Mike in town for a day to attend "Our Lady Peace" who are playing and the exhibition.
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Bike
Bought an exercise bike earlier today. Built it. Almost lost my mind when I couldn't get the handle bars to attach but finally found the missing piece buried in the Styrofoam. Then the seat wouldn't attached and finally gave up. Took the troublesome part back to Flaman's and they couldn't do it either. The wrong part was included. Working now (but still want a more comfortable seat).
Paul and cake
Margaret got her book on classic cakes out again and made this masterpiece today, inviting Paul over to partake. Afterwards Paul and William recorded a radio show together which was lively and smart.
Monday, July 29, 2024
George's well
Margaret's brother is finally one step towards the new house on the farm. A new deeper well was dug today.
Saturday, July 27, 2024
Mom's bed
Helped mom get a new mattress. She convinced a neighbor to move it from Costco with his truck and I got William over to help me move it up to her room and into place. She's been wanting a softer one for a couple of years and the sale on this one was very good.
Friday, July 26, 2024
Leslea, Leif, and Teagan
Friends arrived last night from Winnipeg to visit family (and us). Had great evening talking film industry and world travel adventures.
Thursday, July 25, 2024
Dutch Elm
A dozen or so elm trees were cut down within a block of our house today due to Dutch Elm disease. The worry that the whole neighborhood (and eventually the city) is very real. They give off essential shade that keeps us cool all summer.
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Movie with Fred
We watched "The Third Man" with Fred this evening. His moustache was shaven off by one of the home care workers. Don't know if there was a reason or if was an accident. Fred kept pointing out the difference between the Anton Karas zither music in this film and the music in "the original" film (which this is).
Monday, July 22, 2024
Drawing outside
The heat waned a bit and the air conditioning. albeit necessary, started to make us feel worse than the heat. William took his book outside to do his dailies.
Sunday, July 21, 2024
Ribs
Another very hot day. We didn't attend any lacrosse as we were feeling that standing through the whole game if full sun (35 degrees) was overwhelming. Made ribs and watched tv instead.
Saturday, July 20, 2024
Julia visit
Cousin Julia and her family visited Regina today, as her kids were competing in a lacrosse tournament. It was nice seeing her. Most of the talk revolved around the sport. I didn't want to admit that I was downright surprised anyone actually played it anymore as it seemed very important. Hoped to catch up more next week during the memorial but Julia ended up not coming.
Friday, July 19, 2024
Lunch with mom
Very nice sandwiches and desert with mom. This is the second time to this cafe. The meat is nice and it is complimented by basil instead of lettuce. However, this time mom felt is was greasy so it will likely be our last time coming.
Thursday, July 18, 2024
Hail
Short bun intense rain storm with hail. The heat has been extreme and record setting, so this was generally quite welcome.
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Painting
I have a few more cameras from Noelle but have to admit that the amount of distractions around the house and in my mind has made painting more difficult than usual. Just picking up a brush feels like insurmountable work.
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Coffee and Donuts
Due to some commitments this week, I moved my coffee with Kevin to Tuesday which had the advantage of making it also good for William and Geremy to attend. Talked games mostly.
Monday, July 15, 2024
Fred's eye
Fred has another popped blood vessel in his eye. I'm posting a backlog of entries right now and notice that his mustache is still intact (it gets clipped in a couple weeks).
Sunday, July 14, 2024
Puppet build continues
I helped build a puppet to William's specifications this afternoon. He's constructed five or six of the eight puppet cast. Scriptwriting is next.
Saturday, July 13, 2024
Farm and walking
We drove out to the farm with Fred this afternoon. We knew George was doing something with a bunch of guests, but we managed to land there for 45 minutes just as the early group was leaving. Allena and Simon were there. I considered bringing up the numerous unsavory stories that Allen was telling about George and Simon on William's radio show over the past two weeks, but decided not to rock that boat (there are potentially many more episodes in the future). We really just sat around in lawn chairs for a few minutes rather than the more rigorous walkabout I'd usually do. William and I did an hour of walking this evening, ending up many places in the neighbourhood (hi Amy).
Friday, July 12, 2024
Gallery with mom
Visited the Dunlop with mom after lunch today (we at at Creme, which was amazing). Mom hadn't seen Leesa Steifler's new exhibition yet. Leesa and mom used to live across the street from each other and often talked, so mom was certainly interested in what was new.
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Larissa Tigglers at Dunlop
William and I finally made it up to the north end Dunlop to see Larissa's exhibition of paintings. We'd missed the opening due to the funeral, but I'd always intended to follow up and see this work. The paintings are very clean with colours that evoke calming feelings.
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Display case
Walked down to AGR today where William talked about possibly putting work into their display case. No openings right now, but also no one on wait list.
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Saturday, July 6, 2024
Multiple birthday parties
Ed Willett and his wife Margaret both had milestone birthdays this week so Ed hosted a party at the Artesian where he sang an hour of songs from his repertoire. Simultaneously, Gerda had her own significant birthday and hosted a gin party to commemorate it. We hit both events. Lovely evening.
Friday, July 5, 2024
Rain again
Weather keeps promising heat but keeps delivering rain. Got caught in it while driving Fred home. We waited a long while but eventually I just had to bite the bullet and dash for the umbrella and get him inside.
Thursday, July 4, 2024
Slate opening
Drove back from Saskatoon in time for the summer show opening at Slate. The streets outside were filled with Rider fans heading to the game. No sense of that inside.
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Hamlet
Drove to Saskatoon today. Had tickets for preview performance of Hamlet at Shakespeare On The Saskatchewan. William's friend Victoria joined us. The play was skinned as 1920s with some early jazz and period costumes. The pre-show was a Claudius/Gertrude wedding reception with some lessons on how to dance the Charleston. As we had dressed up, we got to sit at one of the close tables for that. Afterwards we went to a very nice Persian cafe for desert. Mike had recommended it, but unfortunately he was out of town this week.
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Nothing But Trouble
William ordered an old dvd for me for Father's Day. It finally arrived. I had never heard of it before; Dan Aykroyd's only film to direct, the 1991 "Nothing But Trouble". This was very strange and somewhat wonderful, but never funny (which is a drawback for a comedy). The dvd itself has a very crude menu and the case explains how to navigate the menu. This might be the earliest dvd I own, printed in 1998. What you see in the phone above is literally the limits of the menu.
Monday, July 1, 2024
Coffee with Lori
At Lori's house today. Coffee. Admired her lettuce which is growing very well. She gave me a few basil plants. We opened up boxes for her tent to inspect the condition of everything. Two problem poles.
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