Boxelder bugs

 Apparently, the bugs from the previous photo are boxelder bugs and glomping together is something that they do. 

Today I woke up late and so had to launch right into my day and didn't get breakfast until lunchtime due to the busy activities of the morning.

Dinner was bunless turkey bruchetta burgers which I thought were quite good, though I didn't put onion or oil in my bruchetta.

Cousin Tammy rescued a dog from Romania. Not the dog she received. But they still seem to love him even if he was not what was expected. They named the wrong dog "Big Dave" and he clearly has been through so much and they are pouring lots of love into him. It is interesting to see how he changes even after only a few days.

the day that flying ants loose their wings

 Friday was the day that I say the flying ants loose their wings. One this one day in the year my laundry gets covered by these ants. Luckily the laundry was whites so they were pretty easy to pick off. I put the laundry in the dryer for a few minutes after to bake off any that I missed.

Saturday and Sunday switched to these beetles. They often were singly on the door but the new thing was these "balls" of them on dead leaves. Some were black and red, some were red and black, some were just red. Admirable variety if they weren't so creepy.

Close up of a "ball"

Seeing geese flying south. Fall has arrived.

Hand me down

 

I now can wear James' hand me downs and got a nice jacket out of it.

Today I took a vacation day today after the long days of the last 3 weeks. Went to Lake Ontario park. Lots of chipmunks and ducks!

starting a fire

 This week was excessively busy, just working and sleeping. I thought yesterday that I was about to come up for air but then everything went sideways today.

Walking in the morning I saw what looked like a plume of smoke. Not a large plume, but smoke nonetheless. Then I saw the smoke start to creep across the parking lot. Then I heard the sirens. I think it had pretty much burned itself out (whatever it was) pretty quick, but the firetruck arrived quickly. It was classified a "vegetation fire" and it the call took 13 minutes so not a big deal but certainly man instigated.

one good sleep

 I slept very well last night. Makes such a difference to the day. I felt much better.

Tomorrow is the maxsold pickup. Looking forward to space in the basement!

lack of sleep

 

I don't have dogs but everyone in the house is still alive. lol.

Clara came in yesterday and we went to a Japanese restaurant where I had an udon noodle bowl. As I couldn't use chopsticks I had a spoon but it was a flat spoon so the eating was a challenge but I overcame! It was good.

Today I went with Clara and Peter to move in. It was much smoother than any previous move in, well organized. 

Earlier in the week the smoke detector battery expired and woke me up in the middle of the night. Do these batteries only expire in the middle of the night.

The maxsold closed so I have to make up the lots tomorrow. I also have to finish the contracts for Tuesday.