Cinderhill

 https://www.thewhig.com/news/firefighters-battle-blaze-at-homes-in-west-end-kingston

I have not been to this community and feel very bad for the families- maybe it wasn't a good idea in retrospect to call it Cinderhill St. Building so many houses close together makes for a higher risk for fire spreading though new builds you would think have more fire protective materials.

Today in the middle of our big printing push, some of our printers started to fail. I think that we are back on track though.

One amazon package arrived and one is still lost somewhere in Mount Hope.

What coat do I wear today?

 We are in the season where it is very difficult to predict which coat I will need to wear each day. I have been able to keep up some biking, which is impressive.

I put in an order on Amazon and they decided to break it up into 2 packages which they said was so I could receive them quicker but most likely was actually because they were coming from different warehouses. One was coming from Alberta and one from BC. They both arrived in the amazon facility in Mount Hope within hours of each other. However, the package that was supposed to arrive first never made it out and is now listed as "delayed in transit" for another week.

Vesper sparrows

When I went on my biking trek on Saturday through the Oak St. garden I saw heaps of Vesper sparrows. I'm guessing they were migrating and stopping for some delicious grubs in the gardens. I can't recall seeing them before. 

© John Reynolds / Macaulay Library

I have tried some of my British treats- the ones called French cakes or something like that (the main reason for my trip) were absolutely divine and worth the trip (along with the curry chicken pie). The club biscuits were slightly stale but maybe that is some of their charm. They were ok. The jaffa cakes were also ok. The orange smarties did not taste like the orange smarties of old. They were ok. The orange Aero was very good.

I got some important things to the printer today- it was due on Monday so just a wee bit late. Normally Wed is my remote day- I have a remote training session at 8:30am, got my submission to the printer and then went in for an in person day until 6:30pm. 

Had a naan bread for dinner and went to my group but then James came home at 8pm and I made him dinner and then we worked on statistics for many hours.

British adventure

 A new British bakery opened a few days ago. As the location is close to the 401 and biking season is almost over I decided to check it out today, knowing it would be busy as it was a new opening.

The first section of the trip is a bike ride through the Oak St. gardens  to the division St. bridge. I can't bike over the bridge so I walked that bit. Then biked to the Landmark studio that had a bike rack for parking. Then I walked to the British bakery.

The lineup was through the whole store so it allowed you to look at the aisles as you waited. The store is pretty small so the lineup was a square through the whole store. The lineup took an hour. During the lineup is where you can pick up grocery items. I chose some treats. I had especially wanted to get the Mr. Kipling's as I remember the British family serving them. I haven't tried them yet- I hope they taste as good. At the end you get to the bakery portion. I didn't know what most of the things were but I picked out a chicken curry pie for $7.50. I ate it as soon as I got home and this pie was worth the trip. It was incredible!