "The Secret Ingredient" was fun, shot in 2020, they feature diverse people these days. The plot includes chefs competing on a TV show, which is hosted by a real US chef, Maneet Chauhan, born in India. 

Part of it is supposedly filmed in New York, the scenery is fun, but much of it is filmed in Winnipeg. 

I've also watched,  All Summer Long (2019) this week. Taped on the Pacific Yellowfin🛥yacht. It was great fun! A beautiful yacht and amazing scenery. Yay, British Columbia.

We had lasagna, heated up in the microwave. Then, watched part of America's Got Talent. Isabelle only likes the ads!