Saturday June 1, 2013

Saturday June 1, 2013  update #470

I needed that!  I forced myself to stay in bed for almost 12 hours and that has recharged my batteries.  Miraculously I did not even hear any noise from the annual Soap Box Derby happening on the hill below the house.  The humidifier that we use for white noise must be effective.

I did my email chores then set this computer for a needed Defrag.   It showed 43% defragmentation when it began, and 0% when it finished 5 hours later.

I decided that if the deer weren’t coming to me, I would go looking for them.   I drove down near the library and walked along the river, first east, where I didn’t see anything, then west where I managed to spot 3 different deer in 3 different areas. 

On the way back I stopped at the Okotoks Museum.  The next door there was an Art Show in front of the Station so I stopped in and happened to see Robyn Thibodeau, whose mother I know very well, and whose sister used to live next door to me in Glorond Place.  One Metis lady had some incredible metal art over top of stained glass that were just magnificent.  I couldn’t believe that she only wanted $52 for this great art and I was so sorry that I had no safe way to transport this to Ecuador.  Some artists just take your breath away with their talent and artworks.

I then actually took a drive around Glorond Place but it was pretty quiet.  My jungle of a backyard has been stripped away and there was no activity anywhere in the complex.

I came home and decided to check on my water barrel to see why it is not holding water.  Sure enough, there was water left in it over the winter and it froze up and cracked.   I am not a happy camper over that because I customized this barrel to grasp the maximum amount of drippage from above.   Maybe I will try gluing then duct-taping the crack when it dries up a little.

I did a little laundry while watching the third period of the Chicago-LA game, my first hockey action in many months.   It just isn’t interesting if Edmonton isn’t playing.

Have I mentioned how much I LOVE this new camera lens??  What a difference to have such good glass in front of your eye.

That was today’s excitement.   Cheers, Al

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