I cut back the bad dogwood
Before
I thought with all the rain the other day the tomatoes would not need much attention but they looked sad again last night so I dumped a lot of water on them and they perked up within a few hours. Will need to remember to water them daily.
I think it rained all night but then was clear in the morning and I had a cheque to drop off at Rustle so I decided to stop at No Frills on the way. It is supposed to be the cheaper sister to Loblaws but many things were the same price. There were a few things that were cheaper. The stick bread was about half the price and much better than Loblaws.
I found a crazy 350 top called Aphra
It doesn't look like a 350 top, but there you go.
I had hoped to make all the course groups today but I only ended up getting them set up. Tomorrow will be group making day.
My 2 tomato plants look visibly sad if I forget to water them but perk up pretty quickly when I do. I have received 1 tomato from them so far. It was very good.
There are 3 dogwood bushes in the backyard, 2 look fine but one looks bad. The bad one had some dead areas even before the drought, should I cut it back now?
Good dogwood
Bad dogwood
This morning James was up at 5am so I also was up at 5pm. He had to make a hockey schedule.
I went into work and worked for 8 hours and then felt like I was going to fall asleep so I went home and made dinner. Then I was going to take a nap but I somehow rebounded and am running on adrenaline I think.
James' laptop broke and he needed a new one so I ordered it from best buy and they delivered it to the porch and they left it on the porch, which was ok because I noticed that it was listed as delivered so I could call and make sure James got it because there was no notification or anything. But it all worked out.
The one downpour of rain in our desert land caused all my pom pom flowers to fall over.
I saw a teeny tiny mini bunny hop across the lawn, so very cute.
My tomatoes are still growing, We'll see if I get any or if the wildlife will get them all.
For the bike route I am having to avoid union st, I have been going in early so traffic is pretty quiet. Brock st. biking is nice now that it is resurfaced!
Hoping to hang 2 loads of laundry out tomorrow before I go to work.
Have been up at 4am and 5am the last 2 mornings so pretty tired tonight!
For the Temu parcel that I received that was supposed to have a spring and they sent me a make up box that seemed to be the same thing. Looking more carefully at the make up box, while it looks like the pieces are the same, the box is different. The first box said it could hold up to 16kg. The new box says it can hold up to 18kg.
From Temu I also purchased a (cheap) book called "The Bible in a Year- a 52 Week Journey Through God's Word". Now when I purchased it I thought it would be one where you read the whole Bible in a year, but it is actually 52 weeks of themes with scriptures. So not the whole Bible but a scripture to think about each day. Wasn't what I expected but it works. Interestingly, there is no indication of who wrote all the theme text.
All the grass is dead but Kim gave me 2 tomato plants to keep alive and so far that is going successfully.
For dinner tonight I made mashed potatoes and pepper ground beef on the request of James. He needed to go to Napanee tonight but the 401 is a mess so he is currently driving an alternate route.
Last night around 3 am I heard some metal clanking outside. So I checked at the window and the sound seemed to come from the neighbours backyard. But then their backyard light switched off, so it must have been the neighbours but I have no idea what they were doing and why at 3am!
Tomorrow the grocery stores nearby say they are open regular hours so I hope to get some shopping done.
The baby birds I think were spooked by a squirrel and fledged this morning. I can hear them in the trees and the parents were busy tending to them all day. This will be their first night out of the nest. Hope they do ok.
I took my first bike rise on the new Brock St. Very nice and smooth.
Most of the day was focused on hiring and course planning. Ready for a good sleep tonight!
I ordered a new garage door today. The old one has been broken for years and after the police tried to raise it to make sure noone was in the garage that time I found someone in the garage, it has never closed back. I didn't try very hard though. It just seemed like time to fix it. They had originally been coming to measure it next week but called today to say they were coming tomorrow. So I had to rearrange the contents of the garage so that they can measure it. I also have interviews tomorrow morning so the timing was not great.
I also don't know what roads are closed for my travels down to work so it will be an adventure. Now that Brock St is done, probably something else is closed.
The baby birds are looking very much like mini robins now. They are pretty jammed into the nest. I am not sure how the adult fits at night to cover them.
I had a startle in the middle of the day when I thought some of the baby birds were gone from the nest but they weren't, just were just snuggled down lower. They are getting pretty big so they do fill the nest so I'm surprised I missed them.
Have been chasing off racoons in the night. The neighbour's dog was just out but they don't seem to pay him any mind.
There is an air quality warning due to forest fire smoke and I can feel it in my eyeballs. I keep my window open at night to listen for racoons but because my window is right by the air conditioning (and the rest of the house is still air conditioned) it wakes me up every time it turns on so it makes for a bad night. I'll stop the racoon watch when the babies really do fledge!
Tomorrow is another day of interviews!
Today was an interview day. Tomorrow I will hopefully get some of my backed up tasks completed
The Brock St. repaving seems to have pretty much completed. They have moved the detour signs out of the way. The road is looking good!
Today I got up at 5:30am to make the Brock St. crossing. I had a bad night so this was very commendable. I had a lot of meetings and a lot of email. I was successful in the crossing as the guys were still many streets away doing the shut down when I crossed. They did close it for the whole day but it is looking like it is almost done. It looks like the asphalt is all down and the lines are painted.
As I have interviews for the next few days I am working remotely and don't need to make the crossing anymore. They said they would be done by July 31 but I am thinking they will be done sooner.
The baby birds are learning to preen.
The racoons knocked over the green bin and I went out to confront them. There were quite a number and some went up a tree. Took me a while to scare them all away.
I managed to get some cleaning done.
The baby birds seem to have opened their eyes now.
I slept in until 8am to catch up on my sleep.
Today I mainly cooked, cleaned up the kitchen and did laundry. I had hoped to work on the bathroom but ran out of time.
I wore a new Halara outfit- the shorts are very comfortable!
Up again at 5:30am and hit the crossing even earlier. However, they didn't close the street today I guess due to the expected rain. So the early rise may not have been necessary. But I got into work early and so left early. We'll see if the early mornings shatter me!
I made it through reading all the applications. There will be 3 weeks of interviews!
The baby birds are very hungry, even requesting food when the parents are not there. Their eyes are not open yet.
