Good Morning

Not much happening today, as it is  a Civic Holiday here in Ontario, Canada, so to me it will feel like the second Sunday this week and will make the coming days all out of sync.

Monday, July 28

It was a hot and humid day, with the air heavy and the temp feeling like 40*C.  I had promised DD2 that more weeds would be pulled in her flower bed today, but it was just to hot and the ground was still very dry, so it was not done.   

After dinner the evening was comfortable, so I did take myself for a 2 km walk.

Tuesday, July 29

Hot and humid again, it's Summer so cannot expect anything more really.  

My ex's sister in law lives in B.C and today was her birthday, so did a Facetime video chat with her.   Not feeling too ambitious today, so I made a quick portable meal and a drink, went to a local park for a picnic.  A nice breeze cooled the air as I sat under the tree enjoying the food and people watching.  Had a short walk around the park and came home.

Wednesday, July 30

If my husband was still alive, today would have been our 65th wedding anniversary.  

 DD2 is hosting a reunion on Saturday, so some shopping needed to be done, and I was invited to go.  I can never refuse a chance to go shopping.   Everything was purchased and we were two happy shoppers. 

One of my friends here in the building is having surgery on Friday, so visited her and to wished her luck.

Thursday, July 31.

We had some much needed rain in the morning, and it cleared in the afternoon. 

My granddaughter K came home for the weekend to attend the reunion and also an appointment. She needed a ride to get her teeth checked, so grandma was able to do that for her.  

Later in the afternoon I did some sewing.

Friday, August 1st

The Summer is going just a little too fast, the first of the month already. 

DD2 and S I L are preparing all of the food for tomorrows dinner so I offered to help, by making a potato salad for them, so I made that today.   Then, being Friday, it was happy hour.

Saturday, August 2nd.

A lovely day with pleasant temps, however, the sky was covered with the smoke from the forest fires. The reunion today is a get together for the parents who travelled to China together when they all adopted their  daughters.   They had never met each other until the adoption agency put them in the same group and since then have remained very close friends.  For 26 years they have been having a reunion, with one of the families hosting the get together, this year DD2 and S I L was their turn.   Two families  have discontinued attending these get togethers.  There were 14 people attending this year, two of the girls are nurses and had to work, but those who came had a wonderful time.  I am included in these occasions as I also travelled to China with them.   The girls, I call them girls, however, now they are all young women, have remained close friends also, three of them all live quite close to each other and do a lot of things together.  

Sunday August 3rd

The sky appears to be thicker today due to the smoke, a poor air quality has been put in effect,

Before everyone who came to the reunion had to return home, DD2 arranged for us all to have a brunch at s local restaurant.  Everyone was finished eating and now it was time to say our goodbye's until next time, which would more than likely be next year.  A great weekend, with lots of good food, good company lots laughs and a good time was had by all.  

I had made a new saddle of flowers recently to put on my parents head stone, so decided  in the afternoon to take it to them and as my sister lives not too far from the cometary I would visit her too.  We had a nice visit and then driving home I stopped for a rest at one of the local ports on Lake Erie and watched the gulls and people fishing and the pleasure boats coming and going.  Time to head home, and just happened to go past an ice cream facility, stopped for one of their delicious cones.  The place was very busy, with long lines of people in front of the three outside windows, so I chose to go into the store area which was also lined up.   But, the wait was well worth it.

Monday, August 4th

The smoke is just as bad as yesterday, and it is nice and warm, not hot and humid thank goodness, or else it would be a very uncomfortable day.    After the busy weekend, I think today is going to be a day of not doing too much.   I do have a couple of sewing projects I must get stuck into, so that will be my focus today.  

Have a great day

Cheers