Musings on a Small Life

I spied these mushrooms this morning, while heading out on a couple of errands. It's been so wet that there were almost as many as there were blades of ground cover (whatever the city has planted along that path). They look so delicate and pretty to me that they reminded me of parasols. I don't know what's growing on the side of the hill created by the still-new overpass, but it's pretty to see. I was half-way along the path before I even noticed the grey of the fungi along with the green of the new ground cover. (Not visible in the pic above, obviously.) Last Sunday or Monday night we had an intense thunderstorm, the likes of which I haven't seen in the city in a few years or more. We got 53 mm of rain in a very short time, which was crazy. However, late last week we had another deluge, and when I got up in the morning I did find a few small pools of water in the (unfinished) basement. They were under and near one of the litterboxes and even though Derry had peed I...

The Ontario portal opened to those 55+ this morning and I'M BOOKED !!!!!     First vaccine : Friday May 21st, right before our long weekend (good timing, if I have a strong reaction).     Second vaccine : Friday September 10th. This is at one of the mass vaccination clinics in the area, so I'm guessing it will be Pfizer or Moderna, though I don't know. I will risk whatever one is offered, as any vaccine comes with risk, but with all the negative media coverage on AZ, I would feel easier in my mind going in if it were P or M. I have my fingers crossed that all will be okay! 🤞 After I booked, which took only about 15 minutes altogether, including the online wait-time, I just burst into tears and bawled for a good 20 minutes. I don't think I truly realized what a toll this has taken. I know we all will need boosters for the variants, but at the moment, it seems like there really is a light at the end of this very long, very dark tunnel.   Gratuitous pics of Derry ...

This will be a random, muddled post, interspersed with pics!   First, I'm living in a province run by a court fool and his entourage of fools. Unbelievable . I don't have words to use that I can publish that would adequately reflect my anger at the provincial government's utter mismanagement of the this awful third wave we're in. He and his cronies are an EMBARRASSMENT . I only regret it's not an election year, because humans have notoriously short memories and if we're past the pandemic by then, many will have forgotten. Or perhaps, instead of the $1 beer he campaigned on last time (and which was a huge flop after the fact, btw), he'll campaign on 50 cent beer. You know, rather than on bringing in paid sick leave so all the people slogging at minimum wage jobs who get sick can actually afford to stay home, rather than go to work and spread the virus. I was depressed and despondent during the first wave, but now I'm almost apoplectic. On another topic, y...

Thanks to those of you who have checked in to see if we're okay. I didn't realize how long it's been since I posted here. Derry soaking up the sun yesterday evening. I'm still working from home, probably will be until 2021 by the way things seem to be going, and I just don't have anything to write about. I'm taking lots of morning walks, taking pics when I can, but overall, life is even "smaller" than usual, more constrained. (As it is for so many of us!) Anyway, I'm posting on Instagram usually once or twice a day, and you can find us under "fuzzy_tales" if you're on it and want to see pics. It's a private account, so you'll have to submit a request to follow. If your Instagram name is something I wouldn't recognize, you'd do better to give me a heads up via email or a blog comment. Otherwise I'd probably delete the follow request! Take care and stay well, everyone. Looks like we're in this for the long haul! ...

Tomorrow will be 10 weeks, 70 crazy days, and counting, since we've been under lockdown of varying degrees and working from home. I actually don't think we'll all be back at the office until next year unless there's a miracle vaccine before then. May 8 and 9 we had snow and ice, as you can see below. My poor bleeding heart! I lost about 1/3 of it, but it's now in full, glorious bloom. Now we're having a heat wave and my air conditioning is on. From winter to summer overnight, almost. I've been taking lots of walks down to the swamp, which is where most of the following snapshots were taken. One of the paths to the water, below. The geese families like to hang out here, so I'm very careful when they're around, don't go close, since they have their babies to protect now. In the distance, below, you can see two large apartment buildings under construction. It's a busy area, usually quite noisy with tr...