yes, i saw your leetle digital footprints…. :-) that is sooo cute :-)
leetle lost batthis is the real leetle bat…. he’s in another spot again… looks like he’s had a rough go of it.
and this is the back yard - with LOADS of dew… wet toes on both gurl and dog this morning…..
Chevy looking….
Chevy - posing at the top of the stairs this morning…. she saw someone far down the walk, right after i took this picture, and she ran to him, thinking it was you, someone she recognized :-)
ooops - you aren’t supposed to see my "paint cart….
this morning, walking the smapp, we came upon a little baby bat, stuck like glue to the outside staircase at home… we gave it a wide berth, and continued on, hoping that it would find it within itself to get to a better place to nap away the day.
this aft, in full, super cooker sun, it was still there, upside down, eyes tightly shut… we gave it a wide berth, and continued on, wondering how on earth it could be surviving, and what is making it stick to the wall.
tonight, now 2 hours past sunset, it’s still there… we are still giving it a wide berth, but now i wonder - what would happen if i gave it a little poke, like with a spatula, or something longer, like a broom?
it’s not a vampire bat - everyone knows vampires turn to dust in sunlight :-)
i think it’s a "little brown bat"
i think it started in grade 12, my obsession with TLJ. an odd interest for an 18 year old girl,if there ever was one… but there’s something about him…. his seriousness, his bizarre sense of humour… something.
regardles, i’ve cultivated this "hobby for the past 15 odd years. and tonight, to keep the flame alive i watched man of the house. one should never see tommy lee with a mud mask or cucumbers on his eyes. sweet jesus, they showed cheerleaders plucking his earhair… is nothing sacred any more?it was sacriledge.
this is the real tommy:
…Was the studio’s original (and preferred) choice to play Snake Plisken in John Carpenter’s Escape from New York Kurt Russell, who ultimately got the part, because of his previous work. (1981). The studio was reluctant to cast
that being said, i still have a smile on my face. tommy can do that.
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ohmigod - if i hadn’t played with it for 20 minutes (when i should have been walking the dog), i would have never believed it.
make for early wakings… especially when the other body in the bed refuses to be quiet for any period of time…. and so - here i be on an early saturday morning…. it’s still quiet and peaceful, but that will only last until the chickadees swoop in later, looking for fun and attention and entertainment. alas, they will swoop out 24 hour later, eaving a mess of droppings and stray feathers. :-)
and then i am all on my own for 2 weeks. i am teetering between being giddy with delight and morose with loneliness…. we shall see. teetering and tottering is what life’s all about.
walking the smapp this morning was surreal - everything was diffused with gold light and whisps of fog. the waterfront is peaceful at 7 am on a saturday, of that there is no doubt…. the only path i crossed was that of an early morning photographer… and he and i both continued on our way.
… the lady at tim horton’s doesn’t even need to ask me what i’d like - she’s already got me punched in, and she’s pouring the triple triple as i approach the counter.
normally this likely wouldn’t impress people - but i go to what is likely the busiest tim horton’s in toronto - in the metro centre…. and it’s impressive that of the thousands of people who get served there daily, she knows i want an extra large triple triple….
it’s a small thing. but it’s a nice thing.
ok. i love this bike.
really, really. ok ok ok - you got me - i love it because it’s the only one that goes faster than 60 and you still don’t need a motorcycle licence for it.
The red one actually goes to 80 kms/hr. It’s aptly named "FLASH".
…. as usual, every 7 or 8 months i get the bug to think about moving… and last week the wiz and i went east - just looking. And we realized that there was nothing that we saw (that was in our pricerange), that we liked better than the location that we are at now….
our locaion is outstanding. the water, the roof, the peace and quiet. (usually)
and so i started to look and see what was in our own (backyard) community…. and there are 3 suites that are bigger and for sale…. and now i’ve spent the past few days crunching numbers and figuring out how to buy something new. Or something else new,
Or another
… yesterday was hot - the good hot, where nothing is sticky, but you don’t need a long sleeve shirt to walk the smapp dog.
And then there was rain.
And then this morning, it was all different, the roof was different, the lawns were different and the smapp dog had a spring in her step. It was the arrival of fall… Somehow between 4 pm yesterday and 7 am this morning, summer disappeared behind a cloud. I didn’t get to say goodbye, but i’m not terribly sad to see it go. Perhaps it left because i bought my first fall outfit yesterday. Silver cords from Point Zero. I’m not a name person, but these cords are outstanding….. now i need boots ;-)
our neighbourhood is odd. odd in a good way, of course, and no one wants to really think of their neighbourhood as odd in a bad way. our neighbourhood is made up of really swanky condos and townhouses and marinas, interspersed with some co-ops and some subsidized housing.
a few days ago, we went to a neighbourhood meeting to discuss the implications and applications of a new condo developer who wants to put up a monster condo on the water, right beside us - and right behind tip top tailor lofts. 24-37 stories of glass and concrete and nastiness…. blocking people, pets and the rest of the world from the waterfront… not to mention the poor saps who bought lofts at tiptop… for a zillion dollars, will now be starting into a reflective wall, as opposed to the vista of lake ontario. Not ideal….
the community gathering was well turned out - folks were vocal, fired up and emotional… i’m on the fence. i’d like to see a lower building, one that is priced similarly to ours… the last think i want is something really cheap…. :-( and if there could be ammenities, that would rock. would love to be able to get a discounted fitness membership, or be able to use their cool features… oh - and if they could get a starbucks…. :-)
friday.
i’m thrilled, can’t you tell?
:-)
1). What time do you get up? 6:24 am
2). If you could eat lunch with one person, who would it be? Michael Moore
3). Gold/silver? Silver
4). What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Lord of War
5). What is/are your favorite TV show(s)? CSI, Lost, Rome, Regenesis, 24
6). What did you have for breakfast? XL Double Double
7). Who would you hate to be stuck in a room with? Dr Phil
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…. i am always thrilled with weekends that are quietly unplanned and full of promises of surprises and naps. this one is shaping into a perfect saturday, one which will likely spill over into sunday…..
the only thing i want to do to day is go to the beaches. and look. just look, mind you.
and perhaps go down to queen st for lunch, and see a store about a potential tatoo design. and no, it’s not for me.
When Andrew Brown, a forward with the Lakehead University Thunderwolves hockey team, bumps into a teammate at the rink or in the classroom, the conversation quickly turns to his roommate, Drew Kivell.
Kivell, a defenceman, has made it through three days of training camp with the Toronto Maple Leafs, and his buddies in Thunder Bay have been hungry for the latest news on his trials and tribulations.
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Cypress Tree (Faithfulness) — strong, muscular, adaptable, takes what life has to give but doesn’t necessarily like it, strives to be content, optimistic, wants to be financially independent, wants love and affection, hates loneliness, passionate lover which cannot be satisfied, faithful, quick-tempered at times, can be unruly and careless, loves to gain knowledge, needs to be needed.
Two rural communities struggled yesterday to cope with grief after an elementary school teacher collapsed while reading to his class and died.
Mark Muellejans, 33, collapsed in his rocking chair while teaching his Grade 2 class at North Meadows public school in Strathroy Tuesday.
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Fairly apropos - but considering it's the nails, it's likely got a meaning that i haven't come across.
"Every Day Is Exactly The Same"
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un·ten·a·ble 
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adj. - Being such that defense or maintenance is impossible: an untenable position.
- Being such that occupation or habitation is impossible: untenable quarters.
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adj : (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified [syn: indefensible]
